OFFICIAL Ohio State Class of 2017 Decisions Thread!

firebolter25 · November 15, 2012, 7:20pm

Since decisions are starting to come out, I thought it was time to create a thread for tOSU results. Don’t forget to remove the spaces before posting your results!

[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=orange]**Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=red]**Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]Planned major:[ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]

firebolter25 · November 15, 2012, 7:58pm

Decision: Accepted

Planned major: Chemistry

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 30C (32E 30M 30R 26S 11W)
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.70.
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/359
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), English Lang (2), English Lit (1), Chemistry (4).
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, Biology 2 Honors, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, Teacher’s Aide x2, Dual Enrollment Composition I, American Government, AP Calculus AB, Vet Assisting 4.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): District Superintendent Academic Award, Al Oerter Award nominee.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Gay-Straight Alliance (president and founder), varsity bowler (state finalist 2012, individual district champion 2012), league bowler since 2006 (youth leader 2009-10).
[] Job/Work Experience: 16 hours/week at a local restaurant.
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours from assisting teachers.
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: I think they were pretty strong. CA essay was about standardizing education throughout the country so everyone has the same opportunities and everyone can be ready for either a career or college life.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. I’ve known this teacher since sophomore year and she loves me. Never got under a 90 in her classes.
[] Counselor Rec: Definitely good, I know him personally and I’m one of his ‘favorites’.
[] Additional Rec: Should be good, I saw it and it had some “average” marks though.
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida.
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public 4-year.
[] Ethnicity: White.
[] Gender: Male.
[] Income Bracket: $0-10,000.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores and writing (I got a 12 on my October ACT writing, but I didn’t bother sending that to tOSU because it was the same comp score).
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars/community involvement.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hook, ACT score, a heavy senior course load.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (accepted). Still waiting on UChicago EA and University of Florida.

[/ul]General Comments: Stay positive, guys! If you haven’t heard your decision yet, good luck!

litotes · November 16, 2012, 4:40pm

Decision: Accepted

Planned major: Biology

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2380–780V,800M,800W
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 790 US History, 780 Latin, 730 BioM
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.10 [A+ = 4.33]
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, definitely top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Comp Sci A, US History, Euro History, English Lit, Physics B, Calc AB, Latin Vergil (all 5s)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hon. Latin 5, AP English Lang, AP Physics C, AP Chem, Hon. Multivariable Calc, AP Stats
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major. NMSF, AP Nat. Scholar, Cum Laude, some pretty good Latin awards, and state science fair awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State Organization w/1700 members (Regional governor 11, VP 12) Student Council (president 10 representative 12) Yearbook (co-editor-in-chief 12), two school clubs (president), two sports (one varsity since 10)
[] Job/Work Experience: science research in lab, summer 12
[] Volunteer/Community service: Head of comm. service for the aforementioned state organization
[] Summer Activities: Science research in lab, internship at surgery practice
[] Essays: I thought they were good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were both very good, but who can really say. (didn’t read them)
[] Counselor Rec: Again, I think it was good, but who can say.
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor, a professor at a major research institution. She wrote a very good letter, as she was very pleased with the quality of the work I completed.
[li] Interview: nope[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): midwest
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: small, competitive independent
[] Ethnicity: asian
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores, GPA, significant leadership in ECs
[] Weaknesses: no hook, no incredible awards,
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly, I feel like I got such a quick turnaround because they saw my test scores and GPA and liked them a lot.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to OSU, Yale SCEA, CWRU, WUSTL, Northwestern, JHU, Rice, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams

[/ul]General Comments: There’s still a lot of the game to be played. Good luck to all OSU applicants.

CaptainMcNeil · November 16, 2012, 7:38pm

Decision: Accepted
Political Science and International Relations (Minor in Russian)[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take.
[] ACT: 29 Combined (32 English, 32 Reading, 25 Math, 26 Science).
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.654
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government and Politics (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking all my IB tests this year (Biology, English, Latin, and Economics)
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio, IB Econ, IB English, IB Latin 4, Creative Writing, Scripture and Senior Theology, Gym, and Pre-Calc.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Just honor roll at school.[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fencing (Captain of Women’s Sabre), Tech Crew, Spring Play, Creative Writing Club, First Stage Theatre Academy for 9 years.
[] Job/Work Experience: Florist and Grocery Store
[] Volunteer/Community service: Pretty much any volunteer work my fencing team needed I did, helping kids with special needs, and tutoring refugees (no seriously).
[] Summer Activities: First Stage, club Fencing.
[] Essays: Halfway decent I’d say. The woman I wrote about has had a profound influence on me so I hope that showed through.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing. Made me tear up.
[] Counselor Rec: Counselor’s on maternity leave
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Catholic College Prep
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM female.[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT and a difficult course load
[] Weaknesses: Two C’s in sciences classes, not a ton of leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of Iowa, University of Illinois at Chicago. Still waiting on University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

[/ul]General Comments:

Congrats to everyone accepted so far and I wish everyone else good luck. I hope some more average students can take hope in my scores and think they have a definite shot.

sasquatch5132 · November 17, 2012, 8:46am

Decision: Accepted
Planned major: Accounting

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2230 (710 CR, 750 Math, 770 Writing)
[] ACT: 32 (32 English, 33 Reading, 34 Math, 30 Science)
[] SAT II: 780 Math II, 680 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/320
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP AB & BC Calc, AP Psychology (year long), AP Env Science, Honors English 4, AP Spanish 5, Art I

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Spanish National Honors Society (president), Beta Club, Junior Marshall, Multicultural Club, Rugby, Baseball
[] Job/Work Experience: have worked as host and busboy from Aug-present
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered actively for all of the clubs I was in, not much other than that
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: It was pretty good, not my best writing but solid overall
[] Teacher Recommendation: I assume it was strong but who knows
[] Counselor Rec: Pretty average I would assume
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: fairly competitive public high school
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Income Bracket: ~60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT/ACT scores, GPA
[] Weaknesses: not much extracurricular involvement freshman/sophomore year, no hooks
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: high scores and GPA
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied to UNC but have not received a decision yet

[/ul]General Comments:

f4ngz77 · November 17, 2012, 3:34pm

Decision: Accepted

Planned major: Finance

28 act.
post-secondary schedule for senior year
ec’s are what got me in IMO.

State (if domestic applicant): ohio resident
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
All acceptances so far…Indiana U, Marymount Manhattan, Notre Dame College (OH), Washington and Jefferson.

TSA1818 · November 18, 2012, 4:31pm

Decision: Accepted

Planned major: Undecided

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 730 Math: 740 Writing: 720
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/95
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, level 5 French and Chinese
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Commended Student[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Soccer team (JV captain for two seasons), Acted in school’s musicals/plays, Class treasurer, National Honor Society (President), Boy Scouts (Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader), French Club
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of church stuff. Went on a mission trip. Had enough hours for NHS
[] Summer Activities: Participant in 2011 Korea-U.S. Youth Network summer program (full scholarship two week trip for 100 American high school students to Korea), Took a summer language intensive in Chinese at Penn State University in summer 12 (received a scholarship)
[] Essays: Pretty good. Just talked about the above activities for the most part.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Decent. Says all good things, but nothing special.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[li] Interview: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores and extracurriculars.
[] Weaknesses: Essay and GPA could have probably been better.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my application was just overall pretty solid.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, accepted at Pitt and Penn State and haven’t heard from anyone else. Waiting on a few more though.

[/ul]**General Comments:Very excited! Go Bucks! Does anyone know when we’ll hear about honors college or merit scholarships? **

Matmaven · November 18, 2012, 10:53pm

Decision: Accepted
Planned major: Civil Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (Math - 750, CR - 690, Writing - 690)
[] ACT: 33 (English - 35, Math - 33, Reading - 33, Science - 32)
[] SAT II: Math II - 750, Physics - 690
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Physics (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, Honors Humanities, Novels, Env. Science, Western Civ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrestling (3 Varsity letters so far, Captain, All-Conference), NHS, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Orchestra
[] Job/Work Experience: Not too much
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mission trips including serving as Youth Project Leader on construction project in Ecuador
[] Summer Activities: Wrestling is pretty much year round
[] Essays: Common app essays - one about the dedication Wrestling requires in highly competitive area (NE Ohio) and one about how Ash Ketchum from Pokemon was my hero growing up. Thought they were reasonably entertaining.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them - good I hope
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview:None[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Mixed - Caucasion/Asian American
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle/Suburbia
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being recruited for Wrestling at smaller schools, not OSU[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, rigor of curriculum, focused ECs with some good accomplishments
[] Weaknesses: Class rank method/weighting at HS is strange
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores + pretty balanced
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on U of Illinois, Villanova, finalizing apps to Northwestern, Penn, Lehigh, Bucknell, Wheaton, Rice

[/ul]General Comments: Happy with first acceptance. Liked the CE program during my visit. Will have to see how rest of apps go. Good luck to everyone

afrojack · November 19, 2012, 5:11pm

Decision: Accepted
Planned major: Got in for finance, but I plan on switching to something in a different program

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 one sitting (710 CR, 680 M, 760 W)
[] ACT: 31 (31 English, 34 Math, 31 Reading, 27 Science, 12 Essay)
[] SAT II: Didn’t take
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t submit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Economics, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, Honors English
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not even worth mentioning… Musical instrument for 9 years, though not involved in school
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time employment at a restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: Held a fundraiser, and also around 60 hours volunteering
[] Summer Activities: World Affairs Seminar (sponsored by a university in my city, had to apply to do it and you could only do it once), volunteer work
[] Essays: The common app one was pretty good. Compared myself to a kind of food.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: VERY large public (class of 650)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 125,000 - 150,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores? Course load (by graduation, I will have taken 8 AP courses)? Essay?
[] Weaknesses: ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores and courses
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Pitt and Penn State (University Park). Waiting on University of Michigan and UNC Chapel Hill.

[/ul]General Comments: Excited! If Michigan doesn’t work out (I have a feeling it won’t… The tuition is ridiculous), I will be coming here for sure. I’m expecting to get the National Buckeye Scholarship and maybe another one, making it cheaper than my in-state options. AND I’d love to go back to Columbus (my dad graduated here as well, and we lived here for like 7 years)! GO BUCKS! Hope to see everyone there next fall :D

TSA1818 · November 21, 2012, 8:24pm

@afrojack: Michigan’s my top choice but with the tuition being my only reservation too! I’ve seen you posting on both this board and the PSU one. Seems like we’re in the exact same boat with all this college stuff. Ironic.

shellieb · November 22, 2012, 2:22pm

[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]Planned major: Zoology[ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] ACT: 28 composite
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology, Statistics, English & Composition (all 3s)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Music Theory, Honors World Lit, Honors Mandarin Chinese, Christian History, Band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching band & jazz band (section leader), retreat commission (retreat leader), robotics team, varsity bowling, tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: regularly volunteer with Knights of Columbus and at animal shelter
[ *] Summer Activities: volunteering
[ *] Essays: Strong. Had teachers proofread & make corrections. Emphasized leadership.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 2 strong letters, or so they told me
[ *] Counselor Rec: counselor knows me very well, so I’m assuming it was strong

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan resident
[ *] School Type: competitive Catholic college prep
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: ECs, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, ECs, difficult course load
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Western Michigan; waiting to hear back from U Mich, Notre Dame, Loyola Chicago, Dayton, Hope, Albion

afrojack · November 23, 2012, 11:50am

@TSA; more like coincidental! I live in the state of Pennsylvania too, which is the only real reason why I applied. I don’t have much interest, though… I kinda want to get away from my high school but last year, around 80 kids went to PSU. I can’t wait to hear back from michigan though

TSA1818 · November 23, 2012, 1:05pm

I totally agree about wanting to get away. Maybe coincidental is a better word, but we’re definitely in the same boat.

afrojack · November 23, 2012, 4:49pm

What’s your second top choice?

TSA1818 · November 25, 2012, 12:25pm

Probably OSU. I like Maryland too, but I think I need to see it again. It was the first school I saw so I didn’t really have anything to compare it to.

Silentkink · November 25, 2012, 12:41pm

Ugh mine still says evaluation, and I applied in mid September, the waiting is killing me. How much longer will I have to wait?

Sparkeye7 · November 25, 2012, 3:59pm

^^ Just a little bit longer I think. Afterall, this is the 1st year Ohio State going “Comm App,” applicants are expected to increase by at least 25%.

yankees3311 · November 29, 2012, 12:06pm

when do scholarship info come out

Ivyt · December 2, 2012, 6:40pm

Decision: Accepted
Planned major: Finance

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 29
[] SAT II: US History 680
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~200/900
[li] AP (place score in parenthesis): Word History (4) US History (3)[/li][/ul]

diceksox1809 · December 3, 2012, 11:16am

What days does OSU usually send out online decisions?

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