<p>I have heard/seen a lot of comments referring to Miami as "J-Crew U", and how it's much like high school where if you don't wear what is trendy, you wont fit in. I am a reasonable person and I have lots of good friends of all types at my school, however, I'm not a big fan of throwing away money for NorthFace Jackets....</p>
<p>Is what I am hearing true? I got rejected from OSU Columbus with 27 ACT (in state) so Miami is my second choice....however I don't want to go to a college where people make their first judgments on you by what you wearing...that's just absurd</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I am a parent of a current freshman female. I would not categorize my daughter in that group at all. Yes, she does like to shop, and be fashionable, but in her own way. She doesn’t even shop at J Crew. Nor did I feel a strong presence of a "J-Crew U " feel in my daughters dorm, her friends dorm, or around campus on my several visits. I am sure that there are those who fit this description on campus, but not to the degree as it once may have been.</p>
<p>My daughter also has made many friends on campus who differ from herself in race, religion, politics,etc. etc. I don’t think you would have any problem finding your “niche” at Miami University. My daughter applied to 13 colleges, was not denied at any, but still chose Miami University. She was not even interested in applying to OSU. She is in the Honors program, in the school of Engineering and Science, and loving it. </p>
<p>Miami University has a lot to offer undergraduates including top rated programs and undergraduate teaching, excellent post grad job placement, and top notch facilities.</p>
<p>If your first choice was OSU, are you sure you want Miami? Did you visit, talk to people? These schools are very different. I know that most kids in our city are divided. Some see themselves at OSU and do not feel that they fit at Miami, others are opposite. I actually do not know anybody who loves both of them.<br>
It is very important to understand that you are the only one who could tell if you fit there and it could be done only by visiting/overnights/talking to current students/ getting the feel of campus and absolutely NOT relying on advice from others, more so strangers like us here on CC.</p>
<p>I disagree. Certainly, a percentage of students have very strong views of Miami v. Ohio State. I still, however, think the majority of top students in Ohio are in play for both schools. In most cases, Miami and OSU are the only two in-state publics that they are considering. It is something of a zero sum game. Just off the top of my head, I would estimate that for at least one out of three Miami freshman, we compete directly with Ohio State. As for oos students, how high can the percentage climb before there are political repurcussions?</p>
<p>I’ll say it again, clearly the administration–who has access to vastly more specific data than do we–feel the same way or those banner ads wouldn’t be running on the Ohio State forum around the clock. The admissions director might like to say in interviews that those billboards in Cincy, Columbus and Cleveland are there to convince kids to choose Miami over Ivy League schools, but that is nothing but feel good nonsense. They are there to get kids and their parents to take a hard look at Miami over Ohio State–and over Illinois/Wisconsin/Iowa in the case of the Chicago suburbs.</p>
<p>^Not the case in our city at all. nobody pays any attention to advertising. Most suburban public HS’s kids prefer OSU, lots of private and catholic HS kids do consider Miami or Dayton. For that matter division sometime runs in one family, I know personal examples. There are exceptions to this, but not many. Miami is very popular with Chicago kids also for unknown to me reason. Miami gives much better Merit package to top kids than OSU. D. has applied to both, she has been very happy at Miami, she said that she would not fit at OSU. Well, things change, OSU Med. School is one of her choices now and she is very happy that she has been accepted there along with few other Med. Schools.</p>
<p>Id have to agree with MiamiDAP, I go to a private school (catholic) and a majority of the kids in my grade that applied to either osu or miami applied to miami, and the ones who did apply to osu it was mainly because of family legacy. I cant stand osu (strong wording, but seriously whats so special about it, im also not originally from ohio) and i applied to miami as a safety, and could never see myself ever attending osu. I also tend to be preppier and so i feel Miami social scene, campus feel, and overall student body is more to my liking.</p>
<p>We live in Indy. Never even thought about OSU. The kids in our area were looking at IU and Miami and want to study Business. They liked the smaller school environment at Miami…even for 10 thousand more. And these were all kids who were accepted Honors Kelley and Honors Farmer.</p>