<p>so, do people recommend dorming in the honors houses? is there anything better/worse about them?</p>
<p>from what ive heard from other ppl....they all seemed to love the honors housing...but thats what ive heard</p>
<p>I have personally toured each honors dorm at OSU, and every student highly recommended these dorms.</p>
<p>The quiet times and compatibility of students was often mentioned as the major reason.</p>
<p>Also, while each dorm's location has its own unique advangates and disadvantages, I think it is fair to assume that students get used to their surroundings by making friends and adapting to their new environment.</p>
<p>Wanted to say Welcome to Cincinnati Dad! Hope you stick around here. Do you have a child going to OSU this year?</p>
<p>While I have been a long-time browser of several forums on this site, I've only just decided to post my first response this morning... so thanks for the welcome!</p>
<p>My younger daughter and I just returned from the OSU Maximus competition this weekend, during which we visited the two remaining honors dorms on our list... and so I felt that I could be "current" on this subject.</p>
<p>While she was only mildly interested in OSU prior to the visit, I must say she left with a very favorable impression of how they treat their honors students (she called the day's activities "really cool" to a friend over the phone yesterday). Her favorite honors dorm was Bradley, since it was right across the street from the honors house in which she expects to visit quite often.</p>
<p>Our older daughter is a sophomore at Northern Kentucky University studying Marketing with an eye on pursuing an Advertising career. While we visited OSU two years ago for her, she was more comfortable with a smaller university environment (and I suspect being allowed to have a car as a freshman heped that decision).</p>
<p>My S had two friends at the Maximus competition this weekend. One of them texted him in the middle of the day that he thought the test stunk! </p>
<p>My S went to Scholars Day and we were so impressed with OSU. I never thought that he would be interested in Ohio State but it continues to stay in contention. I think that Ohio State does a great job at these events. We also went to the Cincinnatus competition and our impression was that OSU blew the socks off of Cincinnati.</p>
<p>We also felt that OSU was far more impressive than Miami too. OSU does a great job with their presentations.</p>
<p>DD and I went for the Maximus as well. Frankly, for a university of this size, they put on a fantastic program and sold the place like pros. I enjoyed the young gentleman who spoke at lunch on Saturday. His experience at OSU left DD very inspired.</p>
<p>At least by our experience, OSU by far has the best "follow-up" program with its potential honors students than any other institution with which we have interaction these past several months. The Maximus competition, while impressive, has only been one among other events that makes it stand out from its competition.</p>
<p>Other than OSU, my daughter has been accepted into the honors programs at Miami, Xavier, and Dayton (she didn't even apply at UC - just didn't like it), and far and away OSU has made a unique and concerted effort to make her feel like her attendance there would really matter to them.</p>
<p>The other universities simply send you mail, maybe having a student call every now and then, but for the most part after the application process, the recruiting process is basically done.</p>
<p>I never expected this from a university that basically has the reputation for just being a Big 10 sports-centric school (at least to the uninformed, like I was prior to this process).</p>
<p>So at this point, surprisingly to me most of all, I believe that my daughter now values an education at OSU more than any of the other local 3 universities to which she has been accepted.</p>
<p>So it will be interesting to see what she thinks about OSU when she receives her decision letters in about 5 weeks from the other "prestige" universities to which she has applied.</p>
<p>Personally, at this point, I am hoping that OSU remains the frontrunner.</p>
<p>I wanted to post a letter to the editor that appeared in The Lantern. It seems predictable but I think that the writer is missing the point. That OSU will never recruit the kids that they want without spending money improving past reputations. <a href="http://www.thelantern.com/media/paper333/news/2005/02/14/Opinion/Pureval.Current.Students.Should.Be.Osus.Emphasis-863194.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.thelantern.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.thelantern.com/media/paper333/news/2005/02/14/Opinion/Pureval.Current.Students.Should.Be.Osus.Emphasis-863194.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.thelantern.com</a></p>
<p>Does any other parent have any concerns about excessive partying at Ohio State. I am trying not to listen to other parents (who just love to commment on OSU) but I keep hearing about partying (even within the Honors kids) and that while even being in Honors, they have trouble scheduling classes. My other concern is off campus housing. I hear that many students move off campus after Freshman year and that housing is less than desirable. Personally, I have asked my S to try to remain on campus two years.</p>
<p>My S has two other schools he is going to visit at the end of the month. OSU is a frontrunner and seems to be the one that offers most of what he is looking for.</p>
<p>I really disagree with this article. The writer fails to mention that 1 in 12 of 1500 is only 125 kids. That is 500 (over 4 years) out of a student body of 40000. It is asanine to blame the tuition increases on 500 students at Maximus. </p>
<p>The ridiculous thing OSU does is their National Merit scholarships. A finalist is rewarded with full tuition + 4500. The writer also fails to mention that minorities can easily obtain a full ride with the morell (sp) scholarship.</p>