Hi Everyone! If you’ve already been admitted, check your mail today and/or this weekend. I just got a letter stating I received the Maximus Scholarship!
ACT: 35 C, 35 R, 35 E, 35 M, 36 S
GPA: 4.4 W, 4.0 UW
Class Rank: 10 of 320
Does anyone know if the RULES regarding scholarships are rigid - meaning RANK and SAT?
My son attends a competitive high school. He has a 4.35 GPA and 1400 SAT ( CR/M). however he is only in the top 18% of his class. I just didn’t know if they ever bent the rules on rank to account for variability in schools. This would be the difference between Provost and Trustee. Thanks.
@kooth12 As far as I know, they are pretty strict on the ACT/SAT score but more lenient with the rank. Your son’s GPA is incredibly high and I’m sure they’ll take notice of the competitiveness of his school. With this semester coming to a close, do you know if he will move up at all in rank?
Congratulations! Nothing for my D yet. Does it appear anywhere in your BuckeyeLink or do we have to wait for snail mail? Were you accepted in the first round before Thanksgiving?
Hi! I too got the maximus. 32 ACT and a 4.3 w 3.9 uw. 8% rank but my school does not report
@momfactfinder Thank you! I received a letter in the mail, and it does not appear on BuckeyeLink. I was also accepted in the first round. Good luck to your daughter!
My son just texted me a picture of his letter awarding him the Buckeye and the Maximius. He was accepted Friday 12/11. We were expecting the Buckeye but since our high school doesn’t rank we weren’t sure if he would qualify for any of the other scholarships. His stats are SAT 1450, ACT 31 and WGPA 4.09. This would indicate that if you send both ACT and SAT that they take the highest into consideration since my son’s ACT doesn’t qualify for the Maximus.
I live in Seattle and was accepted with the first wave of students, but have yet to receive anything in the mail. Probably going to be longer since I live further away from Columbus.
D got letter today (dated 12/17) awarding her Maximus and National Buckeye scholarship. OOS, 33 ACT, and 4.0 UW GPA. Her high school doesn’t rank, but she is probably lower than top 3% class rank (maybe top 5-6%?). She does have very strong EC’s and leadership, as well as all honors/AP courses. She was accepted with the second wave - first week in December.
Congratulations everyone! Now just waiting on Morrill. 
I highly suggest you guys all apply for the Eminence Scholarship: OSU’s premier full ride scholy. don’t be scared by the expected 34 ACT/top 1% rank, many get it with less.
Hello everyone, so today I got my results from the December ACT and my score increased from 31 to a 32. Will Ohio state still consider the 32 if I send it now in regards to the maximus scholarship or is it too late? It would be nice to get essentially double the scholarship money from the maximus scholarship instead of the provost one.
@mdsil11 I assume you applied Early Action and have already received your acceptance? If so, I would order a rush delivery for the ACT score and call OSU admissions office to inform them your score is on its way. Ask them to put a note of this in your file as you would like your new score to be considered for the Maximus scholarship. You have nothing to lose by doing so. And if you haven’t received a decision yet, your new score can only help with regard to admittance and any scholarship.
Thanks for the advice, hopefully everything works out
Did they send you guys the honors and merit notifications through Buckeye Link or your regular email?
@jason922 through the buckeyelink email, but you can set it up so all the emails sent to that account are sent to the email of your choice!
@mdsil11 Congrats on the 32. I am in the same boat as I had a 31 when I applied on 10/27 but got a 34 on the December ACT. I have also had the ACT send the score to Ohio State, even selected the score to be sent before I took the test. I have received admittinace to OSU and admission to Honors but I have not received any scholarship notice. I really am hoping they consider the 34 as it will make a big difference to have the Maximus vs the Provost. Will you pm me or let me know if you hear anything or if you receive the Maximus? I will let you know if I learn anything as well. Thanks and good luck.
Damn, this can’t be good if people have already received honors admission 
They did say they would notify around January right?
16tobias - Thanks for the congrats, I appreciate it because it took me 5 tries to get that 32 lol. Getting 3 31’s ( with one being a 31.25) was kinda frustrating when double the scholarship money could be a question away. I’ll PM you when I eventually hear back about the scholarships , and I am planning to call admissions this coming Monday to confirm them receiving the updated score and making sure they consider me for Maximus ( I think that’s kinda BS if they don’t). However I’ve already been accepted to scholars so that is a big plus. Congrats on that 34 BTW - I’m sure you will be a shoe in for maximus with that. Good luck to you as well.
If my school doesn’t rank how do they decide which scholarship I receive?