We live close to OSU and my daughter had her nursing schools narrowed down to OSU and a direct admit program. I’m so thankful every day she went with the direct admit school! She’s almost done with her junior year and her friends that attempted to get in at OSU in nursing have all been rejected at least twice. We are talking 4.0 college students who have paid three years of college tuition and are no closer to a degree than they were a year ago. OSU is very upfront that they want non-traditional students in their program, and a lot of times that means older transfer students. My daughter didn’t have a plan B if she couldn’t be a nurse, so went direct admit. Can’t imagine the stress of living with the unknown like that. I should note that I went back to OSU for my degree to become an OT at the age of 25. No way could I have handled the stress of getting into the program (50 spots for 750 applicants back in 1991) while being a typical 18 year old college student.