Miami University-Oxford Top Questions

See above. What do UM students wear to class? Oh, well, that's simple. Just flip open your latest copy of Vogue magazine. Or the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalog (yes, we're still talking about CLASS attire.) Politically, this campus is pretty liberal, but definitely not radically so. Political issues are not that biggest thing here. I'm not sure most of these kids know what "political" means. Britney Spears is "political" to them.

Anyone who doesn't fit the stereotype of a rich, preppy, white kid that is in a fraternity or sorority might feel a little out of place in comparison to the rest of the student body. Of course, there are lots of ways to fit in with clubs, organizations, or just friends who have the same interests as you. Most students dress up when they go to class -- hair perfectly done, makeup, nice clothes. Some girls even wear heels. I bet they spend 2 hours getting for class every day. I wish I had the luxury of that much free time. I normally throw on a hoodie and jeans and practically run to class. My point is: most people at Miami are high maintanance. From what I've observed, different types of students don't really interact that much. Many students seem to be conservative. Although, on Western Campus, students are more liberal, and not preppy like the rest of campus.

Miami is not the most diverse school in the sense of race but in other ways it is diverse. Most students wear jeans or sweatpants to class. When it is nice out people usually tend to look nicer and get really excited about the weather. Students tend to come from Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus. They tend to be the most common. Students do tend to come from a more upper class financial background but you have people from other financial backgrounds.

Miami is conservative compared to other colleges, but all in all it's more of a moderate institution. The upside of this is that you hear a more diverse set of viewpoints; the downside is that you have to deal with extremists on both sides of the political spectrum. Despite the school's "J. Crew U" label, most students do not dress up for class; everybody shows up to their 8am in pajamas and sweats, and nobody pays attention to the one desperate young man in his pink-collared shirt anyway.

not to much racial diversity, most people are upper middle class or upper class emo kids would feel out of place people get dressed up for class students that are not in frats have trouble interacting with other students four tables: athletes, frat, nerds, and stoners most students are from chicago, cleveland, cinncinati, columbus most people come from wealthy families or at least well to do i think most students are not politically aware. i would say most people are liberal students talk about how much they will earn alot

I wish Miami had a wider spectrum of people. We have a lot of representation from various minorites/social groups but it is in individuals, not groups. I guess I just wish that I could double our minority groups here. If there were more LGBT, Jewish, Muslim, international, Arab, Swedish, broke--- anything, it would just be more interesting and something better that the WASPs that flood this school. Students wear anything to class, but usually look good. Even the people who rolled out of bed, rolled out and looked in the mirror before walking out the door. There is not as much interaction beetween various social groups on this campus. For example, on this campus there is Greek, and then black Greek. Why? You tell me. Miami is said to be predominantly republican, but we have a fairly strong liberal and politically active community.

Few students wear pajamas to class. Almost everyone comes dressed in at least jeans and a t shirt. The freshman year living learning community you choose has a big effect on what type of people you meet. So if you are looking to meet a very diverse group than it would be wise to live in the diversity dorm. If you like sports than the physical fitness dorm would suit you. There is a community for every type of person which is really nice.

As I said before, we have many stereotypes assigned to our student body, largely having to do with diversity (or lack thereof) and wealth. Many of the students here do come from some money, and they hail from the four "C's": Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland. They wear Northfaces, Uggs and Seven jeans, and they pop their collars. Seriously, I had a definite issue with this when I first started going here. I mean, I still do at times. To be honest, people do look the same, and some people feel pressure to spend outside their means to fit in. Technically, 1/3 of the student body is in the Greek community--meaning sororities and fraternities, but it seems like the entire student body is in one or the other. I am not, and it was really difficult Freshman year, when all my friends joined, and I felt like the odd man out. But, if you're lucky, you find people who become your best friends, and in the end, it really does not matter what you do extracurricularly. I mean, sometimes, it probably does. Which sucks. But I lucked out, and yes, there are times when I am really just over the sorority stuff. Working at a Market where rude sorority girls come in all the time, it gets tiring. But I have definitely come down off of my high horse in the past two years and realized that just because someone is in a sorority, does NOT mean they are wealthy, stuck up broads. It's a give and take--there really are all different types of people here, if not racially diverse, we certainly do have our political and social diversity. Enough of it, anyway. It's certainly no OSU, but it's Miami, uniquely its own, and I have learned to love the good and the bad.

There is a wide variety of socio-economic groups on Miami's campus. There are people who are completely loaded with money, there is your middle-upper class, middle class, and your lower class. I like that Miami has that variety. There are also a lot of religious groups here I have friends that are Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim. I think the type of student that would feel out of place would be one that does not have a lot of confidence in themselves and thinks that no one will like them if they do not look perfect all the time. What people wear to class depends on the person. I on a typical day with wear jeans, Uggs, Northface jacket, J.Crew sweatshirt, headband, Northface bookbag, and my green longchamp bag. Its all just very comfortable and some days Ill wear sweats to class because no one really cares. I think most people believe everyone at Miami is extremely rich and that is not the case, it might be a lot of the kids but it is not the majority. Yes I think that the students are politically active. Yes I myself have talked about how much I am going to earn one day.

Miami as a whole tends to lack diversity. We have Asian American groups and fraternities for black brothers, but it still feels that you see a sea of white. Athletes from different backbgrounds obviously mix together really well and frats or sororities do bring everyone together. But, at times there's still a sense that the blacks stick together or vice versa. Not to the point where there is racism, I think people as a whole are just naturally attracted to people similar to them. Students at this campus tend to get pretty dressed up for class. There are definitely those girls who to class wear a dress I would save for my birthday weekend. The boys can be seen in khakis and button ups just for a politics class. But there are still that group of us who rock the sweats or sweatshirts. To be honest tennis shoes are acceptable when it's apparent that you are going to the rec right after. A negative to student interaction is that due to technology taking over the world, between classes, if people aren't walking with a friend they normally have their headphones on or their cellphone attached to their ear. It's not that they aren't friendly, we just tend to live in our own "miami bubble." Different types of students interact. Obviously people with similar interests, whether it's arts, drinking, or sports are going to be closer but people don't always snub those who are different. Walk into a dining hall and you'll see your cliche groups. You have the athletes in sweats and matching hoodies just back from practice. There's the freshman with their lanyards on backwards around their neck traveling in a pack of 20, there's the lone eater engrossed in the T.V., there's a few studiers who people are eyeing, wondering how the heck they get studying done with that noise. There's the frat buddies, dressed up from chapter they have their coats off and ties loose. Then there's jsut the bunch. Dressed up, dressed down, laughing over last nights T.V. episode or whispering the latest drama. A lot of Miami students come from Ohio. It's a reputable school and paying in state tuition is great. There's people from an hour away and there's Clevelander's who have to drive as far as Chicago people to get home. Within my own friend group I have a friend from Boston, from Chicago, from Atlanta and from small town Ohio. There's definitely people from all realms. It's no lie that the majority of Miami is wealthy. You see few beat up junk cars, beside my own, in the parking lot. People obviously could be here on scholarship, but they probably don't let on. We really are an upperclass society kind of school. When it comes to students talking about how much money they will earn one day, the continual joke between me, a journalism major, and my friend, a business major, is everytime he says "at least I'll make money," I say, "At least I'll be doing what I love."