Red Carpet Day Invitation?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Miami University - Ohio
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<p>I was just talking to another mom of my daughter's classmate and she mentioned that her D is attending a Red Carpet Day at Miami in October and that it was a mailed invitation. I'm curious if anyone knows the criteria that Miami uses to decide which students receive these invitations? I believe that my daughter has very similar gpa and ACT score as the other girl. We have already done an official tour, however, the other girls has not. Neither has applied to the school so how would Miami know which students were highly qualified to receive these invitations? The only thing I can think of is that maybe the other girl had her ACT sent to Miami when she took the exam. My daughter doesn't write down any schools when she takes the ACT. Or perhaps they were targeting students from our suburb who have not yet taken an official tour?</p>

<p>Any thoughts on this?</p>

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<p>Daughter received an invitation. She has not applied yet, but did have her ACT scores sent direct last time (and scored well).</p>

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<p>What is Red Carpet Day?</p>

<p>Also, does anyone know what “Day of Champions” is? D got an email invite for that in October</p>

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<p>Red Carpet Day info: <a href=“Admission Application Requirements for First-Year Students | Miami University”>Admission Application Requirements for First-Year Students | Miami University;
Day of Champions info: <a href=“Admission Application Requirements for First-Year Students | Miami University”>Admission Application Requirements for First-Year Students | Miami University;

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<p>Do a lot of students get the Day of Champions invite? Scratching my head on why D got it as she is not into sports.
Is it for diversity?
At any rate the timing is not good for her - she will attend a local info session though.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know what the criteria are for these invitations, especially the academic one?</p>

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<p>I have no idea but in regards to the Red Carpet Day Invitation, my guess is that it is potentially sent to students who designate schools to receive their ACT scores at the time that they take the exam and have a certain score. For example, my DD did not designate any schools to receive her scores (because we preferred to wait until receiving the scores to decide which ones to send to the schools at the time of application) and did not receive an invitation but another student who received the same ACT score did have the score directly sent to Miami and did receive a Red Carpet invitation. There is no way that Miami would know which students were high-achieving unless the ACT scores were already sent. Another thought is that Miami may target students in certain zip codes or high schools who have not already taken an official campus tour. My DD has already taken an official tour but her friend who received an invitation has not taken an official tour.</p>

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<p>I learned yesterday that on the ACT there is a box you check if you do not wish to receive information from colleges. If that was checked it is likely that they would not have sent an invitation. It also makes it difficult for Universities to buy lists of high performing students. </p>