I applied early action for OSU and I was accepted, however I still have not heard anything regarding the Honors program… It might have to do with the fact that I haven’t activated my Buckeye Mail account until today after returning from a vacation, but I’m not exactly sure. It seems that everyone that applied early action received information about Honors and Scholas placement, so should I be concerned?
I have not heard back yet and I know plenty of others who haven’t heard anything either! Don’t worry!
My son just logged on to his buckeye email account today and found out he got into Scholars! The email was dated Dec. 23rd, fyi. Not sure if this would have any bearing on Honors notification, though. Good luck to you both!
My S has not heard either.
Last year OSU did not start releasing Honors invitations until January. This year,they appear to have started earlier.It seemed like last year the Honors applicants who had the highest standardized test scores and class rank received invites first. Last year, on the Honors & Scholars website, under FAQs, it gave the specific criteria of most accepted Honors applicants --middle 50 % (ie. 25% to 75%) of freshman admits had ACT score range of 32 to 34 and SAT score range (Math & Critical Reading sections) of 1420 to 1510. And they had a top 3% rank in high school class. However, this year i don’t see that information listed anywhere on the Honors & Scholars website. It seems to have been removed. Instead, under “Honors and Scholars Admisson Questions” it lists several criteria that are holistically reviewed for both the Honors and the Scholars programs, such as strong academic record, extracurricular and work experience, essay response and other attributes. So one might assume that they are looking more holistically at applicants for Honors invitations? Last year, my son, who had seemingly lesser stats (31 ACT) than those of the middle 50% of applicants, did not hear back until after he contacted the Honors office in February to express his strong interest in the program. He received acceptance a week after contacting the office. Coincidence or not, the lesson learned is that for those of you who really want to be in the Honors program, if you do not receive an invitation by the end of January, it can’t hurt to call the Honors office and reiterate your strong interest in being invited to participate in the program.
My daughter is a freshman at OSU and didn’t hear about her Honors acceptance until February following her admittance in November.
I received acceptance to Honors via email and then snail mail about two weeks ago. I applied to OSU on 10/27. I guess that means they are starting to trickle out.
my son got email notification for his honor on 1/6. This year OSU releases the notifications earlier than previous years.
DS received email notification of Scholars invitation last night. He specified Scholars as his priority choice… He’s now wishing he actually requested Honors because after receiving Morrill Prominence, he’s interested in joining the MSP residential community which pretty much eliminates any opportunity he would have to participate in Scholars due to the requirement that freshman live in their respective Scholars residential community.
@fatherof2boys I’m in the same predicament (though I haven’t gotten accepted into the Scholars or Honors program). If I do get accepted into Scholars, I would love to live in the MSP community. Do you know which Scholars program do not require its students to live with their scholar community?
The email from MSP said that it could only work if your scholars program does not require freshmen to live with their group and I’m having trouble finding that information.
@Chopinspiano If you go to the Honors & Scholars section of the OSU website you can find the info I think you are looking for. Go to the scholars section and then into programs. If you “click” on the individual programs and then into “Community” it tells you where you need to live.
@Chopinspiano, it appears that you can review the residential housing requirement by clicking on the individual hyperlink for the respective Scholar programs and then selecting the “About” hyperlink for the program which includes a three to four paragraph description of the program, including the housing requirement. I’ve pasted the hyperlink listing all of the Scholar programs below. My DS looked at the top three programs he was interested in and they all have a residential housing requirement.
In the end, I think if you end up in the same situation as my son that you’ll have to weigh the benefits of losing out on participation in Scholars versus living in the MSP community. It looks like Scholars still gives you what they describe as “college-level priority course scheduling to meet Scholars participation requirements.” (Honors provides university-level priority scheduling.) If I understand this benefit properly, it means that a member of the Scholars community gets priority registration benefits in their respective college, so for example my son would have priority registration in the College of Arts and Sciences. I’m not certain what “to meet Scholars participation requirements” means…maybe the priority registration benefit is limited to Scholars designated courses; however, i would assume that only Scholar program participants could take such courses in any event.
Regardless here is the hyperlink to the programs, click on the ones you are interested in and then select the “About” tab to the left to find out if the program has a 1st year housing requirement.
@Chopinspiano, i just came across this on the Scholar’s FAQ page:
“Housing Requirements
Do I have to live in a Scholars residence hall if I am admitted to the Scholars Program?
Yes, you are required to live in the residence hall that is specific to your Scholars Program during your first year as a Scholars student unless you are commuting to campus from home, or you are required to live in specific housing due to a financial scholarship. We are also unable to allow students to request roommates who are not in their particular Scholars Program.”
http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/scholars/faqs#housing
I’m not certain if MSP qualifies as financial scholarship since need is not considered as a part of the criteria for eligibility. I’m going to have my son contact OSU to verify if that’s the case.
@fatherof2boys Alright, thank you!
@Chopinspiano: What exactly is the difference between the Honors program and the Scholars program and which one is better?
@Adwaya Honors is more of a curriculum while Scholars is more of an experience (community service, centered around themes or specific fields, etc). It depends on you as a person for which is better. There’s really no answer to that question without it being subjective haha.
Has anyone who received their regular acceptance email/letter right before OSU closed for winter break heard anything regarding their Honors/Scholars acceptance?