<p>I was recently informed that I have been deferred from ohio state. I applied to the exploratory program. I have a 3.6 GPA and a 28 on the ACT. I have been in upper level English, Math, Science, and Spanish classes all of high school. I have taken part in many extra curricular activities at my school including band, lacrosse, spanish club, NHS, Spanish honor society, and a volunteer club. I also have close to a year and a half of work experience and spent my summer volunteering at a local children’s hospital. Any thoughts of anything i could do to better my chances of getting in? Extra letters of rec? anything?</p>
<p>I would have your highschool counselor send in your updated transcript, and sending a letter of recommendation wouldn’t hurt. Have your HS counselor put your OSU ID# on the transcript so it can be matched up quickly. Let your OSU counselor know that you are submitting updated information so they are aware and on the look out for it. Deferred doesn’t mean you won’t get in, it just means they are going to give you another look after the Feb. 1st deadline. Lot’s of students get in with a “Deferred”. Good luck!</p>
<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. I HEARD THAT THIS YEAR IT’S EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE THAN LAST YEAR WHEN I APPLIED. So…there ya have it! Hope my story of experience with OSU admissions and its shenanagains helps you out! Best of luck!</p>
<p>Thanks now I’m really scared however I have gotten into a lot of other schools I just hate the waiting game. Does Fisher have an impact on how long it will take to get in.</p>
<p>I was initially deferred but accepted just 3 weeks later. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.5UW, 3.9W
ACT: 29 </p>
<p>There is hope, I wish you luck!</p>
<p>Question for Alec22…When you were origionally deferred, did they give you a date of when you would hear back regarding a final decision?</p>
<p>I was originally deferred December 9th or so, I sent in new higher ACT scores Dec 21st. </p>
<p>It was just a standard message, “We will review your application for a second time, you should know by the end of March.” I was not expecting a decision so soon even with the new scores.</p>
<p>Well…maybe there is still hope for me. Thanks!</p>
<p>Now that the year has passed all of you that where deferred how many of you where accepted?</p>
<p>I was recently deferred as well. What do they specifically look at within the application of those who were deferred? Anyone know?</p>
<p>If you are absolutely set on going to OSU and nowhere else (but I highly recommend looking at other schools, you might be very surprised at how much you like them), seriously consider going to a branch the first year. It is basically a “back door” way of getting into main campus. One of mine did this and found that several of his professors were also professors at the main campus, the classes are obviously smaller and without TAs, and he and we were very pleased with the quality of education. Best bonus - several thousand dollars cheaper! Many students who would likely be accepted at main choose to do the regional campus first because of cost. My son lived off main campus and drove to a regional for classes that first year, maybe a 1/2 hr drive, and did most everything else at main.</p>