SC Scholars vs. UMD Scholars vs. OSU Honors

easmesmom
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:43:14 +0000

Cammac, if you’ve already decided, please disregard my comments! I don’t know much about MD, but a lot about OSU and USC. Both my Ds were accepted to OSU Honors, as well as scores of their friends. Probably 50% of our public high school’s grads end up there. I don’t know that anyone we know is having the Honors experience as promised, including the NMFs, certainly not like we are experiencing with South Carolina. It’s just the sheer size of the incoming class. How many get into OSU Honors?

Our youngest decided on South Carolina Honors. The freshman class only had 321 in Honors. The Honors Residence is beautiful, it’s only been open two years. Her classes are small, almost too small, she might say, but she’s been able to meet tons of people by getting involved in campus activities. They also give you TWO advisors, one for Honors and one for your major. It’s a big school, but their Honors program definately gives a small feel. I don’t think that’s true at OSU no matter how hard they try.

OSU didn’t offer nearly as much money to us as SC did, if cost is important to you. And, SC weather is better than Ohio any day.

Hope this helps. Good Luck to you wherever you land!