Apply as a first-year student if you will soon be a high school graduate who has never enrolled at a college or university. (Don’t count college classes you may have taken in high school.)

November 1 is key!

• We must receive your complete application by November 1 if you wish to be considered for most university merit scholarships.
• And if you wish to be considered for Honors and Scholars Programs, the Morrill Scholarship Program, and College of Engineering majors, we strongly recommend meeting the November 1 deadline.

Students interested in transferring to Ohio State should not use the Common Application. Please head over to undergrad.osu.edu/transfer for a link to our transfer application. There you’ll find deadlines, requirements and enrollment criteria for your major.

P.S. A third of the undergraduates who received a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State last year were transfer students. Regardless of where you started college, you can graduate a Buckeye!