Honors Program Discussion/Decisions - Class of 2023

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Does anyone have any idea when these will be coming out? If so, here are my stats:

Race: White (European)
Gender: Male
State: Ohio
School: Non-competitive HS which sends >60% of graduates to a local community college
GPA: 3.36UW, 3.57W (upward trend and increase in course rigor)
Rank: 24/209 (as I said, I come from a low-resource area of my state)
SAT: 1500 (790M)
SAT II: 800 math 2, 740 physics, 600 us history
ACT: 33 (35M, 35R, 31E, 32S)
AP’s:
Junior Year: Calculus AB (4), US History (3), Stats (4), Physics 1 (4)
Senior Year: AP Physics C: Both Parts, AP English Lit, AP Comp Sci A, Calculus BC, European History, Dual-enrollment Chem, US Government, and Biology (with the possibility of AP Env Sci and AP French, next semester)

ECs:

  • Tennis (3 yrs)
  • NHS - Couldn’t join last year due to my transferring to this school (1yr)
  • Robotics/Engineering team - (2 years)
  • Volunteer at local library - started a class on programming and taught Python and ML during seminars, weekly (40+ hours, could not start until age 16 and began one week after reaching said age)
  • Student mentorship program
  • Internship program (starting two internships at NASA and a private contracting firm in 1-2 months)
  • Leadership Academy
  • YouTube channel with videos on machine learning, programming, game development, etcetera with nearly 1,000 subscribers

Experience: know C#, Java, JS/Unityscript, HTML, CSS, Python, Lua, and C

LORs: guidance counselor, stats teacher, and physics teacher (honestly, physics is the only notable one)

---- Have no sophomore year because I skipped that grade ----

Chance me for it, if you may :slight_smile:

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Also, are merit scholarships guaranteed, should you meet the criteria provided?

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“Ohio State’s merit-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and are not guaranteed.”
http://undergrad.osu.edu/cost-and-aid/merit-based-scholarships

There are no minimum stats for Honors, it’s holistic and everyone interested is encouraged to apply. “Decisions regarding acceptance into the University Honors or Ohio State Scholars Program will be sent via email to your address on file with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
​We send notifications on a rolling basis beginning in mid-January and ending in April.” https://honors-scholars.osu.edu/honors/faqs

If you aren’t selected for Honors as an incoming freshman you can apply after your first semester. For Arts & Sciences “To be eligible to apply, you must have completed at least one semester (15 semester credit hours) at Ohio State and have a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average.” https://aschonors.osu.edu/membership/other#info

You don’t necessarily need to be in Scholars or Honors to be eligible for special housing. Here is the link about other learning communities on campus. https://housing.osu.edu/learning-communities/ All dorms will have activities (often with free food), so attend them wherever you end up. Engaged students not only have more fun, they tend to do better academically, too.

Try to attend the earliest orientation session you are offered since that is when you will schedule your classes.