Agreed! This forum and the stats that people post, along with when kids find out their acceptances, is very informative. It has helped guide the process for all three of our kids as they’ve applied for college. It’s also how I finally figured out that my son, who was accepted to OSU in 2021, was in fact not going to get any merit money from OSU based on the timeline of when other kids got their notifications about merit. One of the worst nights ever! The good news is that he ended up going to a university that is the right fit for him and he’ll graduate with far less debt than he would’ve had if he’d gone to OSU even with a scholarship.
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Totally agree. While I’m sure a lot of people here are interested in the stats, I think that in a test optional world, the entirety of the application is far more important. My son went test optional for OSU and got in last night; posting his ACT would be irrelevant. He just had a really strong holistic application and his test scores were not indicative of who he is as a student–and OSU agreed. Good luck to everyone who has applied and not yet heard back. And for future applicants, just focus on putting in your best application across the board.
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Dtr accepted
UW 3.86 (3 AP’s, rest honors)
did not submit scores
OOS
Captain Varsity vball team
Captain dance team
student mentor
Student Council
several other clubs
part time jobx2years
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Which way is your daughter leaning because i got in to Smeal also as well as Fisher?
Daughter accepted to Fisher last night
OOS
UW 3.80
ACT 30
9 APs, Varsity athlete
So many test optional or SAT admissions, I thought it would be helpful to share an ACT that was an admission. We were on the fence about submitting test scores. This is such a crazy competitive year. It is just too much pressure on these kids.
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yes my daughter was accepted to Health and Rehab science last night
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Let me say this for all who get in and those who dont. Its not the end of the world. This bizarre notion kids and parents have of a “dream school” is all nonsense and should be completely irrelevant. Students should pick a school based first upon the major and quality of the program it has to offer and than of course how it fits financially and in terms of community. Too many kids pick schools because of an image they have only to find out it was a mistake. With a student at OSU now, I can tell you she loves it but has discovered many shortcomings of the University itself. Its a massive bureaucracy, often to the detriment of students unfortunately. Getting to know professors, advisors etc can be difficult. Off campus housing at OSU is expensive, poor quality and in some cases unsafe. These are things you do not really learn until you get there. For some its a huge disappointment for others they just deal with it. The point is, if your student didn’t get in and somehow OSU was the “dream”, it wasn’t meant to be. It won’t negatively affect their lives and they will find another school that’s a fit. The experience is what you make of it…its time for parents to stop building up the expectations help guide their students so that a decline of admissions is not life changing vs just a chance to find a better opportunity for them
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100% agree. I have a college sophomore who did not get into the big school that he banked on- a school that mom & dad both attended, and had a top 10 program in his field. But guess what - another top 10 school in his field of interest did accept him. We checked it out. It seemed great - although it was all new to us and a few hours farther away.
No regrets. He is enjoying college life immensely. I think it’s the best thing that could have happened. If he went to the big school close to home – I don’t think he’d have the same experience. He’s a better person for it.
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Daughter, OOS was accepted to Fisher yesterday.
1470 SAT
33 ACT
4.0 GPA
Some AP & Honors classes. Lots of Bus/marketing electives.
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curious- did she submit ACT and SAT since they are similar?
yes, my daughter accepted to Health and Rehab Science. We are OOS
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I’m pretty sure she did submit both. They were both solid, and not knowing which might carry more weight with evaluators…seemed ok to submit both.
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DS, OOS (California), accepted to Mechanical Engineering yesterday
35 ACT (36 superscore)
3.9 GPA (4.6 weighted)
12 AP classes (10th-12th gr)
Robotics, volunteer, stock, esports
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When will OSU release honor program admission?
Last year, if you were admitted on December 10, you received your honors program admission in mid-January.
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An email came from OSU the next day for admitted students. Do the students need to set up the buckeyeMail account now or only if/when they are ready to enroll?
My D is a signed athlete and did get her acceptance Friday.
It looks like from other threads scholarships (academic) will come out Jan/Feb or March. Does anybody know how they will base it if her school doesn’t rank, and we were test optional?
My guess is they will use the info they have- GPA and courses. I saw on Reddit- where it was mostly based on class rank- top 10%, 5%. Thanks!
Does anyone know if applying in the RD round greatly reduces chance of admission?
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Definitely. Accepted students are reducing number of available spots. RD applicants are competing for remaining number of spots. How much is the impact depends on the popularity of the program, overall number and quality of RD applicants if that makes sense.
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Thank you!