Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 10:24     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm in an affluent suburb of metro Detroit similar to Bethesda. High performing kids and parents have the means to pay for college. Our area sends a lot of kids to Miami of Ohio and from what I've seen its kids who definitely aren't getting into Michigan instate. Some got into MSU and some even rejected from there. Seems to be a big party school. Everyone we know loves it but definitely based on high school academics/performance not the top kids.


You don’t need to say “Miami of Ohio.” Its name is Miami University. It existed when Florida belonged to Spain.


We’re not in the 19th Century. When people hear “Miami,” they think of Miami, Florida. So when referring to Miami University, it is necessary to say “Miami of Ohio.”


I'm just saying that "Miami was a university when Florida belonged to Spain" is on T-shirts everywhere in Oxford. But, yes, I realize this.

It was named for the Miami Indians, most of whom were moved to Oklahoma (although there is a sizeable contingent of Miami tribe people across the border in Indiana).
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 10:15     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm in an affluent suburb of metro Detroit similar to Bethesda. High performing kids and parents have the means to pay for college. Our area sends a lot of kids to Miami of Ohio and from what I've seen its kids who definitely aren't getting into Michigan instate. Some got into MSU and some even rejected from there. Seems to be a big party school. Everyone we know loves it but definitely based on high school academics/performance not the top kids.


You don’t need to say “Miami of Ohio.” Its name is Miami University. It existed when Florida belonged to Spain.


We’re not in the 19th Century. When people hear “Miami,” they think of Miami, Florida. So when referring to Miami University, it is necessary to say “Miami of Ohio.”


I'm the metro Detroit poster and everyone calls it Miami of Ohio around here. I just asked my hs senior what she calls the school that her friend XXX is going to and she said Miami of Ohio. Maybe it's because we have a significant amount of kids who apply to the University of Miami in Florida? I honestly have never heard anyone say Miami University even the kids who attend there.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:28     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
Happy college kids at Miami. So many campuses today filled with unhappy young adults.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 04:40     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Unbeatable campus.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 22:36     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:
I grew up in Ohio in the 90s, there was (and still is) a large Jewish population in the state.


Yes the oldest reformed Rabbinical school in America is in Cincinnati, for those who have no idea life does exist off the east coast.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 22:20     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:My cousin went in the 90's. She found the only Jewish guy in Ohio there and brought him back to NY and married him. We like him a lot. Neither of them became anything worth bragging about, career-wise.


I grew up in Ohio in the 90s, there was (and still is) a large Jewish population in the state.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 22:17     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Has something changed drastically in the past 20 years? Because this (and OU) was the school that all the B-students from my middle of the road suburban Ohio public high school went to when I was a kid. It was the A-students' fall back school.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 21:30     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you're looking at Miami of Ohio, you might also want to look at Ohio U (not Ohio State).

It also has the idyllic campus, but is more progressive and less bro-ish overall.


In other words LAME.

Go to Miami if you're picking between these two schools.


Is that you, Greek God foyine girls guy? You've been MIA for a while. Did work get busy?
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 17:01     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:If you're looking at Miami of Ohio, you might also want to look at Ohio U (not Ohio State).

It also has the idyllic campus, but is more progressive and less bro-ish overall.


In other words LAME.

Go to Miami if you're picking between these two schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 16:52     Subject: Miami of Ohio
If you're looking at Miami of Ohio, you might also want to look at Ohio U (not Ohio State).

It also has the idyllic campus, but is more progressive and less bro-ish overall.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 14:31     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Miami gets a bad look because they have very few graduate programs. It is a very strong undergraduate university where students learn and have fun- a combination which is dangerous to the pseudo-intellectual snobs of the DMV. Ironically, it produces many high income earning graduates because their social IQ sadly may be higher than their desire to read Kant, pontificate ideas, or have a PhD. Something that matters in real life. Sadly arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand, and
the sophomoric comments about Miami reaffirms this.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 13:45     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:My son was accepted this year. His GPA when he applied was 3.0 with no honors/AP courses.

It’s interesting the reaction we’ve gotten to his acceptance. My parents both grew up in OH and I have cousins and friends who attended in the 1990s (and have been successful career-wise). My parents of course think it’s a great school because they’re not up on current college rankings and would be super excited if he goes there. I have heard the undergraduate teaching is strong, even as the rankings have fallen.

I’m a little worried about lack of diversity because we are OOS in NJ and DS’s school district is extremely diverse. He’s white but virtually all his friends are not. But that’s a concern with other schools besides Miami.

We’re planning to visit in the spring and see. Like others, Miami seems to me a bit like JMU (DS was deferred there) but JMU is driving distance and better weather.


I think the JMU comparison is a pretty good one. JMU is a bit more "big time sports" (yes, I realize that Miami has a good basketball team against the other barely D1 schools against whom they've played) and seems to have a bit more of a party vibe. Reputationally, I think it's fair to put them in the same sentence.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 13:40     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Kids love it. It’s a beautiful campus. As it is sorta in the middle of nowhere, life is very school focused.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 12:28     Subject: Miami of Ohio
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A school for below average white kids.


You mean like former Speaker of the House and current multimillionaire Paul Ryan?

This is the below average logic I was talking about.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 11:14     Subject: Re:Miami of Ohio
It was appealing for us because my kid got into Miami University (Farmer school of Business) with a Presidential Scholarship but ultimately, she thought it was too remote and prefers to go to a bigger, more spirited Big 10 School.