Grew up in the Midwest and know a lot kids who went. They loved it and are very close with friends still. All have good jobs seem happy. If kid is interesting I think it is an option similar to Indiana or Penn State and you may get more personal attention bc slightly smaller.

Coworker has kids there and I only hear good things about it.

“Sporty, B+ kid, very social” describes those kids precisely.

My daughter applied last year and she received some very generous merit aid. I think it would have cost about 20k per year to attend. One of her cousins attended the school and really enjoyed it so it carried weight with our daughter. Plus, the cousin was the tour guide when we visited. Our daughter was more interested in an urban environment so it was not to be.

Consider Ohio University for a more politically liberal/moderate version of Miami. Also state school, also beautiful campus and college town, and has some interesting academic programs like their Honors Tutorial College.

They should rush if they attend

Anonymous wrote:How would it be for introverted, non-Greek engineer types?

perfect?

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Anonymous wrote:My department has hired several grads recently. They are fine intelligence-wise, but expect a lot of praise and micromanaging. Nice kids, but most of my department dislikes working with them because of that.

Welcome to hiring Gen Zers. Millenials seem the most aggrevated by them -- you know, feelings.

Eh, I'm the previous poster. It's definitely not a problem we've had with all Gen Z hires. The ones who went to big schools or schools in cities have been great hires and able to function independently. Anyway I know I'm voting a small sample size, but just sharing my experience for what it's worth.

Citing a small sample size. Not voting.

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Anonymous wrote:My department has hired several grads recently. They are fine intelligence-wise, but expect a lot of praise and micromanaging. Nice kids, but most of my department dislikes working with them because of that.

Welcome to hiring Gen Zers. Millenials seem the most aggrevated by them -- you know, feelings.

Eh, I'm the previous poster. It's definitely not a problem we've had with all Gen Z hires. The ones who went to big schools or schools in cities have been great hires and able to function independently. Anyway I know I'm voting a small sample size, but just sharing my experience for what it's worth.

Anonymous wrote:Eh it's in OH

On a pretty little campus. Being in Ohio is a plus…

How would it be for introverted, non-Greek engineer types?

My son was turned off by the fact that there isn’t a bookstore in the town. And the university library was apparently lackluster. I thought it was a nice little town with friendly people and a good university. I know one guy who went there for college back in the 80s and he was nerdy but nice.

I’m from Ohio. 30 years ago it seemed to attract good-but-not-top students from my private high school. They tended to be UMC, conservative in a sort of preppy way, and part of the popular in-crowd (Alex P. Keaton). I don’t know if it’s like that now.

Its decent.