I am currently a BGSU freshman studying Business specializing in Management with 20 credit Hours completed and currently taking 16. I have a 3.5 GPA after my first semester. I would like to Transfer to Ohio State as BGSU just is not the right fit for me. I was wondering how big of a change in academic rigor there is between the two schools? I am just worried that If i transfer to OSU that I will not be on par with the rest of the students academically. I have heard that OSU makes a lot of the gen-ed requirements difficult to weed out some of the students as well. I have completed most of those so I am not too worried about that. I am a hard working student, however, for the most part I haven’t really had to put a whole lot of effort in at BGSU to get A’s. I know OSU will be more difficult and that I will have to put in more effort, but I don’t want to set myself up to fail. Thanks in advance!
Well, OSU is much more rigorous in that it’s faster-paced and the average student is better academically so a better reader = more in-depth class dicussion, more pages to read… etc. But if you’re used to studying and doing your best, you should adjust easily, much more easily than someone who coasted and isn’t used to working.