First Generation College Students at Ohio State

[ORD_Buckeye]

I know that some--Cincibuck in particular--have been concerned that with increased admissions selectivity, Ohio State would begin to look more like a private boarding school than a land-grant university. Ohio State just released a press release on the 2007 freshman class which showed that, despite its high standards, its proportion of first generation college students was nearly 50% higher than the national average (22.7% vs. 15.9%).

News and Information - The Ohio State University

The standards for the class were:

52% of applicants accepted
middle 50% range of ACT scores: 26-30
Average ACT score 28.4
27% scored 30+/72% scored 26+
57% from the top tenth of high school class
91% from the top quarter of high school class

High quality doesn't necessarily mean that we're going to become some preppy playground.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

High quality doesn't necessarily mean that we're going to become some preppy playground.

Amen.

 

[Mac]

Wow...thank god I got in when I did!!

 

[CleveBucks]

28.4 on the ACT is great.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

28.4 on the ACT is great.

Interesting. How old was that article? I wonder whether they were projecting a lower yield--with more of the higher end accepted kids not enrolling. I know that first projections for top 10% class rank was 52%, but they just posted 57% as enrolled. Still, the jump to 28.4 that was e-mailed to me seems a little large. On the other hand, the web site has already posted that 72% of the class was at 26+, so maybe it's accurate.

 

[CleveBucks]

It was in a Dispatch article about minorities two days ago.

 

[ScarletBlood31]

Well i'm gonna be applying in a month or two now, and should i get accepted/ enroll i would be a first-generation tOSU student.

But the class rank stuff is bullshit. At my school, a 4.12 GPA gets you 126 out of 428, (top 29%).

I would love to go there, though.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Wow...thank god I got in when I did!!

Ditto that.

I hope they all are smart enough to stock up for the "drunkin orgies".

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Well i'm gonna be applying in a month or two now, and should i get accepted/ enroll i would be a first-generation tOSU student.

But the class rank stuff is bullshit. At my school, a 4.12 GPA gets you 126 out of 428, (top 29%).

I would love to go there, though.

It sounds like you go to a hell of a competitive high school, which I can't believe won't be taken into consideration when evaluating your class rank. That, your gpa and being the first generation in your family to go to college, and I doubt you have anything to worry about. Just don't choke the ACT.