Really? I thought all EA got the decision on Jan 20
I asked admissions office and they said February.
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Still in “Evaluation” (I think that is the official status).
No biggie. He’s been accepted into UT-Austin and UNC Honors among others. So he hasn’t hung his hat on OSU. And still waiting on a few more that don’t have EA options. But it would be nice to hear from your own home state school.
Hoping this means good news. I told him “maybe they’re just trying to decide how much they want to offer you to grace them with your presence.” 
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does anyone know if there are stats on deferrals getting admitted?
Hello , Is anyone attending Morrill Scholarship Program Distinction Weekend on Feb 24th and 25th ?
Morrill awards have been made for this year already? Is this a invitation only event or open to all prospective applicants?
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Everyone in engineering is admitted pre-major, and most apply to a major spring of freshman year. This page explains the process, and there are links with more specifics.
https://cse.osu.edu/prospective-students/undergraduate/admissions
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This past fall pre-engineering students in some of the engineering majors were admitted en masse and told not to submit an application to major unless their pre-engineering major was no longer their first choice major. It looks like moving forward several departments with available capacity will be directly enrolling their students into their majors.
from https://engineering.osu.edu/undergraduate/future-students/admissions
"Some engineering majors have available capacity and can direct enroll freshmen into the major without an additional application process. Other engineering majors have a pre-major component and require an additional application process.
Direct-Enrolled Majors
Freshmen admitted to the Ohio State Columbus campus interested in the below programs will be directly enrolled in their major.
- Aviation*
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Environmental Engineering
- Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Welding Engineering
*Direct enrollment into the Aviation Engineering major is available. However, the Professional Pilot Certification (PPC) continues to have limited space and students will need to request joining the specialization separately from enrolling in the Aviation Engineering Major. Please see Professional Pilot Specialization for additional information.
Enrolled as Pre-Majors
In order to implement a transparent and equitable admission process to meet the demands and space availability in popular majors, students entering Ohio State in the following programs will enter as a pre-major. Students interested in these programs must indicate one of these majors on the Common Application as these majors quickly reach capacity. Effective Autumn 2023, the college is unable to accommodate students changing into these programs after starting at Ohio State.
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering (ENG) / Computer and Information Science (ASC)
- Mechanical Engineering "
yes … Not sure about the invitation though
Yes. We will be flying in for it.
My daughter applied when she submitted her application. I think she said she had to apply EA to be considered for it.
Great… See you there
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Has anyone started to look at the ‘fees’ above/beyond tuition, room/board and out of state fees to estimate costs to attend? I found a table of estimated fees by credit (or capped for full time student), as follows:
Columbus institutional fee: $5762.50
Program Fee (varies, for engineering in our case): $2000
Learning Technology Fee: $240
Total Est: $8002.50?
Maybe I do not understand the fee table… could this be additive for every full-time semseter on top of base tuition, room & board?
That shouldn’t be additive (except maybe the Program Fee?). Here’s a really simple table of the expected cost for incoming Freshmen. This was 2022-23, so there may be an inflationary increase. Basic costs include tuition, food and housing. - The Ohio State University
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My older son graduated a year ago, so I am familiar with the learning fee and the (engineering) program fee. Also got charged for small items like the fitness centers and bus passes. But that Instructional Fee is clearly listed in the info table, it’s big, and I don’t recall seeing it from past bills. None of this fees mentioned show up in the cost to attend estimate that I can generate.
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I know some were asking about when merit letters were coming out. My daughter (OOS) just got a letter in the mail today with her scholarship decision. National Buckeye (13.5K) and Maximus (3K) so total of 16.5K/yearly. She was admitted in the December pool. Hope that helps.
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my confusion - the instructional fee is their ‘tuition’. College of engineering will end up adding $4000/year it appears for the program fee.
We are also OOS, This will be my third kid headed to OSU (my husband has convinced them all that Ohio State is the only school in the country). My first two had ACT scores in the 30’s and were awarded the Buckeye scholarship + Provost but this last kiddo scored 28. We submitted his score when applying but wonder if this was a mistake in terms of Buckeye Scholarship awards. Did you submit a score for your daughter? IF so, what was it? Now that the school is test optional, not sure how the scholarships will be awarded???
Hi there. This is our first kiddo applying to OSU so I don’t have any frame of reference. It does seem, for a lot of the schools that she applied to, the merit is linked to scores, but that’s anecdotal.
Here are her stats
GPA 4.0/4.4 (not sure if OSU recalculates, possibly higher if they do, her school weighs low)
ACT 34. Lots of ECs and leadership, etc.
The general consensus for a test-optional school is to submit your scores only if your scores are at or above the median for successful applicants in the major you are applying to. I’ve noticed a sharp (and sometimes dramatic) increase in average ACT scores for admitted students at a number of test-optional schools. A fair number of these schools now have average ACT scores similar to MIT, which implies that only the highest-scoring kids are submitting scores.