OSU Admissions Blog

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 [...]

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 [...]

Everything in life is luck.

To whomever is reading this blog, welcome. You have stumbled upon the blog of a freshman at Oregon State University, perchance by luck, and for the next year I will be describing things that happen around OSU that I feel are blog worthy.
In the upcoming entry’s I will be describing myself, [...]

Oregon State University has a reputation for being a very healthy campus.  Even with that reputation, students are always concerned about gaining the notorious “freshman fifteen” during their first year on campus.  I’m here to give a few personal insights on how a new student at OSU can try to avoid that weight gain and [...]

Corvallis is ranked as the 7th best college town under 250,000 people in the American Institute for Economic Research’s annual College Destinations Index. You can get the report from the AIERC website for free but you have to register to get the download link.
Here’s the rest of the top 10:
1. Ithaca, N.Y. (Cornell)
2. State College, [...]

Happy Friday, faithful readers!
Back from a long blogging hiatus…Sorry for the silence. START, OSU’s new student orientation program, is in full swing right now. The newest members of Beaver Nation have been treated to some absolutely fabulous weather as the stroll the gorgeous OSU campus.
Check out the video that’s been [...]

Using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), three student employees of the Dixon Recreation Center and another student successfully resuscitated a heart attack victim who was using the Dixon facilities.
More details here and here.
Well done, Miles Dodge, Michael Tasman, Joey Jenkins and Ben Misley!!!

One of the most common questions I get from prospective students besides admission requirements and costs is: “how’s the food?” I’ve always known that the food at OSU is excellent but now UHDS boasts a very prestigious award to back up what our tastebuds have been telling us for years.
From Life @ [...]

Great article today from the El Paso Times about tonight’s CBI match up between the Beavers and UTEP Miners. The UTEP players and coaches came away with a very favorable impression of Gill Coliseum, comparing it to Duke’s Cameron Indoor:

UTEP and Oregon State, finalists in this second annual College Basketball Invitational best-of-three championship series, [...]

A lot can happen when you give current OSU student Kourtney Goya a video camera and tell her “go shoot some stuff.” The Office of Admissions did just that, allowing her to ask some people around campus about their favorite thing about OSU. Take a look at Kourtney’s blog posting and watch her video to [...]