OFFICIAL Ohio State Class of 2017 Decisions Thread!
Since decisions are starting to come out, I thought it was time to create a thread for tOSU results. Don't forget to remove the spaces before posting your results!
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][b]Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), English Lang (2), English Lit (1), Chemistry (4).
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, Biology 2 Honors, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, Teacher's Aide x2, Dual Enrollment Composition I, American Government, AP Calculus AB, Vet Assisting 4.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): District Superintendent Academic Award, Al Oerter Award nominee.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Gay-Straight Alliance (president and founder), varsity bowler (state finalist 2012, individual district champion 2012), league bowler since 2006 (youth leader 2009-10).
Job/Work Experience: 16 hours/week at a local restaurant.
Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours from assisting teachers.
Summer Activities:
Essays: I think they were pretty strong. CA essay was about standardizing education throughout the country so everyone has the same opportunities and everyone can be ready for either a career or college life.
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent. I've known this teacher since sophomore year and she loves me. Never got under a 90 in her classes.
Counselor Rec: Definitely good, I know him personally and I'm one of his 'favorites'.
Additional Rec: Should be good, I saw it and it had some "average" marks though.
Interview:
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Florida.
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public 4-year.
Ethnicity: White.
Gender: Male.
Income Bracket: $0-10,000.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation.
Reflection:
Strengths: Test scores and writing (I got a 12 on my October ACT writing, but I didn't bother sending that to tOSU because it was the same comp score).
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hook, ACT score, a heavy senior course load.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (accepted). Still waiting on UChicago EA and University of Florida.
General Comments: Stay positive, guys! If you haven't heard your decision yet, good luck!
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 790 US History, 780 Latin, 730 BioM
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.10 [A+ = 4.33]
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a, definitely top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio, Comp Sci A, US History, Euro History, English Lit, Physics B, Calc AB, Latin Vergil (all 5s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Hon. Latin 5, AP English Lang, AP Physics C, AP Chem, Hon. Multivariable Calc, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major. NMSF, AP Nat. Scholar, Cum Laude, some pretty good Latin awards, and state science fair awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State Organization w/1700 members (Regional governor 11, VP 12) Student Council (president 10 representative 12) Yearbook (co-editor-in-chief 12), two school clubs (president), two sports (one varsity since 10)
Job/Work Experience: science research in lab, summer 12
Volunteer/Community service: Head of comm. service for the aforementioned state organization
Summer Activities: Science research in lab, internship at surgery practice
Essays: I thought they were good.
Teacher Recommendation: I think they were both very good, but who can really say. (didn't read them)
Counselor Rec: Again, I think it was good, but who can say.
Additional Rec: Research mentor, a professor at a major research institution. She wrote a very good letter, as she was very pleased with the quality of the work I completed.
Interview: nope
Other
State (if domestic applicant): midwest
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small, competitive independent
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
Reflection
Strengths: test scores, GPA, significant leadership in ECs
Weaknesses: no hook, no incredible awards,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: honestly, I feel like I got such a quick turnaround because they saw my test scores and GPA and liked them a lot.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Applied to OSU, Yale SCEA, CWRU, WUSTL, Northwestern, JHU, Rice, Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams
General Comments: There's still a lot of the game to be played. Good luck to all OSU applicants.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government and Politics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking all my IB tests this year (Biology, English, Latin, and Economics)
Senior Year Course Load: IB Bio, IB Econ, IB English, IB Latin 4, Creative Writing, Scripture and Senior Theology, Gym, and Pre-Calc.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None. Just honor roll at school.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fencing (Captain of Women's Sabre), Tech Crew, Spring Play, Creative Writing Club, First Stage Theatre Academy for 9 years.
Job/Work Experience: Florist and Grocery Store
Volunteer/Community service: Pretty much any volunteer work my fencing team needed I did, helping kids with special needs, and tutoring refugees (no seriously).
Summer Activities: First Stage, club Fencing.
Essays: Halfway decent I'd say. The woman I wrote about has had a profound influence on me so I hope that showed through.
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing. Made me tear up.
Counselor Rec: Counselor's on maternity leave :/
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic College Prep
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM female.
Reflection
Strengths: ACT and a difficult course load
Weaknesses: Two C's in sciences classes, not a ton of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of Iowa, University of Illinois at Chicago. Still waiting on University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
General Comments:
Congrats to everyone accepted so far and I wish everyone else good luck. I hope some more average students can take hope in my scores and think they have a definite shot.
28 act.
post-secondary schedule for senior year
ec's are what got me in IMO.
State (if domestic applicant): ohio resident
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
All acceptances so far…Indiana U, Marymount Manhattan, Notre Dame College (OH), Washington and Jefferson.
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, level 5 French and Chinese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Commended Student
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): High School Soccer team (JV captain for two seasons), Acted in school's musicals/plays, Class treasurer, National Honor Society (President), Boy Scouts (Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, Patrol Leader), French Club
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of church stuff. Went on a mission trip. Had enough hours for NHS
Summer Activities: Participant in 2011 Korea-U.S. Youth Network summer program (full scholarship two week trip for 100 American high school students to Korea), Took a summer language intensive in Chinese at Penn State University in summer 12 (received a scholarship)
Essays: Pretty good. Just talked about the above activities for the most part.
Teacher Recommendation: Decent. Says all good things, but nothing special.
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it.
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores and extracurriculars.
Weaknesses: Essay and GPA could have probably been better.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my application was just overall pretty solid.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far, accepted at Pitt and Penn State and haven't heard from anyone else. Waiting on a few more though.
General Comments:Very excited! Go Bucks! Does anyone know when we'll hear about honors college or merit scholarships?
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Physics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Stats, Honors Humanities, Novels, Env. Science, Western Civ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Wrestling (3 Varsity letters so far, Captain, All-Conference), NHS, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Orchestra
Job/Work Experience: Not too much
Volunteer/Community service: Mission trips including serving as Youth Project Leader on construction project in Ecuador
Summer Activities: Wrestling is pretty much year round
Essays: Common app essays - one about the dedication Wrestling requires in highly competitive area (NE Ohio) and one about how Ash Ketchum from Pokemon was my hero growing up. Thought they were reasonably entertaining.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn't see them - good I hope
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it
Additional Rec: None
Interview:None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Mixed - Caucasion/Asian American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper Middle/Suburbia
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Being recruited for Wrestling at smaller schools, not OSU
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, rigor of curriculum, focused ECs with some good accomplishments
Weaknesses: Class rank method/weighting at HS is strange
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores + pretty balanced
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waiting on U of Illinois, Villanova, finalizing apps to Northwestern, Penn, Lehigh, Bucknell, Wheaton, Rice
General Comments: Happy with first acceptance. Liked the CE program during my visit. Will have to see how rest of apps go. Good luck to everyone
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn't submit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Economics, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, Honors English
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Not even worth mentioning... Musical instrument for 9 years, though not involved in school
Job/Work Experience: Part-time employment at a restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Held a fundraiser, and also around 60 hours volunteering
Summer Activities: World Affairs Seminar (sponsored by a university in my city, had to apply to do it and you could only do it once), volunteer work
Essays: The common app one was pretty good. Compared myself to a kind of food.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn't read
Counselor Rec: Didn't read
Additional Rec: Didn't read
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: VERY large public (class of 650)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 125,000 - 150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores? Course load (by graduation, I will have taken 8 AP courses)? Essay?
Weaknesses: ECs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test scores and courses
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Pitt and Penn State (University Park). Waiting on University of Michigan and UNC Chapel Hill.
General Comments: Excited! If Michigan doesn't work out (I have a feeling it won't... The tuition is ridiculous), I will be coming here for sure. I'm expecting to get the National Buckeye Scholarship and maybe another one, making it cheaper than my in-state options. AND I'd love to go back to Columbus (my dad graduated here as well, and we lived here for like 7 years)! GO BUCKS! Hope to see everyone there next fall
@afrojack: Michigan's my top choice but with the tuition being my only reservation too! I've seen you posting on both this board and the PSU one. Seems like we're in the exact same boat with all this college stuff. Ironic.
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[ *] ACT: 28 composite
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology, Statistics, English & Composition (all 3s)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Music Theory, Honors World Lit, Honors Mandarin Chinese, Christian History, Band
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): marching band & jazz band (section leader), retreat commission (retreat leader), robotics team, varsity bowling, tutoring
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: regularly volunteer with Knights of Columbus and at animal shelter
[ *] Summer Activities: volunteering
[ *] Essays: Strong. Had teachers proofread & make corrections. Emphasized leadership.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: 2 strong letters, or so they told me
[ *] Counselor Rec: counselor knows me very well, so I'm assuming it was strong
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[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan resident
[ *] School Type: competitive Catholic college prep
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][b]Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: ECs, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA, ECs, difficult course load
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Western Michigan; waiting to hear back from U Mich, Notre Dame, Loyola Chicago, Dayton, Hope, Albion
@TSA; more like coincidental! I live in the state of Pennsylvania too, which is the only real reason why I applied. I don't have much interest, though... I kinda want to get away from my high school but last year, around 80 kids went to PSU. I can't wait to hear back from michigan though
Probably OSU. I like Maryland too, but I think I need to see it again. It was the first school I saw so I didn't really have anything to compare it to.
