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<p>Hello, earlier this month I found out that I had been deferred from The Ohio State University. I am an in state applicant and a white male. Applied for the engineering school.</p>

<p>3.5 GPA (terrible freshman year but a 3.8 my sophomore and junior year)
30 ACT
Extracurriculars- Leadership group through local Chamber of Commerce, School band all 4 years, track for 2 years, political club at school for 2 years, School DECA chapter for 1 year
Only 1 honors class my junior year
Have some work experience
top 35% of high school class</p>

<p>One thing that I could see as a cause for a deferral would be that they did not get my 30 ACT until early November. This is because I previously had a 27 on the ACT but the one of the times I retook it I was sick and the other time I had my wisdom teeth removed just a day or two before and the medicine wasn’t working that well. Therefore, I was wondering if maybe they were basing the deferral off my 27 and not my 30. Also do I still have a fighting chance for the Columbus campus?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Call admissions, ask exactly what day they got your ACT score (as a student I have this info in my unofficial transcript so they should have it for you), and then try to ask what day they looked at your application. If they don’t match up, you can try your luck at asking for another chance because of the score that you sent.</p>

<p>To be honest you probably don’t have a high chance to be accepted by now, admissions has over 25,000 applications to go through so they don’t like going back. However, since you’re in an in-state student you have a guaranteed admission into a branch campus. I was also deferred to a branch, and just recently started going to the Columbus campus. Every branch campus has a guaranteed admission into OSU main campus with the right number of credits. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Deferred means you get a relook with all the RD applications. It is not rejected. I’d say you have a great chance. They probably won’t get around to reevaluating you again for a while, so don’t lose hope. Make sure you send in your first semester grades to show you are continuing to improve.</p>

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<p>Oh ok. Would it be wise to send letters of recommendation along with my first semester grades? Since I applied earlier than most and they said they will look at deferred applications on a rolling period…will mine be one of the first looked at?</p>

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<p>Ah, sorry, some people on this forum use “deferred” to say they got deferred to a branch, didn’t know you meant wait-listed deferred. Recommendation letters are always good to send, no guarantee they will actually be read though.</p>

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<p>Ok thanks…looks like I might as well send in a letter of recommendations just to be safe.</p>

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<p>Hello. If I were you I would start looking at another university to attend, unless you want to attend an OSU regional campus for a year and then transition to Columbus the following year. How do I know? I went through the wringer with OSU last year when I applied to them.</p>

<p>FIRST, I applied for admission and everything back in late October 2010 to the main campus in Columbus. In HS I was very involved (so involved I was voted “most involved” by my class), took PSEOP classes, played varsity sports, held jobs, and had a 3.80 CUM. GPA. AFTER admissions finally let me know of my admission status in January this year, my status went to “Deferred”. They told me they’d review my application again, but not until mid-March! So, mid-March rolled around and they updated my admission status yet again, this time it changed to “Wait List Offer.” </p>

<p>A few weeks later, I got a letter in the mail from admissions saying that I could either: be placed on the wait list, go to a regional campus, or have the admissions staff pull my application all together. I’ve always wanted to go to OSU, so I chose to have myself placed on the wait list. I called the admissions staff and they said that they probably wouldn’t make a final admissions status until late May/early June (although now it will be earlier since OSU is going to semesters). </p>

<p>So, I waited YET AGAIN and then late May came around and I still didn’t know where I was going to school while everyone else in my class knew what they were doing. Finally, they let me know and I wasn’t offered autumn quarter admission to OSU as they were full for the Class of 2015 and weren’t taking anyone off the wait list. I was however offered summer quarter admission. Had I attended summer quarter, I would have been able to stay on the Columbus campus and continued to take classes there come autumn quarter. </p>

<p>I turned down their offer as I wanted to have a summer with my friends before everyone went their separate ways and to take some time to enjoy myself before starting out in college. I mean, I busted my ass my senior year in HS by taking no “goof-off” classes at my HS and I also too college classes at the local university. So, I just wanted a break. </p>

<p>Anyhow, I chose to attend my back-up university, Kent State University, and I’m actually glad that I went there instead of OSU now. It’s the second largest university in the state of Ohio next to OSU, so I was still getting a large university and the city of Kent (or college kids rather) know how to party…especially Halloween! </p>

<p>I also chose Kent because I had gotten $3,500 worth of scholarships from Kent whereas OSU wasn’t going to give me any until I was admitted and I wasn’t until June 2011, and by that time there was no more money for them to give as they had given out all their money to admitted students a long time ago. So, I was offered nothing but giant loans from OSU and I didn’t need that crap. </p>

<p>SO, long story short. You might as well take your sights off OSU if you’ve been deferred. Start looking for a back-up university, or plan on attending your back-up university as admission to OSU main campus gets more and more competitive every year (which is ******** as it’s a state institution). So…there ya have it! Hope my story of experience with OSU admissions and its shenanagains helps you out! Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I would rather attend an OSU regional campus instead of another school because most of my classes would transfer easier since they will be the same classes as on the main campus just at a different campus. Also, I’m not taking my sights of OSU just because I got deferred. It is still my first choice and I will end up there no matter what.</p>

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<p>200171884, there’s nothing wrong with state schools getting competitive, haven’t you ever heard of schools like UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, or UW-Madison? OSU is just trying to get into the upper tier of public universities, no harm in that.</p>

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<p>@Kyle99: Sounds like a good plan! There’s nothing wrong with wanting to go to a regional campus at all. Personally, I just wanted a big college experience my entire college career. I didn’t want to spend a year at a regional campus. They’re so small and just don’t have much going on on them besides classes. </p>

<p>The best regional OSU campus by far is the Newark campus, so I suggest going to that one. I visited Lima and Newark and OSU Lima was absolutely horrible. Just crappy buildings and it’s in the middle of nowhere and it just plain sucked. Newark was a little better, but as I said, I personally didn’t want a small campus. </p>

<p>And you’re right with the credit transition (they don’t like to use ‘transfer’ with the OSU regional campuses cause you’re not transferring, you’re just transitioning") as they are the exact same classes that are offered on the main campus. </p>

<p>Anyway, best of luck to you and I wish you the best with getting into the main campus! Hopefully it will happen! If not, best of luck at a regional campus and with your transition down the road.</p>

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<p>Woah dude, chill with all the regional campus talk. My man up here got a 30 on his ACT so I’m definitely feeling like he’s going to eventually be accepted. OP, don’t stress bro.</p>

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<p>As much as I would love to not be stressing out, it is quite difficult.</p>

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<p>I was sadly deferred as well. The waiting is terrible. :(</p>

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<p>I just found out that I got deferred as well, this stinks. I really don’t feel like waiting until March to find out if I get on main campus haha.</p>

<p>I have a 3.6 weighted gpa at a catholic high school in Cbus, and a 30 on the ACT, 1990 on the SAT. I have plenty of EC’s and sports, should I be confident that I will get accepted?</p>

<p>I also got accepted to Xavier with their presidential scholarship. I guess this shows that OSU rules haha!</p>

<p>Best of luck to everyone else who got deferred.</p>

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<p>I just hope that waiting until March will be worth it.</p>