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tOSU Admission Standards

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LeBuckeye;1370214; said:
Wow this thread is exactly what I was looking for.

If it helps anyone I'm a high school senior with about a 3.83 and a 30 on the ACT (1850 SAT) and I was accepted in mid-December.

Keep the inside info coming people!
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oh, i forgot to mention Mama's Pasta and Brew. it's this little hole in the wall type place behind where steak and shake used to be on high street (it's where the big white facade currently is with the boarded up windows), and they serve the closest thing to food you get at home that i've had in c-bus. check out this menu: http://www.mamaspastaandbrew.com/WORD/menu.htm

love it.

just go in the middle of the day or something, it's too small of a place to be enjoyable during peak bar hours
 
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briegg;1370333; said:
I used to bartend there in the early 90's. That place certainly was legendary - it was the only High street bar that did not allow under 21 through the doors. Kegs and Eggs before the Michigan game is something I'm sad my kids will never experience.
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Kegs and Eggs is still around....just not at Papa Joes. I was at Kegs & Eggs at Little Bar this year
 
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I'm glad Jim Rhodes was Gov. when I applied. I had SAT/ACT scores to qualify for most places, but my GPA hovered in the low 2. area.

Two things I learned quickly: 1. Step up and talk to the professor. They see 100 kids a week and they don't know you from the goofus in the back who sleeps through lecture unless you talk to them. As a freshman I struggled with multiple choice questions and it was killing me in botany. I spoke with the teacher, showed her I had studied and knew the information. Ended up taking the remaining tests as essays and got the A I wanted. I've been an adjunct English professor at Miami and Northern Kentucky for the last seven years and the kids who get Ds and Fs in my course never talk to me. I don't know if they just don't care or if there is something I could help them with, but if they don't care enough to make an appointment, or see me after class, then I don't care.

2, Contrary to all the horror stories I heard about big, impersonnal OSU, I found that they had great student counseling, but again, you have to take that on yourself. Seek help and it will be given. Don't be afraid to ask and don't see seeking help as a weakness. It's a sign of maturity.
 
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cincibuck;1372050; said:
I'm glad Jim Rhodes was Gov. when I applied. I had SAT/ACT scores to qualify for most places, but my GPA hovered in the low 2. area.

Two things I learned quickly: 1. Step up and talk to the professor. They see 100 kids a week and they don't know you from the goofus in the back who sleeps through lecture unless you talk to them. As a freshman I struggled with multiple choice questions and it was killing me in botany. I spoke with the teacher, showed her I had studied and knew the information. Ended up taking the remaining tests as essays and got the A I wanted. I've been an adjunct English professor at Miami and Northern Kentucky for the last seven years and the kids who get Ds and Fs in my course never talk to me. I don't know if they just don't care or if there is something I could help them with, but if they don't care enough to make an appointment, or see me after class, then I don't care.

2, Contrary to all the horror stories I heard about big, impersonnal OSU, I found that they had great student counseling, but again, you have to take that on yourself. Seek help and it will be given. Don't be afraid to ask and don't see seeking help as a weakness. It's a sign of maturity.
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I also agree with this advice. In my Psych 100 course I ended up with a 98%, and I talked to my professor frequently. In my English and History courses I really didn't talk to my professors at all and I only got B's. It is definitely good to talk to your professors.

Also, the help here at Ohio State is great from what I have experienced so far. A lot of people say it is not that good, but those are the people that do not seek for help. If you do seek for hep, the help that is given for the most part is good.
 
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-Laurinaitis33-;1375152; said:
I also agree with this advice. In my Psych 100 course I ended up with a 98%, and I talked to my professor frequently. In my English and History courses I really didn't talk to my professors at all and I only got B's. It is definitely good to talk to your professors.

Also, the help here at Ohio State is great from what I have experienced so far. A lot of people say it is not that good, but those are the people that do not seek for help. If you do seek for hep, the help that is given for the most part is good.
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For the new and aspiring Bucks, Ohio State will be everything you thought and more. It's a community par excellance. Last night, I walked through NY Penn Station and the amount of "O-H"'s I heard were awesome. It's a pride you can't imagine. In the many years since college, I've only had one OSU alum not pass an "O-H" back.No matter what, the pride of being a Buckeye never leaves.

Let me also say OSU is the finest academic institution I've attended, period. I got my MA at Georgetown and if there was ever a university that coasted on its undeserved reputation, that would be it.At Georgetown, I tried to get to know the profs,et.al, but they were much more interested in telling me how very "important" they were.Gtown's "community" exists only during basketball season. In short, it's populated by the kids who forget that being a good person is also a factor in getting the big bucks.

At OSU, I knew my profs, my advisor and the names of the people at the registrar. More importantly, they wanted to know me, they made time for me. As an example, in my frosh year, a girl I knew from class was murdered. The prof took the time during and after class to speak to us all individually,something you don't see many places.

I have no shame in admitting that sometimes I get teary when I think of how big a difference THE Ohio State University made in my life.It made and makes a HUGE difference.

Congrats to all admitted, and to all working towards admission, the very best of luck.

You can do it, and you certainly won't regret it.
 
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cincibuck;1372050; said:
2, Contrary to all the horror stories I heard about big, impersonnal OSU, I found that they had great student counseling, but again, you have to take that on yourself. Seek help and it will be given. Don't be afraid to ask and don't see seeking help as a weakness. It's a sign of maturity.
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While we've disagreed on whether the Rhodes philosophy towards Ohio State was a good or bad thing, I certainly agree with the latter. I never had a problem working closely with professors--a few with considerable national reputations. Like at any big research university, it might take a little more effort to stand out, but the quality level of the faculty with whom one has the opportunity to work and learn from far exceeds the negatives.

On a side note, my parents went through a business bankruptcy my freshman year, and I ended up taking Spring quarter off and returning home. As I was out of state, I didn't think that I'd end up ever being able to come back and pay out of state tuition levels--even with a combination of merit aid, loans and grants. When the university found out about my situation, they quietly encouraged me to register for Fall classes and said they would try to do what they could? When my fee statement arrived in the mail, I had in-state residency and tuition.

So anyone who wants to slander Ohio State as some big personal bureaucracy that doesn't care about it's students can fuck off. My experience also goes a long way in explaining why I feel so protective of Ohio State and can be rather merciless against those individuals and (cough...cough) institutions who I feel have attempted to damage Ohio State and hold her back.
 
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i agree that calling Ohio State an impersonal bureaucracy is a misnomer; any problem i had was handled in a such a way that made me feel like they actually gave a crap about whether my concerns were taken care of. when my parents messed up some FAFSA payments, OSU helped us out and made sure that everything was situated for the quarter. a harsher policy could've prevented me from attending school that quarter, but the people at OSU were very forgiving and understanding.

with that said, calling OSU a massive bureaucracy is entirely accurate. it's a bureaucracy that works well, but if you want to get anything done you have to make yourself heard by calling advisors and taking advantage of the services the university offers. once you do, i've found that people are nothing but helpful and generous, but they aren't going to be looking out for you automatically.
 
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OSU is a lot harder to get into than I thought it would be. I've always dreamt of being a Buckeye, but unfortunately I didn't get accepted to the main campus (3.7 GPA and 26 ACT). I'll still be there because I was deferred to a satellite campus, but it still sucks not getting it first try.
 
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I think the ACT matter a lot more anymore then the school GPA as different schools are hard to compare. I graduated last spring as a 5th year senior and I got in directly into the honors program on a 3.75 and an 30 ACT. However I was far tyoo much of a slacker in school and graduated with a 2.695 after getting an I in a class last semester that without having it I still would of finished with a lowly 2.8GPA.
 
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Listen up kids.....I got in with a 2.7 at Columbus State with out ever taking the ACT (in winter quarter of course)...then I barely made it through my first year with a 2.0 then climbed my way out of academic probation to a 2.8 all while maintaining a level of partying only rivaled by Bluto from Animal House....I have the same piece of paper as 30 ACT guy and I married a hot chick from UK.... life is not fair...but thats how we rolled back in the day.
 
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buckeyescott11;1856344; said:
OSU is a lot harder to get into than I thought it would be. I've always dreamt of being a Buckeye, but unfortunately I didn't get accepted to the main campus (3.7 GPA and 26 ACT). I'll still be there because I was deferred to a satellite campus, but it still sucks not getting it first try.
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Prove yourself at the satellite campus and you'll be ok. Best of luck and study hard !
 
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