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Accepted to THE Ohio STate University

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Congrats!

My advice: Drink more on the week AFTER finals than you do during the week BEFORE finals.

Hey, it may seem obvious, but when I was that young ...
 
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You might consider joining a fraternity ...

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First thing you want to do is learn the proper method for burning a couch. Second thing is honing your public urination skills. Girls like guys with skills.

Seriously though, ease into it. College is a big change and doing too much of any one thing is a bad idea. Get a well rounded education (outside the classroom) in your first year and you'll be set to have a great college career.
 
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OSU_Fan14;1011435; said:
Hello all

I dont post here much, but i figured i'd share this with all fans

Today i was accpeted to The Ohio State University. It's a dream come true and cant wait to get there next fall. any current students or alumni w/ any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks and go bucks!
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Congrats. Rolling admissions must be nice. Now you don't have to stress your last semester of high school.

BTW, it's not too late to fire off an app to Miami of Ohio just so you can raise their acceptance rate and lower their yield for the rankings. I'll pay!:biggrin:
 
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osugrad21;1011481; said:
Congrats.

Campus has changed a ton since I graduated in 99, but I'd simply advise you to do everything you can...play intramurals, hang out at every spot you've heard of or read about and explore the ones you observe (it kills me to hear tOSU folks say they've never tried the Stube or the Blue Danube or eaten a Burrito as big as their Head), go to games, skip class to chill on the Oval during the Spring, etc etc etc...
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The Stube....lol...that place was around even when I was there. Good memories. Too bad the Street Scene is gone forever, that was a great place for pizza. Oh well, I would say just make sure you get all your work done first before going out. Then when you go out, you can really make the most of it and not feel guilty. Oh and remember that nothing takes priority over OSU football. Make sure you say hello to any of the players you happen to run into. They're mostly normal people.
 
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Congrats on getting accepted. I'm just now ending my academic career at The Ohio State University (Monday being my last final). Enjoy it while you can, because it all went by so fast. Be sure to Buckeye-baptise yourself next November by jumping in Mirror Lake.

Sorry you couldn't enjoy the drunken orgies on High Street like I did.
 
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Time management is key - this is the most important thing you will have to learn to make your college experience complete. There are several books about this and I would recommend looking through a couple/few.

Don't be afraid to ask for help after class - utilize TAs and professors at office hours. Some professors are genuinely lonely and I received better grades than I deserved in a couple classes because I walked into an office hour session and said "hey, I want an A, how do I get there?"

If you exercise, continue. If you don't - think about starting. The new fitness facility is top notch and you have to pay for it anyway. I was at the Duke campus last week and a school like that would KILL to have what we have at OSU in terms of facilities. Plus, it's easy to get fat while at school because of the beer/Blimpies/BW3s/Chinese/Potato Chip diet.

Get a MAC laptop if you can. Utilize the student discount through Apple PC's suck because every hack in the world seems to target MS software with viruses.

Consider joining a social organization (Finance Club, Econ Club, Fraternity etc.) Some of the best soft skills you can learn come from joining a social club and learning how to interact and network with your peers. This skill set alone will catapult your career to unbelievable heights. Trust me on this. Like Jules said in Pulp Fiction - "personality goes a long way".

Take advantage of the college experience. Talk to every pretty girl. You will regret it later if you don't.

Last but not least - pick a major that will allow you to make decent money when you graduate. Ask people in the field what to expect from a salary standpoint and ask them if they actually like their jobs.

Hope this helps - enjoy the experience.
 
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ekeen;1016267; said:
Last but not least - pick a major that will allow you to make decent money when you graduate. Ask people in the field what to expect from a salary standpoint and ask them if they actually like their jobs.

Hope this helps - enjoy the experience.
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All great advice from Ekeen, except the latter. You're going to a great university not a trade school. Pick a major that excites you. If that's medieval philosophy or art history, so be it. If it's engineering or business, that's fine too. Just major in what interests you. You'll do better in your grades and enjoy yourself more than if you were slogging through courses you hate just because they supposedly lead to a better job. There are a lot of history grads at Ohio State making more money than a lot of engineering/business grads, and there's always law, mba or med school afterwards. Besides, the order of preference for undergraduate majors among the very top MBA programs are: engineering/hard sciences, then liberal arts, then undergrad business majors, and a liberal arts degree is infinitely preferable among top law schools than a business degree.

One more thing. Whatever you choose to major in, go out of your way to get to know your professors. Despite the reputation, most Ohio State professors enjoy working with their undergraduates providing that the student makes the effort. This isn't an overgrown boarding school. Most of these people are among the best in their field, and they're not going to hold your hand or give you a half hour and a shoulder on which to cry after getting a C on your midterm, but if you prove yourself to them and meet them half way, you'll get far more out of it than you would at (supposedly) more undergrad focused colleges that don't have nearly the same stature of faculty. If grad school is your goal (particularly in the arts, sciences and humanities) faculty recs are very important and can be the difference between a top tier program and a second tier program.
 
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