<p>Hello All. </p>
<p>My S has been accepted for Fall 2012 admission into Farmer. We'll be visiting campus for the second time very soon. In the meantime, S had a basic question for any current Farmer students (or parents who may view this thread and can help)..... Is there a requirement for admitted Farmer students to take a foreign language?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>No. However, if your S plans to minor in International Business, “This minor requires foreign language skills through the 201 level or above at an accredited American university or a school associated with an accredited American university. This requirement may not be met through proficiency or AP credit.” Good luck to your S. Mine is a freshman and absolutely loves Miami and the Farmer School.</p>
<p>Thanks bkbmom! S is planning on a management or marketing major, so this is helpful. Glad to hear your S is happy at Miami. S hasn’t made a final decision yet, narrowed down to 3 schools, hence the visit back to Miami campus soon! Looking forward to the visit, we loved campus and the town of Oxford during our first visit. :)</p>
<p>No requirement for language, but some awesome opportunities for kids with language aptitude. Son is combining Chinese with Finance and Statistics and will do a semester in China. He’s in the honors program. Largest class so far as a frosh had 40 kids. His whole demeanor and level of ambition has changed at Miami. Phenomenal school.</p>
<p>Debrockman. Congrats to your son, it sounds like he has really taken advantage of all Miami has to offer!
We visited campus again and confirmed our love of the campus, facilities, town of Oxford and Farmer. As parents we feel very comfortable if our son decides to attend.
We also attended an admitted students day at OSU and Fisher school of business. Impressed as well. Such totally different environments, both excellent business schools, pros and cons to each. We have told our son we support a decision to attend either, as long as he stays true to himself about where he feels most comfortable, he will succeed. </p>
<p>NEVER could have imagined he would like BOTH! We weren’t prepared for that! LOL</p>
<p>Nova88,</p>
<p>I would love to hear your pros and cons for both Miami and OSU (and especially for the business schools), if you feel comfortable sharing them, and what you see as some of the differences in environment between the two schools. Thanks.</p>
<p>I think either one can be excellent. I can argue either way. </p>
<p>I have seen the smaller environment pull out a kid who would be intimidated in the bigger place.</p>
<p>I have also seen kids “learn” to navigate big and come out with incredible self-assurance.</p>
<p>I think my son misses the big-time sports, but I think he has people paying a lot of attention to him, helping him be more aware of what is available.</p>
<p>And oh, yes. There is a BIT of difference between Oxford and Columbus (LOL). And obviously Miami is all undergrad. A lot of B-Schools throw a lot emphasis on grad students. Not MU.</p>
<p>Need_coffee (love the name!)
Every kid is different, so the pros and cons for my S may not even rate for others. I will PM you later.
Debrockman thanks for the insight. S comes from a HS of over 3K kids, teacher quality varied greatly, and he was an honors track kid. A huge football school, sports big, but not everything. Our family spends a great deal of time playing, viewing or attending basketball games…lots of passion for the sport, not big hockey fans, but I tell S he would learn to rally around the sport if it was part of the campus culture and spirit…is that the case for MU hockey?
One of the things that put MU on S’s radar screen was the business school rep and teacher quality, we feel he thrives in an interactive teaching environment, does that describe your student’s experience? Is MU full of business clubs, and open to starting new ones prompted by students? Ability to start and contribute to a campus via new ideas is important to him.
S is at home in a nice t or golf shirt, jeans or khakis/shorts, a button down common with t under. Is that the typical mode across campus? How welcoming are frats? Is there a wide range of personality options, from party scene only to serious students who like to party weekends and be socially active? S is not an animal house kind of kid, more balanced.
Thanks for any input. S is on the verge of a choice, left for school on a Miami path I think!!</p>
<p>Son also from big HS. Definitely misses great FB and Basketball. Our HS has just produced one of the top HS bball players in the country. He is a big UK basketball fan because my husband went there. But the hockey games have been fun. What I find is that he plays a lot of sports at the rec center. He’s joined a broomball league. He hopes to continue in volleyball next year - this year didn’t work with his schedule. But he definitely would have enjoyed better sports :)</p>
<p>There are many many many b-school clubs and at orientation, they will all be there in force. Tons of choices, and I think that if you have a few kids who want to form a club it’s very much encouraged.</p>
<p>I only know about frats from one of his friends…who has told us that the different frats are all very different. Some have pretty heavy rush requirements, and some of them are pretty out of control. Some of them are very grade conscious. Others, not. Some are rich and snobbish, others not. I get the impression that whatever you are like…there’s a “right” place for you.</p>
<p>Son says some days he rolls out of bed and heads to class. Other days, he dresses in a button down and jeans. It is Sperry heaven. </p>
<p>You can totally be OK hanging in the dorm or going out. We chose the Honors dorm because it REALLY lets him choose - quiet or not. His roommate has very early classes. They literally go to bed by midnight. Not easy to do at every state school dorm. 
I think “balance” is really how I would DESCRIBE Miami.</p>