Chances anyone?

Colleges & Universities Ohio State University
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<p>I really would like to attend OSU, It’s an amazing place…
SAT 1880 (1210 composite) just took it again so score probably increased
26 on ACT
Ranked in top 35% in a competitive NJ highschool, GPA is about 3.6
Taking 5 APs, scored a 5 on US history.</p>

<p>ECs…
Layout Editor of school newspaper, member of Fundraising committee for our school’s Junior Statesman of America chapter, social studies honor society, started a fundrasier for Darfur, plus a few other clubs…
Active member in local politics, founding member of the county’s teenage republican group, assissted in elections the past year.
The past summer I volunteered for a research mission related to determining the health of the ecosystem at the NJ shore by collecting a certain species of turtle, numerous professors and grad students lead the expedition.
Also worked for 15 months</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>I would say you’re right on the cusp. The class rank is a little lower than average but if you go to a competitive high school like you said, that might be okay. I would say pulling up your test scores just a little bit would help greatly as well.</p>

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<p>You’re definitely on the fence. Test scores and class rank are the two most important factors. The middle 50% range for ACT scores this year was 26-30, and only 9% of the class graduated outside of the top quarter of their h.s. class but the competitiveness of your high school could compensate for the latter.</p>

<p>Are you a first generation college student? That would matter much more than EC activities or rec letters. You’re certainly in the ballpark enough to justify an application.</p>

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<p>Yes I am a first generation college student, living at the"low end" of the socio-economic spectrum if I dare say.</p>

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<p>Take a look at the scholarship link. <a href=“http://undergrad.osu.edu/merit.html[/url]”>http://undergrad.osu.edu/merit.html&lt;/a&gt;
10 more points on the
SAT and/or 1 more on the ACT could get you National Buckeye and Trustee funds at the least.</p>

<p>You sound like a great kid that they would want at OSU. My son is a freshman from NY and we would not have been able to send him without the scholarships.</p>

<p>Put out the positive vibes…the universe is listening.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help, I’m really obsessed with everything OSU and need to get there…</p>

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<p>Make sure that the admissions department is made aware of this. I know that given some of the political fallout of becoming selective to the level they have this decade, they are very interested in maintaining a high level of socio-economic diversity on campus to counter any charges of elitism.</p>

<p>They’re doing a pretty good job too. In this year’s freshman class 22.7% of students were first generation college students as opposed to a 15.9% average nationwide.</p>

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<p>osu isn’t really everything in the world theres better colleges out there</p>

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<p>Like the one which taught you to write in run-on sentences?</p>