<p>Any input will be well appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>Male
Greek American
Junior
Go to a very competitive public school in Washington- ranked 35th best public school in the nation
GPA- 3.52 (UW) 3.71 (W)
5 AP’s*, 4 Honors Classes
Excellent upward grade trend.
SAT- 610 W, 550 M, 540 CR- 1700 (Will take again in October)
ACT- N/A (Taking in September)
Class Rank- N/A</p>
<p>Teacher & counselor recs- excellent, lots of thought put into both
Essay- will be very good</p>
<p>Extracurriculars-
-4 year varsity tennis letter winner- 9-12th grade
-2 year district tennis qualifier
-1 year state tennis qualifier
-Captain of my club tennis team
-Play in competitive tournaments locally
-Senior Class Historian- 12
-Class Senator- 11-12
-President and Founder of Sports Debate Club- 10-12
-Member of Asian Culture Club- 11-12
-Member of Key Club- 11-12
-Member of A.S.P.E.N.-12 (Had to try-out)
-Community service award for completing a certain amount of volunteer hours
Volunteer work at a local tennis club, through Key Club, camp counselor, district wide volunteering events, and various other events. (100+ hours)</p>
<p>As far as I know, only thing that matters for honors is ACT/SAT and class rank. This year (it may be changed for next year) it was top 10% high school class and a 29 ACT minimum.</p>
<p>I've heard that those standards will be going up this year...possibly top 10 and a 30 required...not sure though.</p>
<p>Top 10% and a 29ACT/1300SAT.</p>
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<li>I like how OSU ignores all the essay/EC pretense and considers only the important factors proving the student is capable.</li>
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<p>Admission into OSU is different than admission to the honors program. </p>
<p>I read a book once on college admissions written by deans of various college admission offices, and while all their colleges are different, there was one overarching theme: the best predictor of success in college is a combination of college prep courses in HS, test scores, and high school performance.</p>
<p>Not everyone is a phenomenal essay writer...under your presumptions, shouldn't Ohio State give every incoming student a battery of tests to determine admission into the honors program? Not just writing, but math and sciences as well?</p>
<p>Does that idea sound absurd? Strangly, there is already something out there that colleges can use to determine this...the ACT/SAT. Now we can get into a huge debate on the use of test scores in determining future success, but as of right now, it proves to be the best way to determine a high school student's aptitude.</p>
<p>Frankly, whether or not you were in the Key Club in high school and two essay questions on an application determine little towards a student's success in the college classroom...which is what the Honors Program at OSU is focused around.</p>
<p>I agree, I wish other schools did the same (or at least had an optional essay question). A good sat and solid gpa are more than enough since they were already accepted into the school.</p>
<p>Amen to that! I hope I didn't sound accusatory, reading back on my post, it may be construed that way.</p>