Hello I just received an email saying I was waitlisted. I have a 3.8 weighted GPA and 3.7 unweighted GPA with a 28 on my ACT. I’m involved in club and high school soccer and high school basketball for all four years. I have taken 7 AP classes and have a lot of volunteer service hours. How many people who get waitlisted are accepted? If I do get accepted does that mean I have to go random for rooming and will I get the worst dorms? I have already found roommates there and they want to know if they can still sign up for housing even though I am not accepted yet.
I just found out I got waitlisted today as well. I have a 3.8 unweighted gpa, and 4.51 weighted GPA, 27 on ACT. I’m involved in high school basketball and other clubs, and I’ve taken several AP and Honors courses. I’m guessing OSU got more competitive this year…I’d like to know the answers to your questions as well.
I had a meeting with a guidance counselor and they said;
- waitlisted 3500 students
- accepted all waitlisted students 2 years ago on the Columbus campus
- didn’t accepted any waitlisted students last year due to the high velocity of already accepted students (8000 compared to the normal 7000 enrolled last year)
- have to wait until May 1st to start looking at waitlisted applicants. They have to see how many are enrolling first.
- do not know how many waitlisted applicants they will be accepting into the main campus
- if you want to house with someone who is already accepted into osu have them fill out your name even though you’re not accepted yet and if you are accepted into osu after being waitlisted place their name on the housing information and you will automatically be bumped ahead of everyone to the already accepted person slot into housing
- if there are slots open to waitlisted students they will be looking at what their currently enrolled students are missing…ie, demographics, location, act, sat, gpa
- you cannot transfer into osu into the spring semester, only the following year if you get denied from osu and attend another college for a year
@Gobucks1234 Quick correction- for number 6 in regards to housing:
If someone is trying to room with you, they won’t be able to fill out your name on the contract until you are accepted to the university AND have received a housing contract. Otherwise your name will not show up. They’ll just have to go back in when you’re accepted.
@Gobucks1234 do you know how many students they admitted this year and last year?
Just found out today of my acceptance. Start checking your emails for news
I believe 20,000 but I do not remember specifics. Last year they overadmitted and I think it was 25,000. Again I could be wrong and there’s a large possibility in that fact
I got my acceptance on the fifth. Anyone know when I have to respond by?