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My son is a junior at Miami. In 2014-15, they had a very cold, snowy winter. Fortunately, that was the year before my son started. His first two winters were very mild. This year has been colder and snowier than he has experienced so far. Overall, you are only about 30 miles north of the Kentucky border, and winters are much milder than in the upper Midwest. But i did just buy my son a car and I spent the extra $1,000 for AWD. If you already have a car that is not AWD, snow tires on FWD is a better option than AWD without FWD. AWD with snow tires is tops. (According to Consumer Reports.) You didn't ask, but Oxford is a great little town and Miami's campus is beautiful. Cincinnati is a nice bigger town, not too far away.

You won't be admitted to a graduate program unless they think you can be successful. After that, it's up to you. If you work hard, you will be able to maintain a 3.5.

(Replying to SerenityNow! and JustPosieAlong) My oldest son is a senior at TAMU. He is fairly liberal and out-of-state, but has quite enjoyed his four years in College Station. You can find all the usual college-town restaurants and businesses. TAMU leans conservative, but it is a huge college. Trump carried the county, but there were thousands of Clinton voters. https://stuactonline.tamu.edu/app/organization/profile/public/id/1204 I agree that commuting to either Houston or Austin would be awful. My son is heading to Ann Arbor in August for his PhD. He currently rents a very nice small house a 15-minute walk from the TAMU campus (engineering complex), which I don't believe has been rented for fall. If anyone is interested, please send me a message.