<p>Vailsmom,</p>
<p>Thanks for the thoughtful response. I appreciate you taking the time. I am sure my d2 will keep tosu on her target list.</p>
<p>@pierrechn: You really cannot compare LAH with the Honors College at tOSU, because OSU’s is university wide and offers more perks; most importantly, registration priority for classes, some separate classes and support for students (Kuhn House, a center for Honors students), all of which work to make the big school seem much smaller. And one does not apply for Honors College at tOSU. They invite you. TOSU does have a secondary level called “Scholars” with less stringent admission requirements and fewer perks.</p>
<p>We had two requirements for our son accepting his Texas admission: He had to get into an honors program (shrink the school) and he had to live on campus in honors housing. But we would have had the same issue with tOSU. It just didn’t become an issue because he got an offer early from tOSU.</p>
<p>@socaldad42: It is a good school and my understanding is they have good OOS merit scholarships.</p>
<p>@BK696969: Yes, it’s big. So is Texas. And I completely understand your pro-Texas bias. But I am amazed that you find the fan base any trashier than some others. Overall, my experience has been that usually civilized people think an admission ticket to a sporting event relieves them of any responsibility for their own behavior, language or actions. Having said that, you are entitled to hate tOSU teams simply because they are Not Of Your Tribe. Isn’t that the way of fans across the world? :o</p>
<p>@VailsMom</p>
<p>All you need to do is go to a tOSU game wearing an opposing team jersey. You’ll see what I mean. Texas fans travelled to Columbus in 2005 and many had to run for cover. The Buckeye fans pelted us with, well, Buckeyes (basically a chunk of wood with the composure of a rock). Several people were hurt. They started several fights and the yelling and name calling was endless. When they visited Texas, on the other hand, I can assure you they experienced none of this. Texas is actually known to be a friendly football fanbase. tOSU is known to be one of the worst in college sports. I’m not just speaking from personal experience or bias. Its pretty well documented if you ever look on college football fan blogs.</p>
<p>Off topic for the OP. I never been to a tOSU game, so I won’t judge. But I know that Texas A&M is the friendliest in sports! Hehe. :DDD</p>
<p>Xcellerator, then A&M has changed since I was in school! They were not friendly to UT crowds at all back then.</p>
<p>Dude your ACT score is high. Apply to a school like University of Michigan. Don’t dumb yourself down by going to UT!</p>
<p>I will echo what MaineLonghorn is saying. A&M fans go out of their way to express their hatred of UT. Its so acceptable that they officially saction their hatred and jealousy of UT by “sawing off the horns” during the half time band show. Not to mention that their school’s fight song actually mentions the University of Texas more than 10 times. Even this past year, I went to the football game in College Station. When the Texas players were being announced in their final season game as seniors, the people who run Kyle Field played the Evil Empire Deathstar music from Star Wars.</p>
<p>Lol. Just a friendly rivalry I guess? All the games I’ve been to including A&M vs UT games (football and basketball) were pretty good with fans. Can’t believe A&M’s song is dedicated to their hatred of UT though.</p>
<p>@feinNY: UT’s middle 50% range for ACT scores is 24-30. The viewbook says average is 26. 27 would not be considered high. I would call that right in the middle with a lot of room to improve. Michigan’s middle 50% range was 28-32 (2009). So UMich would be a stretch.</p>
<p>@vail</p>
<p>it sounds like tOSU has the better honors program.</p>
<p>Because it is set up as a university-wide program, rather than a college by college program, it is a bigger deal. I see it as an economics-of-scale issue: Honors at tOSU has a lot more students than any one honors program at UT. And the acceptance decisions are made centrally rather than in college committees, so are perhaps more uniform in their criteria. But more students gives you more money and money equals leverage to do more for those students and offer more. And it is a perk that incoming students value, in addition to the prestige it gives. Students who would not otherwise choose Ohio State do so because of the Honors College.</p>