<p>I have been accepted by these four and have a hard time to decide. I am in Texas, A&M is very affordable. Other 3 all gave me scholarship but would still be a few K more, not really a big deal. By the way, I was accepted to business schools by all 4. </p>
<p>Any input is highly appreciated</p>
<p>Have you visited and/or talked to current students? The prevailing culture at each of these schools seems to be very different.</p>
<p>Don't know about A & M or Bentley, but Miami of Ohio is noted for being white preppie and it's in a very small college town. But a pretty campus!</p>
<p>From Miami's web site:
[quote]
Diversity: Multicultural students make up 8.1 percent of the first-year class and 7.9 percent of the undergraduate student body (based on Fall 2006 enrollment).
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Case Western is in a large city and is quite diverse. For example, of the 5 kids in my son's HS who went to Case this year, only one is WASP! Others are Chinese, Indian, Jewish, & mixed. It's a great student body, IMO.</p>
<p>buckhorn, since you are from TX, I'll leave A&M out of this, other than to say I don't recall the business program appearing in the top 50 lists.</p>
<p>Case is far more academically focused than Bentley and MiamiU IMO.</p>
<p>I will agree with what WS17 said about Case, and mention that Miami is noted, both on campus and by the townspeople, for a drinking "problem" as there seems to be little else to do there. Just the other day, sadly, a girl was run over by a train at night. Her BAC was well above legal and she was underage. We see other stories in the paper often--not deaths but problems where the police have to be called in.</p>
<p>Not saying all the students drink but that seems to be a large part of the culture.</p>
<p>I think a lot of Ohio students at Case chose between MiamiU and Case.</p>
<p>Miami has a beautiful campus with colonial architecture and amazing landscaping. But it is remotely located in a small town. Our lasting memory from visiting there is seeing the long rows of beer cans and beer bottles lined up on the frat house porches.</p>
<p>I think the academic profile of the Miami student body is higher than Bentley's.</p>
<p>I don't know about A&M or Bently, but I am partial to Miami. Overall the students seem happier and less tightly-wound than Case, while still maintaining solid academics. I also preferred the college town feel to the place over the Case's setting. Of course, that's just my very random impression, and probably not worth much.</p>