National Buckeye Scholarship

KS1996KS
Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:33:24 +0000

***So I know there is many other posts about the National Buckeye Scholarship but most of them are a quite a few years old and therefore I question how applicable they are now.

I was wondering who got the National Buckeye Scholarship last year?

The Ohio State website says that the criteria is:

Ohio State is committed to enrolling a diverse and talented student population. The National Buckeye Scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis to non-Ohio students required to pay the out-of-state surcharge who are admitted to the Columbus campus for autumn semester. Those considered rank in the top 40 percent of their graduating classes and have ACT composite scores of 28 or higher or combined SAT Critical Reading and Math scores of 1260 or higher.

My main question is, is that 28+ and top 40% just a very low standard that you actually need a 32+ and top 10% or do they really give it to most qualified students?

I have a 30 ACT and ranked in the 11th percentile and if I get this scholarship I will most likely go to OSU but I want to know how likely it is!

Thanks!