<p>I’d appreciate any opinions of my chances of getting into THE OSU engineering program with the following stats:</p>
<p>3.3 GPA UW
SAT M-680 CR-660
1340/1600 2000/2400
At the end of my junior year I have 1 AP & 3 Honors
Scheduled next year for 3 APs & 3 Honors
Top 25% of class
Moderate ECs
3 Varsity letters
Great recommendations
URM</p>
<p>Here are some stats from last year’s class:
2009 Engineering Class Profile
Freshmen engineering enrollment is 6% minority (Native American, African, African American, Hispanic) and 20% female, allowing for the largest number of B.S. degrees granted to minority and women in Ohio
Over 90 percent of our admitted students ranked in the top quarter of their graduating class
Over 30 percent of admitted students ranked in the top 10 percent of their graduating class.
ACT score range, middle 50 percent 25-30 compared to the national average of 21
SAT score range (Critical Reading and Math only), middle 50 percent 1160-1340 compared to the national average 1017</p>
<p>Based on this, I would say you have a decent chance of getting in. However, you don’t formally get into the engineering program until sophmore year after you have made the cut for the program of your interest. Each major has specific pre-reqs which must be completed freshman year with acceptable grades. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you RMGsmom! The only pre-reqs that I could find were for entry into the first year engineering program
[Admissions</a> :: College of Engineering](<a href=“http://engineering.osu.edu/futurestudents/admissions.php]Admissions”>http://engineering.osu.edu/futurestudents/admissions.php)
Where are the pre-reqs for the various engineering majors?</p>
<p>If you click on “Majors” and then the specific major you are interested in, it will list the acceptance requirements for that major. </p>
<p>For instance, under “Chemical & biomolecular engineering” you will find the following acceptance requirements & info: “Entry courses: Chem Eng 200. Annual numerical ceiling: 50 (AU), 50 (WI). Acceptance criteria: secondary point-hour ratio upon completion of Math 153 and Chem 123. Applications for admission are due one quarter in advance (Spring for Autumn admission, Autumn for Winter admission).”
This just means that a freshman pre-chemical engineer would work on getting core classes done but would continue with chemistry through 123 and finish math 153 before submitting an application for formal acceptance into the chemical engineering program. I think you need to have a 3.0 GPA to ensure a spot in the chemical engineering program and they plan to accept about 100 students. After acceptance, the student is allowed to sign-up for Chem Eng 200 and subsequent classes in the department.</p>
<p>Each specific major will have it’s own recommended curriculum. You might be able to find a “bingo sheet” of recommended class sequences online. I would say that if you want to graduate in a timely way, it is good to have some AP (or other) credit and to apply in the spring of freshman year for acceptance into your specific program.</p>
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Thanks again RMGsmom! Great information. Do you know whether they publish the required GPAs to get into the various engineering majors? When do they tell you how many students they are going to accept into a major such as Mechanical Engineering? Thanks again for your help.</p>
<p>To be honest, your GPA so far is a bit low to be accepted onto the main campus, but being URM with decent SAT scores might be enough to get you in. Are you OOS? That might help too. </p>
<p>I haven’t seen GPA stats for kids admitted for pre-engineering but I have heard that their stats tend to be the best in the university compared to other colleges like the business school. I think you need a strong math/science background/aptitude and decent work ethic to succeed. </p>
<p>The most recent GPA data I have seen listed the graduating GPA by engineering major a few years ago. I think graduating GPA tended to be around 3.0 +/- 0.2 depending on major. </p>
<p>Try this link: <a href=“https://career.eng.ohio-state.edu/salaries-statistics.php[/url]”>https://career.eng.ohio-state.edu/salaries-statistics.php</a>
It’s not the most current but has some info. Since they granted 150+ with a BS in Mechanical Engineering a few years ago, I would think they take quite a few more into the program. If you are interested in a specific department, you can call and talk to them. I have found everyone at OSU most helpful. My son got his info from his engineering advisor.</p>
<p>Yes - I am OOS.</p>
<p>I guess I’m still a little confused about required GPAs AFTER you are enrolled in TOSU. Doesn’t TOSU wait until the Spring semester of your Freshman year and then evaluate your college GPA to determine whether you can major in a specific engineering field? I was curious whether that GPA is published or whether they take the 150 or so highest GPAs of say Mechanical Engineering. </p>
<p>Thanks again for all your help.</p>
<p>Just got off the phone with the TOSU Engineering College. Evidently each engineering major has a different GPA requirement which is not published. After enrolling and during the 4th or 5th quarter a student can apply for his major and depending on how many people are applying and the strength of the applicant pool, the GPA requirement may fluctuate. All engineering majors require at least a 2.0. For ME it is usually between 2.7 and 2.9. Supposedly about 70% of the applicants are accepted and the Honors Engineering students have a higher acceptance rate.
Thanks again for all your help RMGsmom!</p>
<p>I attend OSU in engineering (instate, female, honors) and I’m pre-mechanical. Mechanical is the largest engineering major on campus and they accept 200 applicants (i don’t remember if that is in both the spring and the fall, or separately). They say that the minimum GPA is ~2.9, but you really need ~3.2 to guarantee because it is based on the 200 highest GPAs of people applying. </p>
<p>Biomedical is the hardest to get into because they do not have a very large program.
If you get rejected from whichever engineering major you apply for you can always get into FABE (food, ag, or bio engineering) because they don’t reject anyone (but its still an excellent program, just not as popular)</p>