<p>I know about the Gateway scholarship, and as an out of stater with a 34 ACT, I would qualify for a discount of about 12 or 13 thousand on tuition, still leaving me with about 13 thousand a year in fees.</p>
<p>I met with the Chicagoland representitive at my school, and I was very impressed with what the university had to offer. I'm extremely interested in going and enrolling in Scripps. </p>
<p>Now here's where my question lies. From what I gathered OU is mostly Ohioans and that despite some calls for alumni to raise their profile out of state, not much is being done. Does anyone know anything about this? I mean if another institution blows me away with an offer and OU doesn't, I'm unlikely to go there. </p>
<p>I don't mean to make this about me personally, but top out of state students in general. It seems silly that they wouldn't do everything possible to raise their national profile.</p>
<p>If anyone has any insight on this, it would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I'd say that it's important for you to show an interest, not wait for them to notice you. Get a screenname/password on the web site; ask some questions of admissions reps; do one of the online chats that they offer. This advice works everywhere--not just Ohio.</p>
<p>My S is out of state and made his first contact (like you) with an admissions rep. He began receiving more "personal" mail from them this summer, along with a phone call. Now he is applying (Scripps/VisComm), so they have a file on him and are still writing. It sound like they do want OOS students, but they need to know that you are interested in them.</p>
<p>We are in a more geographically underrepresented place than Chicago, so maybe that's why my S has gotten so much mail (his SAT scores are excellent, too). We have family/cousins in the Chicago area, and their HS sends tons of students to various big midwestern state U's.</p>
<p>They seemed very anxious for my son to enroll there (we are from New York state) by offering him a very large merit scholarship and an engineering scholarship. I (the mom) really liked the school a lot. </p>
<p>As a Gateway recipient you would be eligible to live in their honors housing, with other "honors" kids. The campus is beautiful, the town looks like loads of fun, and the people there are really nice. My son ultimately chose a "techier" school.</p>
<p>Another point: We haven't visited yet (we had to cancel one trip we had planned and will go soon), but that's something you could do. They encourage appointments in your field of interest. The Scripps/VisComm people were very helpful when I called to talk to them, and they have been very responsive to my S's questions. I've heard that their admissions tours and info sessions are very good, too.</p>
<p>geezermom: If you go, stay at the new Hampton Inn. It's REALLY nice. They were also building a new Holiday Inn Express when we were there. All other choices looked not-so-good.</p>
<p>I second the Hampton Inn, it was really very nice.</p>
<p>We visited in June, and met with a professor from Scripps. She was very helpful in answering our questions. A student took us on a tour of Scripps as well. My son receives mail from Ohio on a fairly regular basis, also emails (no phone calls, though). He did apply there, but it is his 5th choice (out of 5). The Gateway Scholarship is very tempting to us as parents, but he has to want to go.</p>
<p>H and I LOVED the campus! The heck with son, <em>we</em> want to go! ;)</p>
<p>In talking to son some more about Ohio, he said that he thinks their financial package - i.e. Gateway offering essentially in-state tuition to high SAT/ACT scorers will make a big impact on getting out of state students to attend, since that would put Ohio on the same financial level as an OOS student's own state school. He said a really good financial offer would definitely move Ohio up on his list.</p>
<p>After my son chose Worcester Polytech, I had no trouble throwing out all the stuff other schools had given him (pens, lanyards, t-shirts that didn't fit, pennants, what not) but I couldn't quite bring my self to ditch the OU stuff. In fact, he brought their t-shirt to school. Ha. He won that t-shirt for having come the farthest for an open house they had.</p>
<p>Weenie - That's a great deal. With the Gateway, I think OU will come out to be roughly the same as our in-state school (which he won't apply to because he doesn't want to stay in state). Our flagship has a good journalism program, but not nearly as well-respected as OU's. Plus the Ohio campus and town are much nicer.</p>
<p>weenie, Can you explain how their Gateway works? Is is the Gateway Scholarship according to the chart of SAT scores +3.0 +4500 for OOS students if you get any level of Gatway scholarship? What does one need to do to keep it for all 4 years? For example, is a college gpa of 3.0 required? Thanks.</p>
<p>My son is a sophomore at OU. We are from New York - suburb of NYC. I fell in love with the school when we visited - he felt it was very "Ohio." (which actually was what I liked). There is NO QUESTION that OOS students are a minority, but the overall student body is so nice and open that it doesn't matter that much. It took my son a little while to adjust, but he is quite happy there overall. If you are coming from near a large city - be careful, this school is in the middle of nowhere! It can be disconcerting at first. However, since Athens is a college town, you get a nice college experience, and it appears to be very safe. (Last year when he was a freshman, he was amazed at the number of people out and about at 2 a.m. in the Uptown area!) Overall, a great place to go to school.</p>
<p>Ya, my mom's main concern is that it is hard to access. Any tips on how to get there? Is flying to Columbus the best option if it's not in driving distance?</p>