<p>Ya sloopy thank you for taking your stand.. hopefully it will end this argument... one last thing.. GO BUCKS!</p>
<p>Ya sloopy thank you for taking your stand.. hopefully it will end this argument... one last thing.. GO BUCKS!</p>
<p>Okay, I know it has been a really long time since I've been on these boards, but I thought that I should throw in my two cents.
Last year I was a senior at a small, private high school. I was President of NHS and a member of multiple clubs, the salutatorian of my class with a 3.97 unweighted GPA and I had a 1380/1600 SAT and 31 ACT. The only reason I'm giving you this information is to show you that I was a dedicated student who, at the time, had had her heart set on Case Western. It was my dream school. After getting a few scholarships from Case, I received a letter in the mail with my results from the Maximus Scholarship Competition at Ohio State. The letter was bittersweet; I had full tuition at OSU. So then I made a pro and con list for each of the schools, not taking into account the amount of money it would save me if I were to go to Ohio State. Ohio State edged out as the winner, and by mid-April I had turned in my tuition deposit.
Over a year later, as I look back, I am positive that I made the right decision. I love Ohio State for everything that it has to offer. I love Ohio State's Psychology program (my major!). I love the size of the school, although it never seems as big as it really is. I run into people I know on campus all of the time, and I make sure that all of my professors and advisors knew me by name. If you can get into the Honors Program, I highly recommend it. Scheduling is much easier and honors classes are smaller. The classes, honors or not, will be plenty challenging, and you can challenge yourself even more by taking more than the minimum number of credits each quarter (one quarter I took 20 hours). If you have any AP scores or transfer credit, Ohio State is very good at giving you credit in a timely manner. I came in last fall with 31 credit hours, and I'm going to study abroad next summer in Spain. Because of this I am going to be able to graduate a year early! Finally, there are so many great opportunities here that smaller schools can't offer... and our football team kicks butt!! </p>
<pre><code> Also, in response to kcarls, I took a Linguistics class last winter (H201) with Professor McGory. I chose to take the class because it was an honors course that satisfied a GEC, and it sounded interesting. Personally, I did not care for the class, but I also now know (after taking the class) that I'm not very interested in Linguistics. :) I do know that a lot of people in my class loved the material and the instructor. And, while I didn't particularly enjoy the material, I thought that the class was taught very well and Prof. McGory did a great job. By the way, I am also a Spanish minor, so I do have some experience with the Spanish foreign language program if you want to know more. Hope this helps!
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<p>Chelsea 2005, I am glad to read that you like the school. I also like how OSU handles the AP and transfer credit.</p>
<p>OSU_IB is not giving you the whole story and neither are some others.</p>
<p>I attended OSU about 35 years ago; thus, there obviously may have been some changes since then. Thus, you need to take what I am saying with that in mind. Also, due to the Vietnam war draft lottery, I had to transfer from OSU in order to attend national guard meetings. With the above noted, here are my views on OSU:</p>
<p>I was majoring in business/accounting and transferred to a NY school that supposedly had a great accounting program due to the war as well as having some national guard openings in NY. Frankly, I liked the teachers and courses that I had at OSU MUCH better than the school that I transferred to, which was more prestigious in accounting. In fact, I still remember more concepts from my basic accounting course at OSU than my son knows now, who is majoring in accounting in Maryland.</p>
<p>Most professors that I had really cared about the students and about teaching, with some exceptions for the large intro courses. In fact, even most of these professors cared about the students when you met them or asked them questions.</p>
<p>Moreover, OSU had an enormous number of things to do. With 55,000 kids, you will NEVER be bored. This also leads to a problem for some kids; unlimited number of distractions. As noted above, you really must be focused, driven kid to overcome some of these distractions.</p>
<p>I LOVED the football games and watching the marching band. The school spirit was amazing. I still remember the OSU-Michigan games,which no one would miss if unless they were hospitalized.</p>
<p>The food in the cafeteria was quite good as were the dorms too.</p>
<p>Also, a large school such as OSU has a plethora of majors and minors. They had courses and majors in just about anything that I could think of. At smaller schools, this is NOT generally the case. You really have a lot more options at a large state school such as OSU.</p>
<p>The only problem is that atttending a 55,000 student school could result in some hassles. There were certainly long lines for registration, although being in their honor's program I was lucky to register first. A student also has to agressively seek help from professors if they want some questions answered. I don't think that this would have been as much of a hassle at a much smaller school. I was, however, able to reach virturally any professor for questions. I did, however, have to be a bit agressive about it.</p>
<p>Overall, I think that most kids who worked at their studies got a great education. I can't imagine how someone could have gotten a much better education elsewhere and have as much fun as OSU provided.</p>
<p>Taxguy, I appreciate your post. I read mixed reviews about OSU (and Columbus). My son is probably going to apply to 5 schools and OSU is definitely one so it is nice to read something positive about the school. The positives you mentioned about OSU are reasons why my son wants to go there.</p>
<p>awww, thanks guys...i probably shouldn't have posted my "stats" either, but I was just so angry! I get so sick of college snobs who think Ivy League is the only way to go...and others of you have brought up the great point that yes, with a school of 50,000 students sometimes it can be hard to be the best...but there are also limitless opportunities and ways to make the school seem a lot smaller like the honors program. that's all for now- GO BUCKS!
Back to school in 3 wks.!</p>
<p>More closer to two.. I can't wait... I'm tired of waiting I just wanna start now!</p>
<p>Sloopy and Valaen: I have nothing to add. You've covered it.</p>
<p>This year, I was one of four National Merit Scholars at my high school. 2 of the 4 chose OSU. It makes sense in so many ways: the price, the opportunities, the Honors program...like I said, you've covered it! </p>
<p>Looking forward to the start of the school year!</p>
<p>Yeah- there were only three NMS at my school but two of us are going to OSU. I'm so glad there are other people aren't obsessed with "Name Schools". We're the ones who won't be in debt for the next however many years. And if someone wants to get the best education they can- they'll get it here. If they don't really want it, they won't. Needless to say OSU might not be the place for everyone but I think if you're willing to try, you can succeed pretty much wherever you go. Anywho...I'm getting sappy. Can't wait for school to start!!!!<br>
P.S. We won today!!! 35-12!</p>
<p>osu idnt a bad school, my neighbor inventer a flu vaccine and he graduated from osu</p>