Ohio State University - Lima - 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
  N	Secondary School Record
  N	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  N	Standardized Test Scores
  N	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
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	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	23%
  Second fifth	33%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	14%
  Bottom fifth	10%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 5% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 87% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 55%, SAT math scores over 500 45%, SAT verbal scores over 600 15%, SAT math scores over 600 25%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	1%	2%	1%
  26-29	13%	9%	12%
  21-25	29%	36%	38%
  16-20	39%	41%	43%
  Below 16	18%	12%	6%