Miami vs. Miami!!!!

READYTORETIRE
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:57:53 +0000

We have some experience with both schools. D2 took a couple of successful courses at MiamiU (O) last summer and reluctantly applied there. She generally was not impressed with the caliber of the students and says she would most likely be miserable there. If you haven’t visited, this school is in the middle of nowhere and is very Greek oriented. D2 says the dumb kids from her prep school go there. D2 has also been accepted at UMiami (Fla) and we were there recently for a visit. It still has the Suntan U image but is now a top 40 school as Donna Shalala has been working hard to improve the ranking and academics . If you are willing to study and not get too involved in the party scene you can do well there. It is near Coconut Grove and one half hour from Miami Beach and obviously the weather is great. D1, a law student, has a boyfriend classmate, who graduated from UMiami last year. He is really bemoaning the debt, but did not find his polysci major overly difficult there.

You may, in the fall, see D2 at UMiami but definitely not at MiamiU. We wouldn’t pay full ticket though.