OOS chances from Texas

Colleges & Universities Ohio State University
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<p>I feel that I have a chance at OSU but I want to see what others think before I assume. I plan on a major in Computer Science & Engineering</p>

<p>Race: Hispanic
School: Nikki Rowe High School
Location: McAllen, TX (In Rio Grande Valley of South Texas)
GPA: 90.375 uw, 99.875 w
Rank: 24/447</p>

<p>Senior Courseload:
Telecommunications and Networking (Block course that requires an interview to get in and accepted a max of 13 people last year. Course trains us to earn A+ Certicication if we pass the certification exams)
Spanish 3 Mono. (Regular Course)
AP Statistics
Pre-Calc PreAP (Course also gives college credit)
Preparation for Parenting
English 4 CP</p>

<p>School currently offers AP classes in US History, Govt, Econ, Calculus, Spanish, Eng Lit, and Eng Language. I applied for AP Physics C and Biology this year, but not enough students applied so classes were canceled. I also took Econ, Govt, and Computer Science at UTPA. I took AP English Lit but dropped out after 1st semester due to intense workload from class.</p>

<p>Levels of classes include regular, college prep (CP), Pre-AP, Pre-AP challenge, and AP classes. </p>

<p>SAT
CR: 530
M: 650
W: 520
(Will retake in december)</p>

<p>ECs:
4 yrs. (BPA) Business Professionals of America (12th President)
4 yrs. (TSA) Technology Student Association (11th Secretary)
3 yrs. Interact Club (11th Financial Committee)
2 yrs. National Honor Society (Juniors and Seniors only)
3 yrs. UIL Math & Science
2 yrs. National Hispanic Institute (Particpated in YLC in 9th grade)
<em>I plan on trying to join National Technical Honor Society this year since chapter was formed this year</em></p>

<p>Awards/Accomplishments:
BPA State Qualifier HTML/XHTML (2006 and 2007)
BPA National Qualifier XHTML (2007)
Merit Award Recepient from BPA chapter for 2006-2007 school year
TSA Best in State 30 sec. 2D Animation (2006)
TSA Bronze Level</p>

<p>About 50+ Community Hours done in various events for whole 4 years so far.</p>

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<p>Solid chances. Your class rank is great. How competitive is your high school? 1170 SAT is below average but still within the range of last year’s accepted class. One other thing that Ohio State looks for is first generation college students. If you would be the first in your family to ultimately graduate from a four-year university, make sure that the admissions office is made aware. You’d also add geographic and ethnic diversity to the class. Overall, I think Ohio State would be very interested in your application.</p>

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<p>My parents and my grandparents didn’t go to college so me and my brother are the first generation of our family to attend college. When I saw my counselor a month ago, I asked her about the competitiveness of my high school. According to her, she said we are a competitive public school because the school offers AP classes even though theres still the problem with some AP classes not offered due to low interest this year. Students have a choice of enrolling in IB at another school if they please but I decided not to do so because of the immense intensity of the classes I heard from the IB coordinators.</p>

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<p>These are the primary factors that Ohio State is going to look at:</p>

<p>Class Rank: top 5% with AP classes at a competitive public school (great)
SAT: 1170 (slightly below the average but still within the range for the '07 class)
First Generation College Student
Hispanic</p>

<p>I think you have a great shot at getting in as well as some aid for being 1st generation and/or Hispanic. Definitely contact Ohio State and apply.</p>

<p>One thing is that Ohio State does have rolling admissions, so I’m not sure you want to wait until you receive your December SAT scores unless you’re absolutely certain that you’ll substantially raise your score. This is something that should definitely discuss with admission in the near future.</p>

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<p>I plan on sending my application the first day of december so that I can be considered for more scholarships. I also will apply for the Morrill Scholars Program to help me pay for OSU if I get the scholarship. I am also interested in Honors at OSU, but I’m not sure if my december scores will be considered for the program so I don’t know if I should send my scores to them.</p>

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<p>I agree with sh60614, do not wait. Get your application in ASAP.</p>

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<p>If you don’t raise your test scores enough in December (and you’ll need to raise them quite a bit) to get a pre-enrollment offer to Honors & Scholars, don’t let it get you down. You are still able to earn your way in freshman year through classroom performance.</p>

<p>Good luck. I hope Ohio State works out for you.</p>

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<p>Oh, I didn’t know that I can get into honors by doing well my freshmen year as well. That’s a relief to hear thanks sh60614!</p>

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<p>Please don’t plan on sending your application the first day of December… that’s cutting it too close.</p>

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<p>Our computer crashed 3 days before my D’s application was due at another school. eek.</p>

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<p>Agree with not waiting to send your application in. You have a lot going for you that Ohio State will be very interested in, and your SAT scores are not so low as to preclude admission.</p>

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<p>Question: Why would you pay OOS tuition at tOSU, when you have guaranteed admission to UT-Austin, as a Texas resident in top 10% of class? Also, UT-Austin engineering > tOSU.</p>

<p>Are you looking to get out of Texas?</p>

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<p>I’m going to apply to UT Austin as a safety. I find more value in leaving out of state to live in a new community that consists of a variety of new things. I also feel that Ohio would be a more friendlier place than Texas overall and also the football at OSU is great! </p>

<p>Also a bunch of people from my school want to go to UT-Austin so it feels like UT-Austin is the place for ALL Texas students, but I don’t want to go to a college where everyone else is going. In other words, I want to take the road less traveled by. </p>

<p>It’s not that UT-Austin isn’t good, I love to be at either school but I’ll go to OSU if I can afford it at the end. Otherwise, I’ll go to UT.</p>