Miami University-Oxford Top Questions

Miami is homogenous and everyone either wears North Face, J. Crew, Ugg, or some other highly fashionable name brand. Students are rich. Students must join a sorority or fraternity in order to be accepted on campus. Students party a lot, and everyone goes to the bars on Green Beer Day.

Stereotypes: J-Crew U. Northface jackets, ipods, and Ugg boots abound. Miami girls wear their heels to class and uptown every night of the week, and Miami frat boys share sexual conquests over dining hall food.

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The students are preppy. Miami is sometimes called "JCrew U", referring to the expensive designer brands many students wear.

J. CrewU, everyone is very preppy and wealthy, Daddy's Girls

One hears time and again of the "J.Crew U" imaage thrown on Miami students: we are all white, rich,only wear Polos and carry Coach purses, drive BMWs and charge all our drinks at the bar on Daddy's credit card. The lack of diversity, the conservative values, the aloof attitudes and indifference to others, etc.

I know that there are stereotypes about Miami - that it lacks diversity, that the people all come from wealthy and privileged backgrounds, and that it is a beautiful campus to spend four years.

I think people tend to perceive Miami as those stuck up preppy students who see themselves as better than everyone, your stereotypical fraternity guy or sorority girl. We're dubbed "J-Crew U" which gives an overall picture of the campus style of dress.

Miami Students are generally portrayed as preppy and rich. Ever heard of J.Crew U?

Miami students are known by other schools and amongst themselves as snooty, clique-ish, wealthy and ignorant, with a depressing lack of cultural diversity.