How hard has The Ohio State University really gotten to get in to?

[OmahaBeef]

I would agree w this. There is no telling how challenging classes are from school to school, how tough the competition is, or how much grade inflation there is. Thats why I value standardized tests (at least the older ones that actually had predicitive value) more than most people.

The way I see it, standardized tests aren't worth much. They test how well you can take a multiple choice test on a given day of your junior (or maybe senior) year. Of course I'm biased because I test much worse than I do in school. I'm a sophomore at OSU this year. I got a 27 on my ACT, but my GPA after three quarters is a 3.65 (Spanish brought my down in the fall, I got a 3.8 in the Winter and a 3.7 in the Spring).

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

How hard has it become to enroll at the Ohio State University?

 

[Bucks21]

I'm about to find out.

 

[Panthersfan]

I made it. With nothing to spare. Including my starting on the varsity football team at TE, and the starting on the varsity basketball team at SF. Also, I had a 3.6 and 200+ Community service hours. Not easy.

 

[Gatorubet]

Personally, I think that Class Rank is bullshit.

I go to a very competitive high school, and have a 4.12 average for 3 years which puts me at 126 out of 428, or top 29%. (However, my senior year GPA should bump that average up to around 4.26 since I am doing much better this year than any of the previous).


At my school, there are 2 guys tied for #1 with 4.95 each. I also go to a school with a "Specialty Center", which allows for students to take a few extra honors classes each year than the rest, giving them a significant advantage on the GPA race, which is now more about strategy rather than taking challenging classes that interest you.


The reason I know that my GPA isn't overly inflated and that I would be in the top 25%-20% in a lot of other schools are standardized tests. I got a 1280 for my SATS (1910 with 3 sections), and a 27 ACT. That puts me above the average for what I have seen for tOSU's admission standards, but then most of those kids are easily "top 25%" in their high schools.


Point is, Class Rank is not a fair evaluation for a lot of students. I might as well have just transferred to another school with lower standards in my county, and finished my senior year in the Top 10%.

What's your 40 time and vertical????

 

[ScarletBlood31]

You're forgetting that not everyone accepted ends up enrolling.

Also, College board is still using 2006 numbers; 68% was the acceptance rate for '06. For 2007, the rough numbers were 24K applied; 13K accpeted; slightly under 50% yield of those accepted choosing to enroll.

Good point. I overlooked that originally, and interpreted it as "24k competing for 6k spots", rather than 6k of the 24k actually ending up in school. Sorry for kind of jumping on you about it.

What's your 40 time and vertical????

Haha I'm pretty slow, even for a high school LB. About 5.2 seconds. Not exactly SEC speed.


But hey, I did get 27 inches on my vertical jump. Not bad for a white guy :tongue2:.