School counselors

Our admissions staff feel a special bond with you in the commitment to the development of students from pre-kindergarten to post-baccalaureate. Many of you are more than colleagues, you are friends. We treasure those relationships. And if we don't know you yet, be in touch!

Apply for free

To align with our mission of affordability and accessibility, we're covering the $60 application fee for first-year applicants who apply directly to a regional campus between Oct. 1 and Dec. 1. Our regional campuses are already dedicated to providing Ohio students and families with an excellent college education at one of the lowest tuition rates in the state.

Just enter fee waiver code RCW2025 when prompted in the online application to your regional campus of choice by Dec. 1 for these big benefits:

No application fee
Automatic consideration for scholarships
Quick admissions decision (typically under three weeks!)

This fee waiver code is exclusively available for first-year applicants to an Ohio State regional campus in Lima, Mansfield, Marion or Newark, or ATI in Wooster. Note: If you’re planning to apply to the Columbus campus, you should submit the Common Application and not an application to a regional campus.

Deadlines

Online application for admission:

Spring semester: Dec. 1
Autumn semester: July 14

After these dates, students may still apply for admission; however, students need to call the admissions office at 740.366.9344 to get the passcodes to add to their online late application or to schedule a one-on-one appointment with an admissions counselor on the Ohio State Newark campus.

FAFSA Priority Deadline: Feb. 15

Special interest scholarship applications: March 15

Contact the admissions office

Information for counselors

1 ACT/SAT scores

Please keep in mind that standardized test scores are not required for admission to Ohio State Newark; however, they are required for scholarship consideration. Test scores should be sent from the testing agency to the Undergraduate Admissions Office in Columbus.

2 High school transcripts

Official high school transcripts should be sent to the Ohio State Undergraduate Admissions Office in Columbus and the preference is to send transcripts electronically to ugdocs@osu.edu. The Ohio State Newark campus cannot accept any transcripts.

3 After your student is accepted

It is important that students are reminded to activate their Buckeye email account. After acceptance, the University uses the Ohio State email account to communicate with students and Financial Aid will only respond to students via their Buckeye email account. Information regarding orientation, placement testing and much more is sent to this account. See "admitted students" above for more information.

Visit the Ohio State counselor portal