<p>sh60614 - You misread my sarcasm. I was reading in your comments some bitterness about Miami students and purposely made some exaggerated, sarcastic claims to try to make a point. Sorry I went over your head with that. </p>
<p>I tried to find stats to compare OSU and Miami students because I am trying to understand the differences. All I can find is OSU’s “admitted student” profile, vs. Miami’s “Enrolled Student” profile. I’d love to see an enrolled student profile for OSU. If anybody has one that can be compared directly, I’d appreciate the link. However, comparing the ones I found, I don’t see a huge difference. There are lots of other threads on this board about whether or not test scores are the be-all and end-all of applicant worthiness - you can check them out via the search function if you are interested.</p>
<p>I’m just not sure I understand the bitterness. Why come on another college’s thread and trash the school? You said you were just answering the diversity issue. I would quibble with that, due to the tone you took. Even Miami itself acknowledges that there is a diversity issue (as do very many colleges). The “problem” as it were is that alumni children keep applying there, so the future student body does look a lot like their parents! </p>
<p>There were many aspects of college that we looked at when D was searching. We never did find a “perfect” school. My D had some tough decisions last April; giving up some things to get others. One aspect of diversity she did care about was International and out of state students. On that statistic, OSU admitted 16% out of state, including representatives from 24 countries; Miami enrolled 37% out of state, including 51 countries.</p>
<p>Diversity is defined by various attributes. We did not “litmus” a school based on skin color. Nevertheless, we have been pleasantly surprised at both the effort and the reality of Miami, and I suspect it’s only going to get better.</p>
<p>My other two children have attended schools way different from Miami. And yet, the group of friends they made at those schools remarkably resembles the friends my D is accumulating. Perhaps people tend to find whatever it is they are looking for.</p>
<p>When I was writing my previous post about the diversity among the few people my D has already befriended, I actually had a line in there (which I edited out) that the only “people group” she hadn’t yet met was any other republican. So I am glad to hear they are there. I think it’s funny that if there are any republicans on a college campus, that is always listed as a negative. Most college campuses in the US tend to lean liberal, some heavily, and nobody ever seems to complain about that particular lack of diversity. </p>
<p>I was surprised by your attack on believersmom. Even if her name was Christian-based, it seems remarkably intolerant of you to attack someone based on their religion.</p>