Miami University-Oxford Top Questions

I wish someone would have told me that freshman year is a good time to sign up for clubs and organizations. Your freshman year is the time you spend adjusting to the new environment of college life, and a great way to do that is to make friends. There are all kinds of clubs with people from all majors and ages, so you get many different perspectives from people potentially from all over the world.

I wish I had known how easily and quickly one can get from Cincinnati to Oxford. The drive is only 45 minutes which makes a big difference when you're a student who feels the need to get out of the small confines of Oxford and engage in a bigger city environment. I also wish I had known how many opportunities there are at Miami University to engage in diversity work. That is a huge plus and was an extremely rewarding part of my education.

I wish I had known how small this campus really is. I did not have a car my first year and it was really tough to find activities in Oxford. Oxford is walkable but you really need a car to get the full experience.

Before I came to this school, I wish I would have realized that stepping out of my comfort zone would make me a better person. There is so much more to learn, do, and see when you try new things. New things usually scared me in high school. Miami provides it's students with so many different opportunities and I want to embrace those opportunities to experience new things. I believe each new experience will help me grow and become a more well-rounded individual.

I wish I had know how rigorous the course work would be. Also, I wish I had known that I would not like chemistry, so I could have chosen a different major. Knowing how to study math, would have helped me greatly this year.

I wish I would have known some better study habbits. My first two big test were treated the same way as high school tests and I payed the price for being neglegent. The professors are tough but they are not unreasonable and I think that is important for any incoming freshman to know.

Eat healthier! There are plenty of healthy options on campus... you just have to make sure you find the right ones (and at the right time of the day!)

That it is in Ohio, not Florida!

I wish I would have known how different high school is from college.

I wish that I knew that the school was not very diverse. There are not very many minority students at the school. I grew up in an area that had a great mix of every race and economic group. Miami does not have much diversity.