Chances of becoming a Buckeye

College Search & Selection
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<p>Ohio State is my dream school and I was wondering if you guys would give me your honest opinion on my chances</p>

<p>I am junior, Hispanic, in the band program of a local columbus hs. I am part of my high schools chapter of The national honor society, am in the soccer team and have participated in Ohio model UN and plan to again next year. I am also in the top ten percent of my high school</p>

<p>I took 2 high school honors classes and spanish in the 8th grade and all honors core classes so far my high school career </p>

<p>I am currently taking a PSEO class at a local community college </p>

<p>My current classes are AP gov, honors chemistry, honors pre calc and honors english 4 along with band and spanish 4</p>

<p>Unfortunately I did learn to apply as much as I could until my sophomore year...</p>

<p>I have a 3.7 weighted and a 3.25 unweighted gpa not counting my junior year and got a 23 on my first ACT which I irresponsibly did not study for.</p>

<p>I am confident I can raise my UW GPA to at least a 3.5 and can raise my ACT to at least a 28</p>

<p>My brother got into ohio state with a 3.3 and a 24-25 act but that was in 09...</p>

<p>For better or worse ohio state has raised its standards but my brother says my minority status will give me an advantage...</p>

<p>As of right now I am not confident of my chances... </p>

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<p>Keep taking the ACT until you get it up to about 27 or 28. Then you will be a slam dunk. Right now, you will have a hard time. The GPA is not as much of a problem as the ACT score. You might also consider taking the SAT. Some people are better at one test than the other. Maybe the SAT will make you look better.</p>

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<p>I agree with trying the SAT because, while it is “trickier” than the ACT it is supposed to be less of a time crunch. I’m not as sanguine on the 27 making you a slam dunk. That’s still at the 25%ile for tOSU. And ethnic status is only considered. <a href=“http://oaa.osu.edu/irp/publisher_surveys/IRP_2014_Survey_Main.pdf”>http://oaa.osu.edu/irp/publisher_surveys/IRP_2014_Survey_Main.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;