@almosthavoc Personally I would not send the SAT score and only send the ACT score since that does meet the stated criteria while the SAT does not. Although the link that dreamed provide might say an 29 ACT is equal to a 1320 new SAT, OSU has clearly stated their new SAT requirements are 1350. And OSU might very well make a decision about your application before you even take the December ACT test if you submit your app prior to Nov 1. Acceptances started being released as early as 11/20 last year. If they accept you you may be able to ask them to re-consider scholarship award if you submit a later improved test score but I don’t think you can assume they would.
@mkat12 anyone who submits an application to OSU is automatically evaluated for the scholarship. You do not need to “look for” it. This page on the OSU website gives you all of the facts about the OSU merit scholarships.
https://undergrad.osu.edu/cost-and-aid/merit-based-scholarships
@soyunchico - no one should assume they are definitely getting the Buckeye. There are examples of students from the last admission cycle who met all the stats but were not given the scholarship - see post #14 in the attached.
Even though it may sound like an auto-scholarship, OSU states on their website: "Ohio State’s merit-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and are not guaranteed. ".My son was awarded the National Buckeye Scholarship last year and he comes from a high school that does not rank but someone looking at his application could have reasonably assumed he was in top 25%.
He also received the Maximus scholarship which requires a higher SAT and higher class rank (top 3%). His SAT met the criteria but there is no way anyone looking at his file could have reasonably assumed he was in the top 3%. None of us will know exactly what other information, aside from test scores, OSU takes into account when determining whether to award the Buckeye or not to a student who does not have a class rank. I have often wondered whether the “profile” of your high school is taken into consideration as my son comes from a nationally ranked public school (for whatever those rankings are worth).
And there is always the possibility that they simply run out of money to award.