<p>To begin, I’m a senior and first-generation student with a 3.4 GPA unweighted (4.1 weighted), a 30 on my ACT, a 2000 on my composite SAT, and I’ve been part of six extracurriculars. Ohio State has been my ideal school, so imagine the heartbreak when they deferred me. I partially understand, as my grades dropped off at the end of last school year, but I’ve picked them back up this year with all A’s and a B. I’m fairly sure that if they see I’ve gotten back on track, that they will accept me upon second review. However, they haven’t requested an updated transcript from my counselor, and she said that her hands are tied until they do. So my question is: will this transcript request come later, or not at all?</p>
<p>PyroDaemon, I would suggest you ask your HS counselor to send an updated copy of your transcript, with your most recent grades, to Ohio State. Then send your admissions counselor at Ohio State an email to let them know the transcript is forthcoming, and you can even share your grades with them in the email, but Admissions can’t consider them until a formal transcript is received. I know of others who did this, it certainly can’t hurt (it helped those I know), it shows interest and your admissions counselor will have a heads up to look for the updates and consider them in your final decision My S is a soph and couldn’t imagine being anywhere else. Best of Luck!</p>
<p>Still deferred and haven’t heard any updates yet. Wish we’d hear something one way or another. Does anyone know if they’ll automatically offer a satellite OSU campus if the deferral doesn’t change to accepted for main campus?</p>
<p>If on your application you chose to apply for a regional campus, then you would be considered…if you only applied to main campus, then you will not automatically be considered</p>
<p>“thatdude32710” when you heard back was it by mail or did they update your status online? My daughter is deferred and we still haven’t heard anything.</p>
<p>I called admissions earlier this week to ask if deferred EA students are still eligible for the National Buckeye scholarship. He said yes. I also asked if they were still on track to have decisions out by the end of March and he said “as far as I know”. No specific date was given though.</p>
<p>S just got accepted. His status got changed to “Admitted” just this morning.
Now, he applied to the School of Engineering, with intended major of ME. His status page now reads:</p>
<p>Program Exploration Program UEXP
Plan Science and Technology Exploration SCITEC-PRE
Area of Interest Mechanical Engineering MECE-PR-AI </p>
<p>What is this “Science and Technology Exploration”? Is this an equivalent of General Studies? Does this mean he didn’t get into Engineering Program and has to apply again after first year?</p>
<p>“Dad4engineering” do you know what time the app status changed? I’m still waiting to hear but i checked it around 7:30 a.m. So I’m wondering if their is a certain time that they release the decisions?? Also, are you in-state or out of state? Congrats on your son getting accepted! </p>
<p>@Hopefulbuck428, I checked status page about 11:00 am 3/28. We are OOS form MA. Financial aid link is still blank.</p>
<p>Can anybody please elaborate on this “Science and Technology Exploration”? Does this esentially mean Ohio State wants our money for the first year, so they can say - well, thank you for giving this a try, but your GPA / class rigor / color of your eyes / weather on Mars / whatever is not right enough, so you can either go to Liberal Arts or drop out?</p>
<p>Exploration is OSU’s term for undecided or undeclared. It means that your son/daughter was not directly admitted into the Engineering program, but was admitted to OSU as an Exploration (Undecided) with a focus on science and technology (as opposed to health sciences, business, etc). They will basically take the same or similar courses as a freshman Engineering student and then apply to the Engineering program when requirements are met .</p>
<p>"Students may directly enroll as pre-engineering students;
however, selection is competitive. Factors used to determine
eligibility to directly enroll include ACT/SAT scores (emphasis
on math), strong college prep curriculum (emphasis on math,
science, and rigorous courses), and class rank or GPA. The
middle 50% of directly enrolled pre-majors for autumn 2012
had an ACT score range of 27–31 and 90% were in the top 25%
of their high school classes. Students not eligible to directly
enroll in engineering may enroll in Science and Technology
Exploration (see exploration.osu.edu).</p>
<p>Either test scores, high school gpa, math & science courses or ?? were not where they needed to be for your child and they were placed in the Exploration program. It’s based on the applicant pool for that year and is a tough major to get into. BTW we are also from MA. Good luck!</p>
<p>@Bearvet, thank you for clarification. Since my S does not see himself anything other then engineer, we have a decision to make now. Whether it makes sence to take chances with OSU or go to another school where he is accepted into Engineering, not “exploration”.</p>
<p>We will visit OSU in April and make this decision.</p>
<p>@Dad4Engineering If your son was directly admitted into an Engineering program somewhere else, that would probably be the way to go if that’s all he wants to do. As much as I like OSU (have 3 kids there now!), I think Engineering is a tough program to get into if you’re not directly admitted. The prereqs are difficult and you need a fairly high gpa to be accepted. If you are planning to visit OSU anyway, it would be good to attend an info session in the Engineering dept to get their insight and suggestions.</p>
<p>I will also say my 2 oldest sons knew exactly what they wanted to do and both changed their majors, so it can happen. It’s tough to know what you want to do with your life when you’re 17 or 18. Youngest son went in undecided, had time to explore different majors and has just applied to the business school.</p>
My S is a soph and couldn’t imagine being anywhere else. Best of Luck!</p>