What "other" school did you turn down for OSU?

Colleges & Universities Ohio State University
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<p>During this year’s Maximus event, we heard from one engineering student who turned down Cornell for OSU. This year, one of my DD’s classmate picked OSU over Duke. </p>

<p>What school did you turn down for OSU this year? If possible, could you please provide your reasons for doing so?</p>

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<p>my son picked osu over miami florida,missouri,iowa,nebraska,iowa state,minnesota,and michigan state. he loved the campus, staff,tradition,exploratory program,and merit aid recieved</p>

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<p>Miami University and University of Pittsburgh.</p>

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<p>I have an acquaintance who picked OSU over Harvard. Not a typical decision, but just goes to show that there’s a huge range of ability here.</p>

<p>Speaking to my friends, and from personal experience, most people who choose OSU over a more competitive school do so for a number of reasons.

  1. It’s significantly less expensive than most private schools, and since it has been making a concentrated effort to attract top students such students can often obtain generous (half, full, full + stipend) scholarships. For students with grad/med/law school in mind that’s a big factor.
  2. OSU offers some great mentorship programs to top students - such as research experience and coaching for national scholarships - that aren’t always available if a student is simply an average or even great member of another school. To go with that, OSU seems to spend a lot of energy on propsies and students in general. That’s really appealing when you have a hard time even finding the necessary application info on some schools’ websites.
  3. School/state spirit.
  4. There’s a large range of majors, languages, and programs. It offers options many other schools don’t. (I’m interested in African diplomacy - last I heard, OSU offers more African languages than any other US school. That sort of thing is neat.)</p>
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<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Also others, like Rose-Hulman, Purdue, U. Illinois, and Wright State)</p>

<p>Ohio State just seemed like it had too much going for it to turn it down. The price was amazing after scholarships (tuition + room/board < $7,000/year), the research opportunities were all there (have you SEEN the new MechE Lab, Scott Lab? B-E-A-utiful), the community seems first-rate (I’m really looking forward to Honors and all the cool stuff I can do, like the London trip and the engineers’ trip to Honduras), and the school just had this amazing good vibe about it, especially in the Fall.</p>

<p>I’m going to work hard, enjoy myself, have a blast, study like mad, and save a crap load of money at OSU.</p>

<p>I’ll worry about masochism in grad school. :-)</p>

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<p>NYU and possibly Brandeis (Have yet to decide!). OSU is a great school but I would have never even thought about attending OSU over some other schools had it not been for the honors program. Assuming turning down other schools for OSUH, it really is just the opportunities already mentioned (mainly due to size and dedication to students) and the true “college feel” that makes it so attractive.</p>

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<p>I’m an incoming transfer and turned down Michigan State, University of Maryland and Indiana University. I was waitlisted and rejected at Northwestern. I probably would’ve gone there had I gotten in.</p>

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<p>My son chose OSU over Penn State, Pitt and Michigan State. His main reasons for picking OSU were:</p>

<ol>
<li> He liked OSU’s campus the best.</li>
<li> Buckeye football!</li>
<li> He was accepted into the Scholars program.</li>
<li> He liked the intramurals & recreational opportunities at OSU.</li>
<li> Financial aid package.</li>
<li> Buckeye football!</li>
</ol>

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<p>Penn State- Univ Park</p>

<p>I thought it was expensive to begin with…</p>

<p>Also, I heard about corruption with in departments and not many active clubs…</p>

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<p>Chose OSU over Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida.</p>