<p>I've looked at it from every angle... can anyone help?!</p>
<p>What do you plan on studying?</p>
<p>Prestige: Wake Forest is ranked 30. UM is still overcoming its party school label and is ranked 50, but it has moved up a lot in the rankings. </p>
<p>Student Body: UM more diverse but quite Latino. WF has dropped SAT requirement to become more diverse. UM students more liberal. </p>
<p>Major: Unknown. UM is more pre-professional. You will interact with a lot of teaching assistants. </p>
<p>Campus Life: UM students move off campus. They go out into the Coconut Grove and the City to party. WF students tend to stay on campus because the local urban scene is boring. WF has more traditional school spirit. </p>
<p>Cost: UM is probably a lot more expensive, particularly with the off campus social life.</p>
<p>Career prospects: Wake Forest looks better on a resume unless you live in Florida.</p>
<p>As a WFU alum I’d clearly take Wake, but UM has some outstanding merit aid. Wake’s financial aid often leaves middle class admits caught in the gap.</p>
<p>Student Body:
WF: 82% White, 7% Black, 5% Asian
UM: 45% White, 23% Latino/Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian</p>
<p>Campus:
WF: Winston-Salem, NC Mid-size inland city
UM: Miami, Large oceanside city</p>
<p>Cost:
WF: $52,082 (On-Campus)
UM: $53,544 (On-Campus)</p>
<p>Source: National Center for Educational Statistics - US Dept. of Education - based on Common Data Set submissions by member schools.</p>
<p>Prestige: Open to debate.</p>
<p>The costs are virtually the same (+/- $1,500); Miami is diverse and in a major metropolitan area. Wake Forest is substantially more homogenous and in a smaller urban setting. Only you can decide which is more suitable for you.</p>
<p>I’d pick U of M. I know several people there who absolutely love it. Not too big. Great academics, weather, sports, people and diversity. My son wants Wake so I love that too, but poster is right. Middle class people are really left out. We received half of what other schools gave us, and same with other families. 4 very qualified students from my son’s class very much wants to go there but were shocked (and put off) by the financial aid office.</p>
<p>He really wishes he had applied to U of M, and might look into transferring.</p>
<p>I’d go with Miami based on diversity/environment alone.</p>
<p>“You will interact with a lot of teaching assistants.”</p>
<p>Damaris, did you study at UM and if so, what major? S studying in the SBA has not had a TA at all in his 3 years there.</p>
<p>I agree. My daughter is at UMiami and one of the things she loves most is that the professors actually teach their own classes. The class sizes are very small also, usually 20 or less. The professors are very accessible, answer their emails quickly and are genuinely interested in the students. My daughter has even had professors give the students their cell phone numbers and encourage the kids to call with any questions.</p>
<p>In 4 years my son only had TAs for the break out/review sessions of larger classes and labs; never as an actual teacher.</p>