If I have been deferred from OSU, about when do deferred applicants begin seeing a decision?
From Early March
Any advice? I am worried that if I commit to my next choice school, that I will be admitted to tOSU. I honestly don’t even know where I stand between the two. I am scared I will have difficulty finding roommates, a dorm, etc. if I wait.
You don’t have to commit until after all your acceptances have been rec’d, and THEN you can make your final choice, hopefully with any aid offers and FAid in hand as well. Good luck.
Some HS counselors day if one U is clearly your 1st choice and you are deferred from that U, let the counselor know and they can convey that to the U to perhaps get you a small boost.
What are your stats?
ACT 26, GPA 3.8, AP’s + Honors courses, CCP online courses, Many EC’s + leadership positions, state/possibly national level recognition for broadcast journalism news cast (BPA), overall good recs
Major: journalism
Instate
Female
You can pay your deposit at your next choice school as long as you’re ok losing it if you get into tOSU.
What about costs? Are both “other school” and tOSU priced roughly the same?
BTW have you applied to Mizzou? Its school of journalism is excellent and you can be considered for instate tuition from the second year on.
My other school is slightly more expensive than tOSU. My other school choice is Ohio University. It has an excellent journalism program, however internships are limited in a small city like Athens.
Most internships take place over the summer, away from campus. They depend more heavily on the school’s connections than on where it’s located.
Do apply to Denison for their non fiction writing program, too.
I want to attend tOSU because it’s the place I feel at home. My sister currently attends there and has an apartment, and I would feel the most comfortable at Ohio State and in Columbus. I do not want to go too far away from my home and Mizzou and Dennison are too far 
Err, Denison is 25mn from Columbus.
I live and go to HS in the town Denison is located in, internships here would be difficult as we are in the middle of nowhere. And unless you have a car, getting to Columbus is not possible.
It is a lovely town however, very homely, and Denison is a beautiful school.
Transferring from OSU-Newark or C-State are options too if you get denied, half my family has done that and all say the experience is positive for their education. Saves money too!
^Internships typically take place during the summer. What matters isn’t where the college is located but what its contacts and alumni network are.
The matter is that OP was deferred from tOSU and must operate now on the assumption she won’t get in. So, if one of the OSU branches appeals to OP, that’s a solutionsince after two years she could go to tOSU - but they’re commuter campuses so she has to think carefully as to what that entails and what she’d also be missing out on, especially if she cannot commute from home.
Just an FYI, my D applied last year with those same stats. She was a 3.8 GPA and 26 ACT but education major. She was deferred and eventually rejected. However, we were OOS for OSU so that could have played a part as well. Not trying to scare you but just giving you something to try and compare against.
She did get into IU, MSU, and eventually decided on IU. Both of those schools might be good options to look at if you are looking for similar sized Big 10 schools. I know IU has a good media school don’t know about MSU’s.
@laurenellierose0 I understand your desire to stay close to home and your love for Ohio State, but you cannot go wrong with a BSJ from Ohio University. Great professors, lots of opportunities for writing, PR, broadcast, digital media.The university offers lots of jobs in those areas for students. Very helpful with internships all over the country. Bobcats are everywhere and it is one of the best J-schools around. A great college town.
Some branches have dorms and Marion has a very nice private student only apartment complex (a full year costs about the same as a semester on main and you get a private bedroom, full kitchen, club house, workout facilities) in walking distance. Branches offer their own merit awards from a separate scholarship pool as well as pull from the affordability/need based grants of tOSU as a whole.
7500 tuition - 2000 automatic merit aid for stats at Marion (also offered to transfer students with 3.4+ gpa) = 5500/yr out of pocket for tuition (and you can get 2500 back in Spring through the American opportunity tax credit) so $3,000 tuition/yr net even if you have a full pay EFC is a great bargain.
Keep in mind Dr. Drake is committed to maintaining the land grant mission of providing access through open enrollment to all Ohioans, they are just doing it through the branches which really helps students make the transition from hs to university smoother. http://osumarion.osu.edu/future-students/adult-students/requirements/ Being a Buckeye is always an option, sometimes the path is just a little bit different.
Ohio is filled with great schools, OU probably the best for journalism, but we are blessed we have so many great options in Ohio. What other schools have you applied to?
I appreciate everyone’s advice. As for Dennison, I am looking for a bigger college and the atmosphere of a school similar to Ohio State. I have decided to wait it out and look at the future optimistically. I hope for the best from Ohio State, however if I am given a rejection, I know I will still have ample opportunity at Ohio University. If anyone is waiting for a response from Ohio State, PLEASE update me when you know your final decision.
I also got deferred. I applied to the engineering college and my stats are 24 ACT, 3.8 W GPA, AP courses, CCP courses, and I’ve done track for 3 years (this year my 4th), 30 hours of volunteering, and I work. I’m also diverse so that may help. At this point I’m counting on my midyear transcript to help their decision in accepting me because I was able to get all A’s (in AP calc, CCP comp 1 and psychology, my engineering course, another course) but a B in AP physics. Does anyone know if they’ll contact my school for a midyear? I emailed my counselor to send them one but she hasn’t gotten back to me.
^What’s holding you back is your act score though. Did you retake in December?