Ohio State University-Main Campus Admissions Statistics and Chances | Parchment

Major	Men	Women	Total
Accounting	205	149	354
Actuarial Science	43	24	67
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology, General	17	2	19
Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	58	8	66
African-American/Black Studies	2	2	4
Agricultural & Extension Education Services	6	5	11
Agricultural & Food Products Processing, General	7	11	18
Agricultural Economics	73	25	98
Agricultural Teacher Education	1	7	8
Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering	44	17	61
Agriculture, Agricultural Operations, & Related Sciences, Other.	71	4	75
Anatomy	1	5	6
Animal Sciences, General	34	121	155
Anthropology	19	47	66
Apparel & Textiles, General	6	86	92
Arabic Language & Literature	4	3	7
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)	44	28	72
Art History, Criticism & Conservation	1	16	17
Art Teacher Education	3	14	17
Art/Art Studies, General	23	35	58
Astronomy	2	2	4
Athletic Training/Trainer	9	11	20
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, General	8	5	13
Atomic/Molecular Physics	0	1	1
Audiology/Audiologist & Hearing Sciences	7	122	129
Aviation/Airway Management & Operations	11	3	14
Biochemistry	45	33	78
Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other	8	9	17
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	169	211	380
Biomedical Sciences, General	11	4	15
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	54	19	73
Biophysics	2	0	2
Biostatistics	1	0	1
Botany/Plant Biology	1	0	1
Business Administration/Management	3	1	4
Business Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	1	3	4
Business/Commerce, General	0	0	0
Business/Managerial Economics	22	5	27
Business/Managerial Operations, Other	14	13	27
Cartography	25	4	29
Cell/Cellular Biology & Anatomical Sciences, Other	2	3	5
Chemical Engineering	132	48	180
Chemistry, General	30	32	62
Chinese Language & Literature	11	6	17
City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning	15	15	30
Civil Engineering, General	142	27	169
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	7	5	12
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	11	16	27
Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric	211	331	542
Communications, Journalism, & Related Fields, Other	3	16	19
Comparative Literature	0	0	0
Computer & Information Sciences, General	51	12	63
Computer Engineering, General	204	24	228
Criminology	91	63	154
Dairy Science	0	2	2
Dance, General	1	19	20
Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)	12	14	26
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	0	37	37
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)	59	49	108
Design & Visual Communications, General	3	13	16
Dietetics/Dietician (RD)	5	14	19
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	13	15	28
East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other	6	9	15
East Asian Studies	2	0	2
Ecology	5	4	9
Economics, General	226	68	294
Education, General	59	196	255
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering	183	22	205
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship	1	37	38
Elementary Education & Teaching	11	71	82
Engineering Physics	12	3	15
Engineering, General	13	26	39
Engineering, Other	48	3	51
English Language & Literature, General	69	114	183
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	5	12	17
Entomology	2	3	5
Environmental Science	41	49	90
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	21	13	34
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, & Gender Studies, Other	0	8	8
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	0	0	0
Family Resource Management Studies, General	56	22	78
Film/Cinema Studies	17	7	24
Finance, General	284	123	407
Fine and Studio Arts Management.	0	0	0
Fine Arts & Art Studies, Other	5	10	15
Food Science	15	19	34
Foodservice Systems Administration/Management	2	1	3
Foreign Language Teacher Education	0	3	3
French Language & Literature	8	14	22
General Studies	0	0	0
Genetic Counseling/Counselor	1	7	8
Geography	11	10	21
Geology/Earth Science, General	30	12	42
German Language & Literature	4	9	13
Health & Physical Education, General	4	2	6
Health and Medical Assisting Services, Other	26	88	114
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	7	25	32
Health Professions & Related Clinical Sciences, Other	3	13	16
Hebrew Language & Literature	1	0	1
History, General	59	33	92
History, Other	1	0	1
Horticultural Science	3	5	8
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	20	17	37
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	32	62	94
Human Development & Family Studies, General	27	120	147
Human Nutrition	38	66	104
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	15	36	51
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	7	10	17
Industrial Design	9	10	19
Industrial Engineering	96	43	139
Insurance	4	4	8
Interior Design	1	11	12
International Business/Trade/Commerce	7	10	17
International Relations and Affairs.	74	90	164
International/Global Studies	3	7	10
Islamic Studies	1	0	1
Italian Language & Literature	2	5	7
Japanese Language & Literature	11	7	18
Jazz/Jazz Studies	3	0	3
Jewish/Judaic Studies	0	0	0
Journalism	19	29	48
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	7	21	28
Kinesiology & Exercise Science	7	0	7
Korean Language & Literature	2	12	14
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)	11	12	23
Latin American Studies	0	1	1
Law (LL.B., J.D.)	100	79	179
Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies, Other	6	24	30
Linguistics	17	13	30
Livestock Management	2	3	5
Logistics & Materials Management	120	63	183
Management Information Systems, General	40	21	61
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	176	193	369
Materials Engineering	35	6	41
Mathematics, General	95	54	149
Mathematics, Other	6	6	12
Mechanical Engineering	206	32	238
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science Radiation Therapist	10	31	41
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)	5	3	8
Medicine (MD)	96	88	184
Medieval & Renaissance Studies	0	2	2
Microbiology, General	43	37	80
Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other	1	0	1
Modern Greek Language & Literature	1	0	1
Molecular Genetics	20	28	48
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.	3	8	11
Music History, Literature, & Theory	0	1	1
Music Performance, General	13	7	20
Music Teacher Education	14	10	24
Music Theory & Composition	1	0	1
Music, General	4	4	8
Natural Resources Management & Policy, General	17	14	31
Natural Resources Management & Policy, Other	27	20	47
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	9	15	24
Neuroscience.	69	118	187
Nuclear Engineering	9	1	10
Nutrition Sciences	4	2	6
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	4	34	38
Operations Management & Supervision	75	46	121
Optometry (OD)	23	33	56
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	0	0	0
Pharmacology	0	0	0
Pharmacy (PharmD, BS/BPharm)	31	64	95
Philosophy	20	4	24
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	30	27	57
Physical Therapy/Therapist	14	30	44
Physics, General	29	5	34
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	2	2	4
Plant Protection & Integrated Pest Management	4	1	5
Plant Sciences, General	33	11	44
Political Science & Government, General	139	92	231
Portuguese Language & Literature	2	1	3
Psychology, General	170	397	567
Public Administration	47	42	89
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)	15	61	76
Real Estate	12	4	16
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.	41	266	307
Religion/Religious Studies	1	1	2
Respiratory Therapy/Therapist	3	19	22
Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, Other	3	5	8
Russian Language & Literature	2	1	3
Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	0	2	2
Social Sciences, General	0	0	0
Social Work	18	107	125
Sociology	37	84	121
Spanish Language & Literature	10	27	37
Special Education, General	10	36	46
Sport & Fitness Administration/Management	127	47	174
Statistics, General	12	8	20
Surveying Technology/Surveying	0	0	0
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	1	2	3
Technical Teacher Education	2	1	3
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)	26	132	158
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert, MS, PhD)	8	9	17
Vision Science/Physiological Optics	5	8	13
Women's Studies	3	14	17
Zoology/Animal Biology	35	70	105
Total	5838	6006	11844

Ohio State University-Main Campus discussion

James posted 'I think that the computer's prediction is pretty good for you. Take a look at this, which shows that only a few legacies have not been accepted: http://college.mychances.net/analytics/scatter-plots.php?id=1329#filter%5B0%5D=legacy&filter%5B%5D=accepted&fi'
15 years ago
James posted 'Without knowing your class rank, and therefore knowing what your GPA means in the context of your high school, it's hard to know. One has to imagine that if a high school only gives out low GPAs, its students can't be penalized all that harshly, but I can'
15 years ago
James posted 'I say SAT as a proxy for standardized tests. The model will use whichever you have.'
15 years ago
James posted 'You have a big mismatch between SAT and GPA. If you look over our data, you'll see that we have very few people with a GPA as low as yours, but many people with SATs lower than yours.

I suspect that the model is seeing your good SAT scores and predicting'
15 years ago
James posted 'According to what they report to the federal government, they do want letters of rec. (They "recommend" them.)'
15 years ago

Applicants	44,845
Admitted	24,265
Acceptance rate	54.1%
Yield rate	32.7%

Applied	3509
Reported Results	669
Accepted	569 (85%) 85,15
Rejected	100
Attending	102
Yield Rate	18%

	25th	50th	75th Percentile
GPA	2.00	3.60	3.85
SAT I	1185	1929	2096
Selectivity Index™	271	679	811

	25th	50th	75th Percentile
GPA	0.00	2.98	3.43
SAT I	600	1566	1725
Selectivity Index™	25	455	574

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