<p>Hey guys prospective junior here. I’m just wondering to know how competitive the admission for The Ohio State University is. I spoke to a representative a while ago, and she made it out to seem like the school got very demanding and competitive in admissions and I know that that will only rise as the years go on.</p>
<p>Would you consider Ohio State at the level of, say, Michigan in terms of admission?</p>
<p>Putting things in perspective, I’m a junior with about a B average at a very very competitive and prestigious private school in New York, and the only noteworthy extracurricular I have is football (which I take very seriously). Would I have a chance (my school doesn’t rank students nor calculate GPA)?</p>
<p>My son just started at OSU in the CommTech Scholars program. He is from a good, not great, Long Island public school. He had a 3.5 gpa, a 1330 sat (m and V) and wasn't ranked either, but OSU admissions calculates approximate rank. I'd say he fell into the top 20% of his HS class.</p>
<p>Take a look at the statistics for the profile of the admitted freshmen class of 2007.</p>
<p>It is not yet at the level of Michigan IMO, but they are trying to get there eventually. </p>
<p>It is getting harder every year, but they want students from NY, so work hard prepping for your SAT/ACT, which is a very big factor for admission.</p>
<p>"Would you consider Ohio State at the level of, say, Michigan in terms of admission?"
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<p>Well, it's certainly much more competitive than any other state school in Ohio. That doesn't mean it's anywhere close to U of Mich. As someone said, they'd like to be there one day. At this point, though, they definitely are not. That's not to say they're a bad school, but not all that "competitive."</p>
<p>Honors<a href="1300%20Freshmen">/u</a> Minimum 30 ACT, top 10% of class</p>
<p>Scholars<a href="13%20programs,%20each%20enrolling%2050-175">/u</a> 27-29 ACT, top 20%</p>
<p>And the general population:</p>
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Ohio State's first-year class of 6,110 students (Columbus campus), recruited from more than 22,000 applicants, is the best academically prepared and most talented in the university's history, maintaining a trend that began 12 years ago. The average ACT score for the class was 27 and the average SAT score was 1220. Fifty-three percent were in the top 10 percent of their graduating class and 89 percent were in the top 25 percent of their class.
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<p>I think it's safe to say the days of "If you graduate from an Ohio high school, you can attend," which was the policy of the past, are gone.</p>
<p>It wasn't even the general policy of the past. It was the mandate of one particular governor who held office throughout the sixties and seventies and held very populist, anti-intellectual views towards higher education.</p>
<p>Today, I'd say that Ohio State has caught up with Illinois for admissions selectivity and, if growth rates continue, will probably be in the range of Wisconsin within the next several years.</p>
<p>This year 52% of applicants were accepted. 53% came from the top 10% of their high school class, and the middle 50% ACT range was 26-30. There's still a distinct gap between Ohio State and Michigan, but it's nowhere near as large or as fundamental a gap as the above immature poster would like to believe.</p>