Miami University-Oxford Top Questions

Become involved & take advantage of the wonderful opportunities this school has for students.

Mostly preppy, self-absorbed, driven, motivated to get excellent careers.

They are generally driven and generally come from affluent families, or at least somewhat so. I have never had a problem interacting with any students and they are bright students.

Miami students are dressed for the success that they expect from themselves, and they take a lot of pride in their work.

Smart

My classmates are often pretty superficial and are generally fairly rich because their parents give them whatever they want, they are also slow to accept students who arn't the same as them. However as you move away from your freshman year a lot of people do grow up and all of that diminishes.

Too often stereotyped, although the stereotypes hold true in many cases, there are diverse people out there.

Rich

Upper-middle class, from the Midwest, intelligent, mostly white, career-focused.

It is funny because a lot of people make fun of the lack of diversity that Miami offers. After only being there for 2 years, I have actually noticed an increased amount of diversity. The university is strongly focusing on making Miami a more diverse campus. Miami does have the stereotype of being "JcrewU" which can be true for many of the frat and sorority people, however there are a lot of people who do roll out of bed and go to class in sweats and a t-shirt. When the weather gets nicer people do dress nicer and more preppy, I guess. To me, I love that Miami has a "preppy" stereotype. I would rather it have that stereotype than have one that claims that Miami is dirty and trashy.