<p>This is not only for me but other students like me. I have a 31 ACT, 3.6 GPA, and live in Ohio. I am somewhat involved in school and volunteering, and participate in three varsity sports, and I’m white. How are my odds to get into Columbus and honors?</p>
<p>OSU Columbus is my #1 too, but I’m transferring and not from Ohio. You should call a counselor at OSU they are really helpful. You probably already know but the average entering GPA is like a 3.6+ but you only need a 2.5 I think. Call the counselor!</p>
<p>I have been told my chances are good, but isn’t that their job to tell you to apply?</p>
<p>You are likely to get in with a 3.6 GPA and a 31 ACT. Make sure your essay is filled with a lot of Buckeye pride.</p>
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<p>No. You will not get in with a 2.5 unless you play football or basketball really well.</p>
<p>uh no 2.0-2.5 minimum to be even considered for admission…not about football…</p>
<p>you’re in.</p>
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<p>Right, the minimum to be considered, as in, they will look at your transcript. I am telling you that if you have a 2.5 GPA, you are not likely at all to get admitted. 3.0 is probably the lowest they will take if your standardized test scores are really good.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone can bank on anything anymore with OSU. A girl from my daughter’s high school (we are in Ohio) took all AP’s that were offered, had a 4.33 GPA, 28 ACT and loaded with varsity sports and EC’s and got deferred and then rejected. This was told to me by a guidance counselor so I know it is accurate. Good luck though! You really never know with OSU anymore.</p>
<p>I think OSU is focusing more on out of state students. Collegeboard says 16% but invitations to Presidents Gee’s house say nearly 2000 OOS this year. That must be well over 20%. Perhaps that is having an impact.</p>
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Seriously? How high would an OOS student’s SAT/ACT have to be for TOSU to accept a student with a 3.0. 3.1 or 3.2? I doubt TOSU will accept students with GPAs that low, but I’d be interested in other opinions/experiences.</p>
<p>You will get in, no doubt about it!
And one more thing, can you guys tell me if i can get into OSU ( i can not find where you go to post stuff, so im asking here) alright here is my stats:
3.4 GPA
122/324 in class
22 on ACT ( i WILL get it up to atleast a 27)
200 Hours of volunteer work
Play 2 sports, Cross Country and Track and am Varsity for both of them
I am a Star Tutor for the school
i am in Key club, Science club, Diversity club, and Interact club.
I am of the ethnicity Indian (You know, the one from Asia)
I live in Ohio
I am a Boy</p>
<p>@faster. Your class rank is a big drag on your app. Less than 10% are below top quartile, which means they probably come from highly competitive high schools and have compensating test scores.</p>
<p>With the 22, you have little to no chance, frankly. 27 gives you a better chance–average is 27.8. 27 is enough to apply, but you’ll still be solidly in the defer pile.</p>
<p>im sorry i get so annoyed when isee these answers because im pretty sure none of you know what your talking about. osu4life…i give you a 95% chance of getting in. you could get in with that gpa and a 26 on your act let alone a 31. schools like osu are really looking for higher test scores now a days and class rank…doesnt even matter that much. my high school doesnt even rank out students and on average, 85% of the people from my school get in. and as for needing a 27 on your act and getting deferred? also not true. i had a friend with a 3.4 and a 24 and got deferred(wound up not getting in but also because they applied last minute). osu is not as hard to get as people think…of course depending on things other then your grades/test scores.</p>
<p>kei, I honestly don’t think you have the accurate facts. That or your one of our regular visitors from one of The Other State Universities who feel a need to come over here and downplay Ohio State’s admissions standards. As an alumnus with a relationship to Ohio State’s fundraising and development office in Chicago, I can inform you of a few facts.</p>
<p>Less than 8% of recent freshmen classes had a 24 or below on the ACT. If you’re in the bottom decile of any selective university’s test score range, then that means you have some serious compensating factor: URM, first generation college student, compelling personal history or very good gpa and class rank. Second, if 85% of your school’s applicants are being accepted to Ohio State, congrats. You attend a very good school since that acceptance rate is 30 points higher than Ohio State’s overall acceptance rates.</p>
<p>I agree that the original posters 3.6/31 is an almost guarantee of admission. I’ll also inform you that the latter posters’s 22 is a guaranteed rejection.</p>
<p>Second, I’ve seen the raw numbers, and there are thousands of students each year with 26, 27 and sometimes 28 ACT that are rejected to Ohio State when the rest of their application is similarly “mehh” relative to the overall applicant pool. A 27 ACT is below average. If the rest of that applicant’s package is merely average, or below, then they will be deferred and possibly rejected.</p>
<p>Class rank does matter. At Ohio State it matters MORE than gpa for a few reasons. It negates grade inflation which is rampant in American high schools across the socio-economic stratus, it helps maintain socio-economic diversity in the freshman classes and it counts more towards the USN&WR ranking.</p>
<p>im not trying to undermine osu, its a great school and its trying to increase all the aspects of getting in like gordon gee wants to raise the incoming act score to 29 in a few years which is great. but i was saying like you said, just having a good act/sat and gpa will not get you into osu if you have nothing else on your application but with average stats and really good everything else, its more likely. its pretty hard to know with such a big university especially one thats getting increasingly harder every year. they surprise you alot</p>
<p>10-18-2010</p>
<p>Contact: Amy Murray, </p>
<p>Ohio State sets new enrollment records
University opening doors to more students than ever</p>
<p>The Ohio State University is attracting more students than ever, and has set new enrollment records this fall ?in the size, diversity and academic quality of its student body. </p>
<p>Enrollment at Ohio State has set an all-time high, with new records in the number of students at the Columbus campus, and across the entire university. The autumn 2010 enrollment report shows 64,077 students on all campuses and 56,064 on the Columbus campus (increases of 860 and 1,050 respectively). </p>
<p>Diversity is also up, with enrollment by ethnicity on all campuses increased to record-high levels of African American (3,972), Asian American (3,129) and Hispanic (1,737) students. In addition, enrollment of international students reached an all time high (4,940). </p>
<p>For this year freshman class, Ohio State officials saw a record number of applications, and the class has set records in academic excellence. At Columbus, there are 6,549 new freshmen. The class set record highs in average ACT (27.8) and SAT (1235) scores and in the percentage of students graduating in the top 10 percent of their high school class (54). The class also includes record high numbers of international students (479 ?a 76.8 percent increase). </p>
<p>Enrollment at Ohio State five regional campuses totaled more than 8,000, with record high enrollment at Lima (1,530) and Newark (2,562). </p>
<p>he remarkable quality and breadth of diversity of our students underscore Ohio State distinction and our commitment to academic excellence,?said President E. Gordon Gee. hese latest measures of distinction are important mile-markers in assuring that we are fulfilling our profound public purpose as Ohio land-grant and research university.?br /> </p>
<p>The entire enrollment report can be found at <a href=“http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/srs/srscontent/AU10/AU10Report.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/srs/srscontent/AU10/AU10Report.pdf</a></p>
<p>Source: [News</a> Room - The Ohio State University](<a href=“Ohio State News”>Ohio State News)</p>