<p>Well my number 1 school is the University of Miami, and I really want to go there. I believe I am a match for the school, but I want a safety option that is just like UM.</p>
<p>So what do you guys think? Do you know of any schools like Miami that have lower stats and/or a higher acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Would you consider LMU, SDSU, or ASU to be just like UM?</p>
<p>Miami is a small private college in a big city. Maybe TCU, DePaul, George Mason, Seton Hall, Temple. Some of those are public, but I would think they're similar to UM.</p>
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<li>American University: located in Georgetown, which would compare to Miami's great location. has comparable academics and is well regarded. has a sports program although not as good at Miami. Although its not a sure safety its still a better chance than Miami.</li>
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<p>Temple is nothing like UM.</p>
<p>Some comparisons:</p>
<p>College of Charleston
U Central Florida
U South Florida
Florida International
Florida Atlantic</p>
<p>I don't know much about Temple or Philly, just threw that name out there. I do know that UCF, USF, and FIU are nothing like UM. Besides being in Florida, they have nothing else in common. All those schools are HUGE(40,000+ students) state schools, and don't have much of a sports program or school spirit. USF's sports and school spirit are slowly getting better. If you really just want to live in Miami, I guess FIU is your other option. Also, to live in Miami, you better practice your spanish since it's all you'll hear for the next 4 years. FAU is smaller than the rest, and it's a commuter school. I guess FAU is more like UM, compared to the rest. College of Charleston is another good choice. Charleston is a cool town.</p>
<p>Well I guess no school can compare to Miami. It is just that amazing...Oh well I just hope I get in. </p>
<p>If not there, Penn St. is looking pretty good right now.</p>
<p>socal - penn state isnt easier to get into than miami</p>
<p>I know, but it is my #2 school, so I just want to get into one of those.</p>
<p>SoCal, psu and um are far away. Do you not like cali or sumething. Tv makes it seem like heaven, but it probably is overrated.</p>
<p>I love California. It is not overrated, and it is way better than every other state, but I really want to go to a school with big time sports. And only UCLA, USC, Berkeley, and Stanford(excluding football) offer that. However, I would never go to Cal or Stanford, even if I could get in. </p>
<p>Also I don't have a chance at USC or UCLA. Miami, FL sounds amazing, with South Beach and other stuff, so that seems comparable to LA. But anyways, I would go to USC or UCLA, but I can't get in...So Miami seems like my best bet.</p>
<p>I still am applying to UCSB, SDSU, and LMU</p>
<p>I don't know about Penn State.</p>
<p>Miami gives you a lot of money.</p>
<p>Penn State doesn't.</p>
<p>TCU or SMU are about as similar as you will find to UM with lower stats. How about USD in your home state? Football there is only I-AA, but the basketball is pretty strong usually.</p>
<p>Miami is a selective private school in a fancy suburb, near the beach, with a Top 10 football team, and a national / international student body in a bilingual setting. Since you wouldn't be able to duplicate all of those factors, which of them are most appealing to you?</p>
<p>What do you want to study ?</p>
<p>At Miami, I want to study Media Management (the business aspects of the entertainment industry). I plan to eventually work for a company like MTV or E!, a recording company, or a movie production company. I want to focus on the business development and processing of the show, album, or movie.</p>
<p>I love Miami, because I want to live by the beach, with perfect weather, amazing nightlife, and an amazing sports program (especially football). Also I want to gain connections in the entertainment industry and LA, NYC, and Miami are the best places to be. I like USC as well, but I don't really have a shot, but I will most likely apply. And I'm applying to UCSB, LMU, SDSU, ASU, and Penn St.</p>
<p>PSU is easier to get into, actually, as long as you apply in a timely fashion (PSU doesn't even discriminate between in-state and OOS)</p>
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I do know that UCF, USF, and FIU are nothing like UM. Besides being in Florida, they have nothing else in common. All those schools are HUGE(40,000+ students) state schools, and don't have much of a sports program or school spirit.
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UCF actually has a school spirit growing as fast as its university. The Spirit Splash event is one of the biggest on-campus events in all of Florida (second, I guess, only to Gator Growl). Also, the football fans seem pretty committed (why else would they have just built that huge stadium... actually, UCF does seem on a mission to have one of everything regardless of how much it gets used) and all this despite the fact that their football team is apparently not very good -- their words, not mine. It seems a bit strange to me that they won't play against us... even UF has agreed to play us.</p>
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If you really just want to live in Miami, I guess FIU is your other option. Also, to live in Miami, you better practice your spanish since it's all you'll hear for the next 4 years.
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Very, very true.</p>
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FAU is smaller than the rest, and it's a commuter school.
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I want to clear this up hopefully once and for all because this whole 'commuter school' thing is old, tired, and just a little insulting. I'm going to talk about FAU in reference to the main, Boca Raton campus, since that's what nearly everybody means when they say FAU (the satellite campuses, like Davie, are smaller and non-residential by decree of the Board of Trustees)</p>
<p>FAU is not more of a 'commuter school' than the other "name" Florida universities. According to a 2007 Kaplan guide on colleges, FAU had ~10% living on-campus, UCF had ~12%, FSU had ~14%, and UF had ~20%. That means that at the very most, at UF, 80% of people COMMUTE to campus. (And it's not hard to see why -- there's barely anywhere to park there, so everybody has to ride buses in and out of campus. I did it, my friends do it, everybody does it.)</p>
<p>FAU has approximately 20,000 people that attend the Boca campus. Approximately 2,500 people currently live on campus, with at least another 500 more coming in Fall 2007. So that's 3,000. By 2010, they plan to have housing for another 2,000 people, bringing the total up to 5,000. If the number of people who attend the Boca campus remains around 20,000, that means 25% of people will live on campus by 2010.</p>
<p>Hopefully then people will drop this whole "commuter school" nickname that is not given to any of the other schools in Florida (well, maybe FIU) despite the fact that they all have considerable commuter populations.</p>
<p>It's a shame, too, because it misleads people into believing that we don't have the very active campus life that we actually have here. That's just one of the reasons why so many freshmen are pleasantly surprised when they come to FAU. During the day, clubs and events reign supreme, and then at night, everyone comes out to play volleyball, jog around campus, skateboard down the Breezeway, play in Halo competitions in the HPT Multi-purpose room, party in the Gonq, etc. A very popular thing right now is to dress up, paint your face, and go crazy at basketball games in the Burrow (although Basketball season is over, Football season is coming up and we're getting in gear to take that on...)</p>
<p>Hope this cleared things up.</p>