<p>Researchmaven,I must admit that I have a bias toward Miami. Also, I generally prefer many private schools to that of state schools since state schools are subject to cut backs due to the vagaries of state funding. In addition, state schools tend to give lower grades and usually have less grade inflation. However, not withstanding what I have said above, I usually wouldn’t recommend any private school, even Miami, over a good state school unless the parents are wealthy, or the major that the kid wants isn’t offered in the state university, or the kid needs some special program ,or the private school offers enough scholarship money to be almost equivalent to that of a state school, give or take a few thousand dollars a year.</p>
<p>I certainly would NOT recommend anyone going into substantial debt to attend any private school unless the desired major is absolutely unavailable in their state university.</p>
<p>Don’t forget, most of my posts that concern Miami deal with whether Miami is better than other private schools such as BU or Syracuse or Northeastern etc. Few people have asked me whether I would recommend sending their kid to Miami for undergraduate studies over their in-state university.</p>