<p>I live in Texas, but I am really wanting to go out of state for college, and the one that I am looking at the most is Oregon State. And I was wondering if anybody had any comments/advice on how to guarantee acceptance? I'm a junior in high school with an unweighted gpa of 3.6 and weighted of 4.2. I need advice! I'm looking to be a natural science major and go into the field of geology or ecology.</p>
<p>If you maintain your high GPA and get a good SAT or ACT score, you will very likely get admitted.</p>
<p>however, that can sometimes only be half the problem. Going to an OOS public can be very expensive. </p>
<p>OSU costs about $35k per year. Will your parents pay that much? If not, then you’ll have to carefully choose colleges that will work for you?</p>
<p>Did you take the PSAT? If so, how did you do on that?</p>
<p>When will you be taking the SAT or ACT (take both)</p>
<p>Admission shouldn’t be very difficult for you. The median SAT is 1565 / 2400 - just slightly over the national average - and the average GPA for accepted students is 3.47. As M2CK said, the bigger issue is likely to be affordability. OOS tuition and fees at Oregon State are $20,442 compared to in-state tuition and fees at (for example) Texas Tech of $4,280.</p>