Is OSU good for me?

TexasBuckeye7
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:20:46 +0000

Jamoboo-
I’m currently a sophmore at Ohio State in the Mechanical Engineering department and many of my friends are buisness majors in Fischer. They absolutely love the program and say that it challenges them while still being reasonable for allowing them other activities and free-time. When you visit (which you definitely need to) the campus might seem overwhelming at first. Even though it is a big campus it only takes students a week or two to adjust and learn it without looking at a map on your phone. Most of your classes will be on north campus or within the buisness college’s area which is very very nice. In addition, the college of buisness provides you with excellent opportunities to get a job/internship for the summer. They have a career service center that helps train you for interviews and helps you find more job opportunities. Also, sometime during the year they will host a career fair where hundreds of buisnesses will come to the campus looking to find students to hire. Many students, like myself, will find their summer job this way and not have to worry about working at McDonald’s over the summer.

For fitting your personality I would tell you not to think twice about it as long as you can adjust to a large campus. Ohio State has so many students that you will see every type of person on campus and in your classes so you should have no problem meeting people similar to you. Like you, I am a shy person who was looking to challenge himself and be more social. I live in Texas so I came to Ohio State knowing absolutely ZERO people. Within the first few weeks I became good friends with my roomates and people from my classes and even decided to join a fraternity after a semester.

In high school I was very active in sports and played baseball and football. Like you I wanted to play a club sport at Ohio State. I ended up joining the club frisbee team and have had a blast. My roomate from last year was on the club football team and loved it also. If you decide not to do club sports, there are always intramurals which are a ton of fun and a great way to meet people.

Goodluck in your decision and Go Bucks!
P.S. Don’t go to Michigan :)