<p>I have stated this so many times. It is simply a fact. If you are a smart, affluent, but not super rich kid from a good midwestern suburban high school, Miami is a great place. They get a lot of white affluent kids because those kids - the ones who were good, but not 4.5 GPA students - who get a very good education on a very beautiful and not too big campus. IU, Purdue and OSU ARE great schools and very affordable. They are also huge. That is not for everyone. If you are a smart minority kid with the kind of grades that Miami kids generally have (3.5 - 4.0), you are offered opportunities at the elites. Without any hooks, if you have a 3.7 or better with strong test scores, you get 10k in automatic scholarships OOS at Miami. With a tuition that starts at 37, a 10k scholarship makes Miami VERY affordable. So why do you THINK so many strong students who are not URMs choose Miami? It’s a great school at an affordable price, if you are a solid but not “hooked” student. The Ivies are not affordable for upper middle class white midwestern kids. Our local Blue Ribbon High School with a graduating class of about 900 sends 3-5 kids each year to elite schools…occasionally on athletic scholarships…most of them are Asian and have parents who have made their life goal to save enough for the 200k price tag…for only children. For the rest of us, we’re very very happy to have a school like Miami, affordable for our strong students. And if you look at the stats of their Honors programs, the admissions rates to professional schools are impressive. Some of us are also not wanting to send undergrad students too many hours from home to be able to come home for the weekend when they want to. Go RedHawks. My son very much hopes to get in and study business in the Honors College. Now he needs to learn to play broomball.</p>