<p>Has anyone heard tonight? My son was accepted to the Honors Program and received the National Buckeye Scholarship and the Provost Scholarship, but we are hoping to get a call or email tonight! We are from New York.</p>
<p>So, nessats, are all the people invited down to interview going to at least get medalist?</p>
<p>Sara- yes, you will, unless you really come off as a jerk.</p>
<p>Sara, that’s the way it sounds to me. I read it as they’ve picked the 60 people who will get those scholarships, and the interview weekend will be to decide who gets the presidential and who gets medalist.</p>
<p>That is really great news! I hope that’s the way it works. I’m so excited to visit OSU for the first time.</p>
<p>@ LennyPepperige According to Naviance, at my school, students with a 2.14 GPA have obtained admission into this school (mine is above a 4). That means that they basically had to get C’s and D’s in order to get admitted. I have worked hard throughout my high school career to get high grades, so getting shunted aside by such a weak school is painful.</p>
<p>Does anybody know how much money they give to National Merit Finalists? I heard that it was full tutition, but I have also read that it is only up to $2,000 elsewhere, and that too based on need.</p>
<p>By the way, LennyPepperidge, I guess I did have evidence for my 2.7 GPA statement after all.</p>
<p>You think you got shunted because Ohio State didn’t give you a full ride? Get a grip, go to your pretentious private school if you want to ***** and moan.</p>
<p>@powerbond, last year the Distinguished Scholarship for NMFs was full tuition; this year they’ve reduced it to half tuition. To be considered, you have to designate OSU as your first choice by March 1, and then it’s still not guaranteed. Otherwise, they “consider” you for a $1000 award, up to $2000 with financial need.</p>
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<p>I agree that OSU has extremely frustratingly limited scholarships. It really stinks.
But I think this is largely because they can attract strong students without offering them lots of money. They are one of the best public universities in the country, and although you know some people who have gotten in with lower GPAs, they also have very competitive admissions standards. A girl from my high school (which is one the best publics in the state) got deferred this year with a 31 ACT and 3.3 GPA. It is no piece of cake to get admitted to OSU, and while I understand that you may prefer a “name brand” private education, an OSU education is nothing to turn one’s nose up at.</p>
<p>Also, @powerbond, are you sure that the kids who saw admitted on Naviance weren’t admitted to a satellite campus?</p>
<p>Actually, Summerstorm, you need to designate OSU as top choice by March,1 for both National merit scholatship ( 1,000 - 2,000) or distinguished NMS (half tuition = $4.863), the difference is that you have to be in top 10% of the class to be considered for distinguished one.
What I am not sure about is if you get $4.863 does it negate Maximus $3,000? So your total would be $4,863 and not $7,863 - correct?</p>
<p>Also, while it is not that easy to get admitted to OSU, admission rate is around 65% - a far cry from most selective schools. So, with all due respect, if your stats/EC/personality/leadership are competitive with top schools, I would not think it is unreasonable to expect some merit aid. Presidential schoalrship was very attractive not only because of the money aspect, but from the leadership position it would put you at Ohio State. So while it was maybe unreasonable to expect to be top 60 of 2000 or 3% of already honors crowd, it hurts to not get it.</p>
<p>Dad2011…I’ve been wondering about how OSU handles multiple scholarships as well, but according to the scholarship descriptions the NM Distinguished scholarship “includes the value” of any other merit scholarships awarded. I read that to mean they will not add the Distinguished and the Maximus together, but would lump them together under the $4863 amount. It also says the Distinguished includes the value of the “official” NMSC scholarship which (again, if I read it correctly) means the $1K-$2K per year would also get lumped into the $4863 amount.</p>
<p>the maximus and national merit scholarship will be included in the distinguished scholarship. Which basically means that the distinguished is worth nothing. No doubt about it, OSU has terrible merit aid. At my school, I am one of three National Merit Finalists who applied there. None of us have received any money past the maximus. We will all now attend different schools. The whole concept of a state funded school is to keep students in state, making money in the state, and creating jobs for the state. If this does not happen, then they are doing a disservice to the tax payers. There’s no way I can afford $20,000 a year, and I have a 36 on the ACT and still can’t get money. The system is unarguably broken, as this is one example of top students getting away. Sure, average students will go to OSU because of, more or less, the football team. But top kids will not, and that is wrong.</p>
<p>Yes they all merge, we try every year to get more…this year is different though in that distinguished is half not full so think they would add not combine!</p>
<p>Wolverine, Scott - yes it appears that scholarships are inclusive. I also believe that web site I looked up last night suggested contacting OSU on combining scholarships. ddd928, what makes you think that these may add this year?
Not sure if it makes sense to designate OSU as top choice - NMS is confusing. There is no guarantee to get one time $2,500 from them if you don’t designate any school as top choice either, correct?</p>
<p>OSU’s financial aid is complete garbage. I live in Ohio and at this point Michigan State and Case Western are both more affordable for me in terms of scholarships.</p>
<p>Disgrace on behalf of Ohio State.</p>
<p>thechampanon - it is not the duty of a school to give generous merit FA to every student who applies, if they can attract top students without FA. Besides, COA of OSU is much lower than many other schools, esp. private schools.</p>
<p>sara12</p>
<p>that’s a pretty cheeky thing to say. I wonder how you’d feel if you hadn’t gotten an award.</p>