Baylor University Scholars vs Miami's UHP Program

2020lastone
Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:19:50 +0000

@goldmidnight7, my son applied early and was invited to Miami Honors program. Full disclosure, I had a bias FOR Miami. My college fraternity was founded there and I was excited to make the trip as a parent. That didn’t last long. We found everything to do with Miami was a mess. When applying, they then wanted you to do a separate honors application but didn’t have dates right…the university didn’t know how to use common applicationwith their honors program. I’m a parent of an applicant but found myself telling them how to make the applications work so it wasn’t messed up and showing them online how other colleges were doing successfully what they weren’t able to figure out. The campus was supposed to be beautiful. Meh. And it takes a major effort to get there. We went to Redbrick tour in our city and went to a day on campus. Presentations were “predictable.” On campus, it was surprising that the fountain at the dorm didn’t work, the microphone didn’t work at the presentation etc. TO your previous point, their follow up was late and uninspired…they flat out didn’t care. Our recruiter was a bit smug and not service oriented. Contrast, Our Baylor recruiter has answered 10 emails i’ve sent same day. The associate dean of the business school told us to call him anytime directly. The Invitation to Excellence was the best recruiting event of 14 colleges we intended. Over staffed, precision execution, very cordial and transparent. AN ability to connect with the whole university on one night and people came ready to work. The next day, as a parent, i found myself tear up several times…thinking perhaps they will help me raise my child to be a strong person with a good life. At the end, my son got into many of the finest academic universities in the country and those that would be perceived much greater than Baylor. But he didn’t pick them even though his bias was to attend a school for status and respect. After Covid social isolation, my son was so sad about being alone and not having social engagement, that he asked himself…where will i be happy, where will I have a good life, where will I fit in, perhaps meet a spouse, be cared for and supported, where will I have access to professors and a myriad of other similar questions. With 11 admits and a waitlist that converted, he chose Baylor. I was stunned…I wanted him to pick the best school but knew he wouldn’t be happy there and rather, he picked the best school for him that met his needs. With 12 schools to pick from btw, he considered 11…Miami was the only one that didn’t have a chance.