OSU Admissions Blog

For years, domestic undergraduate first year and transfer students who were unable to pay the $50.00 application fee have been able to seek an Oregon University System fee deferral (PDF). The deferral, which must be verified by a counselor or agency official, allows the student to transfer the application fee from an upfront cost to a fee that can be paid at the time of enrollment.

Note, the OUS fee deferral IS NOT a fee waiver. Students will be required to pay the fee (as mentioned above) upon enrollment.

The OSU Office of Admissions has unveiled a new process by which students can claim a fee deferral.

Step 1, determine whether or not you’re eligible:

Applicants seeking admission off of their high school record must meet one or more of the following:

1. Student is now eligible for, or participates in, a free- or reduced-lunch program.
2. Student now participates in or is eligible for a TRIO-type college preparatory program such as Upward Bound, Talent Search, EOP, HEP, etc.
3. Student is a current recipient of State of Oregon or U.S. Public Assistance.
4. Student is eligible for College Board fee waiver.

Students seeking admission off of their work at a two or four year regionally accredited college or university must meet one or more of the following:

1. I am a current participant in an Equal Opportunity Program (EOP), TRIO, or other similar program at the college or university I am currently attending.
Documentation Required: Signed and dated statement from the institution’s program director, including director’s name, signature, title, and phone number.

2. My Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is: $1,000 or lower
Documentation Required: Copy of Part One of your Student Aid Report (SAR) from the institution you are currently attending.

3. I am a current recipient of State of Oregon or U.S. Public Assistance (food stamps only or food stamps, cash, and medical assistance).
Documentation Required: Signed and dated statement from your caseworker.

4. I am currently classified as a dislocated worker.
Documentation Required: Copy of Determination of Dislocated Worker Form 1992B.

5. I have authorization and certification of entrance or re-entrance into rehabilitation.
Documentation Required: Federal form from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Step 2, apply for admission:

Complete your application as you normally would. When you are ready to complete your app, you will be taken to a payment option screen:

Step 3, complete the online fee deferral form by checking the eligibility requirements that apply to you and filling out your counselor/agency official’s information (If you are first year student, use the first year checkboxes. If you are transfer student, use the transfer student checkboxes.) and submit your application:

Step 4, fax (541.737.2482) or mail (OSU Office of Admissions, 104 Kerr Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331) your completed and signed by an agency official/counselor OUS fee deferral form (PDF).

NOTE: we will not completely process your application or admit you until you have submitted the completed and signed OUS fee deferral form (PDF) for approval

We hope that this will greatly streamline the process for claiming an OUS fee deferral. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call (1.800.291.4192) or email (osuadmit@oregonstate.edu) us directly.

-jm

Last week, Lower Columbia College students made the long drive to Corvallis to visit Oregon State. Visit this link to see their pics and comments like this one:

My trip to Oregon State University was very special to me. I was deciding whether to go to WSU or Oregon State, and when I went on a tour to Oregon State, I saw many great things about it. I saw the awesome campus and also the really nice students. I also have a chance to get a double degree for a area in mathematics and one in teaching. Oregon State is the place for me to continue my education.—Daniel Bienapfl

Had they visited last Friday afternoon, they would’ve been treated to an MJ performance by our own Carl Thomas right outside the Campus Visitor Center.

Beaver Open House is on Saturday, November 21st. It’s an all day program and a great way to immerse yourself in what OSU has to offer. Or you can set up your own visit. Either way, we hope to see you on campus!

Fall visit

-bv

As part of its annual Homecoming which was celebrated over Halloween Weekend, over 600 students, faculty, alumni and friends participated in a giant synchronized Thriller dance. People gathered outside Reser Stadium beforehand to practice/learn the dance moves. The event was organized by current OSU Student Brianne Kiso on behalf of the Oregon State University Alumni Association.

According to the Gazette Times, 638 dancers gathered at Reser Stadium at 6 p.m. Friday to recreate the iconic “Thriller” dance by Michael Jackson, shattering the college world record of 242 dancers held by William and Mary College in Virginia. Way to go Brianne! Impressive work!

Check out admissions staff member Carl Thomas at mark 0:50. (Yes, he’s the one with the glitter glove).

Oregon State University Shatters Thriller College Record!

Random Fact: Devotees may remember that Carl Thomas and other OSU Admissions Staff performed Thriller as part of an on campus student affairs talent show. (They won, BTW.)

–mko

OSU is in the process of improving and updating our payment gateway. There will be a couple of periods when the work on that system will make payments, and as a result, the application for admission, unavailable.

The dates that the application will not be available are:

-Tuesday, November 3rd
-Several hours over the Thanksgiving weekend

If you are planning to work on your application or submit it during these periods, please adjust your schedule accordingly. Please let us know if you have questions: 1.800.291.4192 or osuadmit@oregonstate.edu.

-jm

The Bend area was abuzz on Tuesday over the PNACAC Central Oregon College Fair where large groups of high school students flocked to the Deschutes Fairgrounds to learn about the college admissions process. Oregon State University was at the fair as well as the OSU Cascades Campus – both featured in this news clip. Nice job Mollie!

-Marleigh

Judging by all the insight resumes that the Admissions staff has read over the past ten months, the class of 2013 will be very involved on campus!  That said, we decided to offer up some tips to help students balance their school priorities and social life this upcoming year.  After all, we can’t expect you to study all day long, right?

Straight from the Student Leadership & Involvement (SLI) office, here are just a sample of the helpful hints to being involved on campus and staying afloat in your academics.

- Make a master course syllabus.  Combine all course syllabi into a mega-list.

- Keep a To-Do-List and daily planner.  Rather than just listing when an assignment is due, actually schedule time prior to work on the assignment.  Do the same for
exam studying.

- Get off the phone…including text messaging.  Turn it on “silent” when you are trying to study…this will decrease the amount of interruptions.

- Go to class.  Life goes better if you show up.

- Sleep 6-8 hours a night.  All-nighters are not healthy and your memory actually suffers when you do not get enough sleep.

- Learn to say “no”.  It is healthy to set limits.  If you can’t succeed as a student, you won’t be able to be a student leader anymore.

- Don’t forget to have fun! The more balance you have in your life, the more successful you will be in all areas (student, leader, friend, partner,
family member, all-around healthy-happy person).

*For the full list of tips from SLI, click here.

We’re looking forward to welcoming the Class of 2013 to campus this fall and can’t wait to see the impact they make on our community!

-Marleigh

Due to the high response, registration is closed for Preview OSU on Friday, October 9, 2009.

Beaver Open House is another chance to get an in-depth look at Oregon State University and see what we have to offer. BOH is a full-day program with opportunities to meet OSU faculty, staff and current students, tour the campus and learn about the opportunities at OSU. Beaver Open House is scheduled for Saturday, November 21st.

As always, there are personal campus visits offered during the week. See Visit OSU for details.

-bv

Corvallis has popped up on The Sporting News Best Sports Cities list.

While this is no surprise to this blogger, some see our size as a hurdle (pop. 50,000) to being a sports mecca. But if you’ve heard the crowds at Reser, legendary Gill, and Goss Stadium when the Beavers are home, you know how great a sports town Corvallis can be.

So let’s show them how it is on Saturday against Stanford!
GO BEAVS!

Hat tip to Buker at The Oregonian.

-bv

Each year, Oregon State University publishes an Annual Security Report that includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Oregon State University; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning sexual assault, and other matters.

This year’s report is now available in printed form by contacting the Oregon State University, Department of Public Safety, which is located in room 200, Cascade Hall, 601 SW 17th Street, Corvallis, OR 97331. The report may also be found on the University’s web site at:

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/security/ccr_clery_act/statistics.php

Please note that, due to a clerical error, the crime statistics reported for Year 2007 were not comprehensive when originally published in the 2008 Annual Security Report. The University has since revised the 2007 crime statistics and included them in this year’s Annual Security Report.

-bv

So since I am not hungry, most of my dorm is asleep, my classes are done for today, and I finally finished all of my homework I figured I would use this time wisely, instead of oh I don’t know playing halo for 99 minutes, and blog about something very important to me. Myself.

To the casual reader all they know so far is that my name is Sam, I attend Oregon State, and, hopefully, I am funny and well educated. But, much like my personal hero Optimus Prime, there is more to me then meets the eye.

Before attending OSU an arduous journey awaited me; college applications. Yes like all high school seniors I wrote the essays, took the tours, applied for the scholarships, and counted down the days until college acceptance, ore rejection letters, are sent out. Yes surprisingly enough there are a few schools out there who did not realize my potential and rejected me, but I hold no grudges against those schools for I have found a great home here in Corvallis. Other then OSU I applies to Humboldt, UC Santa Barbra, UC Davis, and unfortunately University of Oregon. But once I was accepted at the honors college here at OSU I accepted without hesitation,  before recieving a response from UCSB; which is saying a lot because UCSB was my top choice for a long time.

Now that I am at OSU I am majoring in Marine Biology and I plan on graduating from the honors college in a timely manner. After OSU I will most likely attend graduate school, hopefully at Scrips, and then I plan on studying the giant squid off of the coast of Japan. Although recently I have toyed with the idea of becoming a teacher or changing my major all together and becoming an English major. My only explanation as to why I would change to an English major is because of my high school English teacher Mrs. Devlin. Mrs. Devlin challenged me in every way she could every minute she could in order to make me a better write, but more importantly a better person. Everyday as I walk around campus or I am in class an opportunity presents itself where I can apply something that Mrs. Devlin taught. Whether it be a chance to write a lovely flowing sentence or a chance to recognize an allusion to Icarus as he fell from the heavens.So thank you Mrs. Devlin, from the bottom of the souls of my shoes, I thank you for all that you have done for me.

For those of you who are not Mrs. Devlin I apologize I hope that did not bother you too much. Other then my academic life I am a ballroom dancer and I hope on joining the prestigious ballroom dance team, know as cool shoes, and I swim and play water polo. When I am with my friends I love to laugh and tell jokes or play video games, or play ultimate Frisbee, volleyball, soccer, or capture the flag, all games that I have played with my new friends at OSU. Living at OSU has been fairly simple and straight forward. Everyone I meet is friendly and eager to be my friend, though from what I have heard most freshman are like that. But as I sit downstairs in the spacious McNary dorm recreation room and look out the window to the parking lot where my parents and I parted I can not help, but feel a flicker of homesickness deep within my stomach as I think about my friends and family back home and all the crazy things that they are doing that I am missing. But then I look to my right where I see the ping pong tables and couches and remember all the conversations I had here or I look out the opposite windows to the fields and recall the hours I spent running back and forth along those fields and the homesickness flickers out. Only to be replaced by a roairng inferno of hope and happiness and excitement because at OSU all things seem possible, and, much like the weather, you never know what you will run into next.

PEACE

sam