Just how competitive has OSU gotten?

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<p>There are several data sets to look at.</p>

<p>Honors<a href=“1300%20Freshmen”>/u</a> Minimum 30 ACT, top 10% of class</p>

<p>Scholars<a href=“13%20programs,%20each%20enrolling%2050-175”>/u</a> 27-29 ACT, top 20%</p>

<p>And the general population:</p>

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Ohio State’s first-year class of 6,110 students (Columbus campus), recruited from more than 22,000 applicants, is the best academically prepared and most talented in the university’s history, maintaining a trend that began 12 years ago. The average ACT score for the class was 27 and the average SAT score was 1220. Fifty-three percent were in the top 10 percent of their graduating class and 89 percent were in the top 25 percent of their class.

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<p>I think it’s safe to say the days of “If you graduate from an Ohio high school, you can attend,” which was the policy of the past, are gone.</p>