My son received this email on 12/23:
Congratulations on your admission to The Ohio State University! After careful review of your Common Application and supporting documents, we are delighted to inform you of our decision to offer you a place in the Ohio State Scholars Program for autumn semester 2016. We are proud and pleased to invite you to join this community of talented students.
Is this the same as Morrill? He did not get any email about any scholarship yet. When he email an admissions counselor, she said you should hear back latest by mid-Jan. Since he hasn’t heard anything, does this mean he will not be getting any scholarship?
We are OOS and he was accepted to Computer Engineering. 31 ACT 9 AP’s. School does not rank.
@DSNJ2016 Scholars is not the same as Morrill. Morrill notifications will continue to be sent out until March.
@DSNJ2016 Scholars is a part of the Honors & Scholars program and it is a curriculum based program. Your son must have indicated an interest in Honors & Scholars on common app. As I understand it, the Honors & Scholars program do not include any scholarships; however, participants likely will be eligible for scholarships as well. My son is OOS and he received Morrill Prominence and offer to Scholars program in separate emails.
Is excellence just for in state students or can it be awarded to OOS as well? the wording on the website is unclear.
@16brownl Excellence is for in-state. Prominence is for OOS. Both are full tuition scholarships.
ok that’s what I figured, thanks!
Thanks @Chopinspiano @fatherof2boys . I hope he gets some financial aid for us to make a decision!
Once someone hears back about Distinction- I believe the date is Jan 29, please let me know! Best wishes and good luck 
Has anyone recieved a letter in the mail? I just learned in reading this thread that acceptances are sent to @osu.edu email accounts, not personal email accounts, and I had not set up my fowarding setting. IT wasn’t able to tell me anything more than that any emails I get now will be forwarded. Would you recommend trying to contact them? Any advice is appreciated!
@Orpheus42 I actually got it through my personal email. I was mistaken before about it being sent to my osu email.
When should we hear back by at the latest? (I was accepted in the second round so around early December)
Unless you set up your OSU email, all of your notifications will come thru you personal email.
@kau123 Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe they send out notifications until March.
So Friday is the date by which I’m supposed to find out if I’ll get to interview on campus for Distinction! So nervous… (but blessed to have gotten this far.)
@freezycool Congrats!!! I am anxiously waiting to hear back for the Morrill… I have been following last year’s thread and the offers for interviews went well into February. How did you know that the end of the interviews are by this Friday?
@Alwaysabuckeye Best of luck! In my original scholarship offer e-mail, there was this bit…
Furthermore, based on the academic excellence and advocacy for diversity exemplified in your application, you are being considered for the Morrill Scholarship Program’s premier award, the Distinction Scholarship. This scholarship is equal to the value of the full-cost of attendance. You will be notified by January 29 if you are recommended for an on-campus interview. These interviews will take place March 4 – 5, 2016.
@freezycool Thank you!! (doesn’t look like good news for me but, fingers are still crossed). Good luck to you!
@Alwaysabuckeye I’m hoping they come through with good news! I heard in December, but there’s been a few waves of notifications since. Hang in there!
My daughter just got Morrill notification today (or maybe this weekend - she doesn’t check email every day), so they are still coming through…
Congrats @mom1girl. My son received the Prominence offer via email a couple of weeks ago and is awaiting notification of whether he will be invited to interview for Distinction. I believe the notification for Distinction is supposed to be made by January 29 and I expect it will be done by email so please ask your daughter to regularly check her email between now and then. Good luck and congratulations again to your daughter.