<p>Senior 08
SAT: 1120/1600
GPA: 2.3 (slacked off because of sports, not a good reason, I know)
Mother was alumni, dad was faculty in the med school at one point. We donate around 5k a year, that helps?
From Pennsylvania, lived in Columbus until I was 11 years old.</p>
<p>ECs:
50+ hours volunteering at a rehabilitation hospital
Key Club
Soccer
Basketball
Worked a job for 5 months
Track
Spanish Club</p>
<p>I’m very curious what my chances are at this school, and I’m VERY eager to hear all of your opinions.</p>
<p>Parents being alumni/donations to the university do NOT aid your chances in the admissions process. </p>
<p>Frankly, I'd say it's a pretty long shot with those test scores/GPA. I doubt there's any way you can pull up that GPA before you're done, so you really need to blow the ACT/SAT out of the water to have a fighting chance.</p>
<p>"You may be able to garner admission to one of OSU's satellite campuses...and if you do well your chances in Columbus would be very good."</p>
<p>Admission to the four Ohio State outside campuses (Lima, Mansfield, Marion, or Newark) is guaranteed for Ohio residents and pretty darn easy for others. And then if you go there for a year and do all right, you can switch to the main campus if you want. </p>
<p>With that GPA I think you would need an ACT or SAT in the top 1% or so for a chance to get in to the main campus in Columbus. It is pretty hard to get into Ohio State. You usually have to have a GPA over 3 with ACT/SAT scores to match.</p>