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Get the inside scoop on Oregon State University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The admission process can be done online easily. The best thing to do is to keep track of all your extra curricular activities throughout highsch...   READ MORE
Alumni
This university is a public school; as long as you meet the minimum qualifications (GPA, High school/GED, etc) then you are in. However, if you w...   READ MORE
Alumni
I was dealt with particular kindness and special consideration as my husband (a 16 year career Marine) had just been killed in Viet Nam. I moved ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Admission process was easy. There is online form to fill out and then you send your transcripts and SAT scores to the school. As long as you have ...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Most core classes are fairly large but when you get into specific classes (about 2nd year) classes slim down in size and there is a more teacher-s...   READ MORE
Alumni
I was in a full-time undergraduate program. Each major, regardless of what it is, has basic, core classes that are required by OSU to graduate wi...   READ MORE
Alumni
I found the classes varied in difficulty and particular professors were better than others. The way to get into popular classes was to talk to th...   READ MORE
Alumni
The biology program consists of an overall background in general science: physics, chemistry, biology, genetics, microbiology, evolution, cellular ...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Current Student
For engineering, there is a program called MECOP or CECOP which is a Mechanical Engineering or Civil Engineering Internship program. This requires ti...   READ MORE
Alumni
OSU has a strong center called 'Career Services' for students, alumni, & employers to access at any time. The center can help you in every step in pl...   READ MORE
Alumni
There were not many prospects for my degree and I never experienced any prestige for my degree. I did utilize the counseling office to take tests on ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Employment prospects tend to be difficult for new grads. New grads are most successful when they have sought out internships and developed a relation...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
There is some fairly affordable, quite, and nice off-campus housing near OSU. I would not recommend living on-campus if you are in a tight budget....   READ MORE
Alumni
The OSU college experience can be wrapped up in one sentence: you get what you put into it. If you are willing to pay attention to all the resour...   READ MORE
Alumni
I thought it was a clean, friendly campus that offered good housing to my co-students. With a child, I bought a low income home near the campus t...   READ MORE
Alumni
High quality of living conditions. It is a beautiful campus. Very clean and safe. Great dining facilities. And a great community of individuals ...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Resturants oncampus include Burger King, Woodstocks Pizza (very good pizza made fresh), Blimpies, Panda Express, 3 coffee shops, and cafeteria. T...   READ MORE
Alumni
Fortunately I was able to experience many of the social activities surrounding OSU's campus. Before I was twenty-one, I was part of the Greek sys...   READ MORE
Alumni
The social life of other students was good. As I was ten years older than most of the other students, my dating possibilities were somewhat limit...   READ MORE
Alumni
OSU has a very large Greek System that approximately 50% or more of the school participate in. The Greeks tend to dominate most social events on ca...   READ MORE

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