<p>My son is interested in Miami because of the business program and the likely OOS merit money.
I'm interested in what options others are or have looked at that are similar, especially for business. This is the smallest school he's looking at, but it sounds like a great fit for him.</p>
<p>We too are OOS but not business…
Daughter’s final three were Miami, TCU and GWU. Admittedly, there is no common thread to connect these schools, but they were her prohibitive favorites after campus visits to more than 20 schools over a two year period.
Miami won on atmosphere, tradition (family legacy) and finances.
She is a VERY happy first semester frosh… we just saw her at parents weekend and it couldn’t be a better fit for her.</p>
<p>We are also OOS but not business…
Son’s final three were MU, UIUC and U Ky (a super-safety because he was NMF) - in what in retrospect was an abysmally competitive year he went for several of what turned out to be reaches that the numbers told him were matches.
Guess what? We got incredibly lucky, and I mean that as a family. Miami turned out to be ideal, even better frankly than we’d hoped for with any that he applied to.
At Miami, everybody talks about Farmer - I’d say by far the most common direction of the kids and their parents that we met at the “Make It Miami” session and during Summer Orientation was Farmer. It’s clearly an engine of prestige for the university, and their new building by Bob Stern is pretty nifty too.
Son got one of the full OOS merit scholarships. But more than that was the feel of the place. Our S is home as I’m typing this (Fall Break). He commented when I asked how he liked Miami now (as opposed to how do you like being a college student) and right away he said he was so glad he was there because in his words the teachers care. This is what we’d heard and it turned out to be true. There is a reason Miami gets that crazy high mark from USNWR each year in the “Undergraduate Teaching” category - 3rd or higher the past several years, topped only by Dartmouth and Princeton.
We noticed this when we did our final run-through tour. At MU the presentations all focused on the student-teacher relationship. No one came out and said it but clearly the administration tells their faculty, basically, look, you’re here in Oxford, you’re here to teach. Research is nice and all that but your job is to be a teacher. I can tell you already he’s had good, helpful interactions with a few of his teachers and they’ve helped him find his way and do his best.
The other thing that blew us away is the advising function. He has four advisors. That’s not a typo. He has a regular academic advisor - they live in the dorms - he has an Honors advisor, he has an advisor for his major (Comp Sci) and another for his minor (Game Design). In his case, he really came to Miami not for Comp Sci but for their special interactive media studies center - and he’s in the process of flipping his major/minor because they have a new BA in Game Design program coming online next year and he’ll make CS his minor instead.
Absolutely beautiful school, they had exactly what he wanted, they’re making sure he doesn’t fall through the cracks, and we can afford it. I simply can’t see how he could have done better at one of the “fancier” schools he applied to.
Oh, and the Redhawks hockey team is ranked #2 in Division 1 right now, if you like that sort of thing.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. I’m glad your students really like it now that they are there.
It sounds like a great school to me. If my son increased his SAT by 10 points he will be at a new scholarship level and the school will look even better to us. Keep your figures crossed.</p>
<p>Speaking as a parent of two juniors, one in business and the other in computer science and mechanical engineering, both have just received very nice well paid internship offers for next summer already.</p>
<p>Congrats on the internships.
Did any of you worry about the comparatively low SAT scores of MU vs. OSU? My son is interested in UMDCP (state flagship), Indiana, OSU and Miami. I was surprised to see the difference in the common data set. I can’t remember exactly, but it was 70 or 80 points lower than OSU.
Do your kids feel like they are with similar peers, academically?
If my guy gets 10 more points on the SAT, he will be eligible for a 1/2 to full ride which could make his tuition cheaper than UMD. Keep your fingers crossed.</p>
<p>^One thing to consider comparing MU and OSU is the amount of Merit awards available. D. got very low offer at OSU. She was on a full tuition Merit award and got some more later at MU. Another consideration, MU is so different from OSU that most in our city (IS) while applying to both, would not consider both later on after looking closer. We are divided here. The ones who love OSU usually cannot see themselves at MU and the other way.<br>
In regard to academic level, many in Honors at MU (when D. was there) were valedictorians with stats that would be under consderations at many Ivy’s. Many among them were from private HS. The cust that we were shown at one Honors info sessions were top 2% and ACT=31+.
These could have changed though.</p>
<p>We just visited Miami last week. D has been dead-set against staying in Ohio for college but because of the merit possibilities (she’s a junior so doesn’t have final SATs yet), I suggested we at least go look. </p>
<p>We both came away liking it a lot more than we thought we would. She said she could see easily herself there, which surprised me a little since her favorites so far are are Brown and Barnard. </p>
<p>She’s a science/math kid though, unlikely to study business.</p>
<p>^You did not mention her potential major. I am not familiar with anything math related. In regard to science, I am familiar only with pre-med. Miami is preparing them really well, all D’s friends are at various Med. Schools, including top 20. Miami has very strong Zoology department. Most pre-meds (by far) are Zoology major. There are also great opportunitites for internships at Research Labs.</p>
<p>Possibly engineering. We didn’t have time to do their separate info session/tour but will if she gets good merit there.</p>
<p>Miami is a great school and FSB is hard to beat. Elon was our second choice.</p>
<p>OP here. My son did get JUST the 10 points he needed to qualify for 1/2 to full tuition scholarship. We will be curious to see what the merit offer looks like at the end of the day. It may be just about as cheap as UMD, our state flagship.</p>
<p>Let us know? I am curious as to how many get the full as opposed to the half, or in between…</p>
<p>I will let you know. I did a thread to see if anyone knows how they decide, but nobody has responded.</p>
<p>1214, we received a mailer today that detailed the merit scholarships at MU. It was not on our radar. My D is applying in-state to UMD-CP, but as a safety. She is looking at LACs other than that - Swarthmore, Denison, Dickinson, Oberlin, etc. I would imagine MU is nothing like those schools on so many levels. But she has the stats to qualify for the merit aid (1410, 3.72UW/4.45W, IB diploma), so I will read up on MU and have a chat with her. In the meantime, can anyone speak to the reputation of the English/History/Theater departments at MU? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Just anecdotally, many locals call MU a “big Denison” - just saying :)</p>
<p>Thanks, OHMomof2. Denison is high on my Ds list, so that is a big plus!</p>
<p>I cannot comment on those specific departments other than to say I’ve seen a couple theater productions at Miami and they were excellent. But if I may generalize, as a state school, Miami does an outstanding job of preparing kids for careers in the pre-professional areas. So, if you go to Miami’s business college or college of engineering and do well, you will get internships and you will get jobs.</p>
<p>I am a high school senior, and applied to Miami, OSU, and Fordham as my top 3 schools. Fordham, obviously, is separate from the other two, as it is out of state and I therefore am not considering it as seriously. I applied to Miami Early Decision because I love the school. For those of you who are not yet seniors in high school, I don’t blame you for not being sure on your choice of school. I had absolutely no idea where I wanted to go until about three months ago. I did the Miami Junior Scholars program this past summer, which was my first time visiting the school and I fell in love. I would highly recommend that program to those of you who might be current juniors in high school for the summer of 2014.</p>
<p>I originally liked the idea of going out of state, because I love the New England area of the country, and don’t have a problem going far away. However, Ohio has amazing public schools. Between the in-state tuition and the opportunities provided by Ohio schools, I now find it better to stay in-state. </p>
<p>Someone earlier mentioned they are considering FSB. That is what I am considering also. Last time I checked, Miami for undergrad actually has a stronger business program overall as compared to OSU, which I am psyched about. When I visited OSU last spring, I will admit I liked it more than I expected. Even when I first visited Miami I wasn’t completely convinced what could make one school [OSU or Miami] better than the other. By the end of my summer experience, I realized there could be no better fit.</p>
<p>My son had a varied list of schools he applied to and ended up at Miami as they provided him with the most amount in merit.</p>
<p>He applied at the following schools:
-Xavier (ended up being very expensive even with getting their Presidential scholarship)
-Alabama-he got a full tuition scholarship but didn’t want to go that far away (we live on Cincinnati)
-Dayton-he got their biggest, best scholarship which was barely half tuition
-Washington University St Louis-got no merit aid and tuition was over $50,000 per year though he LOVED this school the price was not practical
-Denison-very expensive but I agree is like a bigger Miami
-University of Kentucky-got the full tuition OOS scholarship but decided it was too big and he got more money at Miami
-Harvard-he applied just to see if he could get in and he did NOT lol</p>
<p>Miami was the perfect choice for my son as it not too far away, not too big and not too small, and they gave him the most money in the end. No regrets so far!</p>