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Hadn't heard the University of Miami being called Sun-tan U before lol that is great. We are in such good hands with Joe Echevarria. He understands how critical elite athletics are to the university and that athletics made the U! Awesome interview.
 
Ziggy said:
Hadn't heard the University of Miami being called Sun-tan U before lol that is great. We are in such good hands with Joe Echevarria. He understands how critical elite athletics are to the university and that athletics made the U! Awesome interview.
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We were a cupcake school. Teams from the north would come down, go to the beach, and get an easy win.
 
Yoyo423 said:
We were a cupcake school. Teams from the north would come down, go to the beach, and get an easy win.
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I believe it was also the academic reputation. Once UM started winning in football, it raised the number of students that wanted to attend, which also increased the academic level of student that applied. Helped make it rise in academic rankings.
 
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Ziggy said:
Hadn't heard the University of Miami being called Sun-tan U before lol that is great. We are in such good hands with Joe Echevarria. He understands how critical elite athletics are to the university and that athletics made the U! Awesome interview.
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I had a t shirt with "sun tan u" in the early 90's, I believe I bought it from All Sports down the road from the Mark Light.
 
Ziggy said:
Hadn't heard the University of Miami being called Sun-tan U before lol that is great. We are in such good hands with Joe Echevarria. He understands how critical elite athletics are to the university and that athletics made the U! Awesome interview.
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I was at UM from 1963-66 and that's how the whole country knew UM back then. Thanks to the Saturday Evening Post article ref'd here.

‘Suntan U’ reputation casts long shadow - The Miami Hurricane

Tucked away in bound books and dusty magazines, within the corners of Richter Library, exists a school whose history consists of excessive sunscreen, a younger drinking age and an unrecognizable Miami. Before the University of Miami was dubbed a top-50 institution by U.S. News & World Report, it...
themiamihurricane.com themiamihurricane.com

The U was beginning a big building program and if you had a pulse, you were admitted. That's how I got in. Lotsa Jaguar XKE's, Corvette's, etc -- a lot of students from "up north" like myself .

No joke. Looking at an old 1964 Cost Statement -- Charges are for the two semester academic year:

Undergraduate Tuition $1,200
Student Fees $98
Residence Hall Charges $340 (Men) $390-440 (Women)
 
hotshot said:
I was at UM from 1963-66 and that's how the whole country knew UM back then. Thanks to the Saturday Evening Post article ref'd here.

‘Suntan U’ reputation casts long shadow - The Miami Hurricane

Tucked away in bound books and dusty magazines, within the corners of Richter Library, exists a school whose history consists of excessive sunscreen, a younger drinking age and an unrecognizable Miami. Before the University of Miami was dubbed a top-50 institution by U.S. News & World Report, it...
themiamihurricane.com themiamihurricane.com

The U was beginning a big building program and if you had a pulse, you were admitted. That's how I got in. Lotsa Jaguar XKE's, Corvette's, etc -- a lot of students from "up north" like myself .

No joke. Looking at an old 1964 Cost Statement -- Charges are for the two semester academic year:

Undergraduate Tuition $1,200
Student Fees $98
Residence Hall Charges $340 (Men) $390-440 (Women)
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That's expensive as **** for 1964!
 
hotshot said:
Is it? I wouldn't know as my parents paid in full. No student loan or scholly $$ needed.

The figures I posted total, for male students, $1638 for Tuition, Fees and Residence -- for the academic year. What's that in today's dollars? :)
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like 15-20k lol

considering tuition is around what, 30-50k nowadays, I'd say not too bad, though they were enrolling just about anyone lol
 
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hotshot said:
Is it? I wouldn't know as my parents paid in full. No student loan or scholly $$ needed.

The figures I posted total, for male students, $1638 for Tuition, Fees and Residence -- for the academic year. What's that in today's dollars? :)
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I was in college in 80's and I believe friends of mine at FSU were paying less than $25/credit hour. So, for a 30 credit academic year, they were only paying $750 for tuition. No idea on room/board/fees. My dumb a$$ went to a private school where tuition was $75/quarter credit hour in 1982 but that's still just $3375 almost 20 years after you were at UM.
 
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