Ohio State University- Columbus - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	38%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	12%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 46% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 88% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 83%, SAT math scores over 500 87%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 41%, SAT math scores over 600 50%, ACT scores over 24 69%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 12%, ACT scores over 30 13%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	6%	7%	7%
  26-29	19%	17%	19%
  21-25	35%	35%	42%
  16-20	32%	36%	30%
  Below 16	8%	5%	2%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	n/a