OSU Admissions Blog

If you’re a high school senior, this is a stressful time of year. Between school, activities, SAT/ACT tests and applying to college. Here’s an awesome music video from students at the Believe High Schools in Brooklyn, NY that will help break the stress:

Best line:
I got my SAT pants on. Got my SAT dance on. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

From The Oregonian:
A 7-foot beaver will be tearing through the streets of downtown Los Angeles today, piloted by two Oregon State University seniors.
West Linn’s Jeff Woolson and Tigard’s Brian Pavlukovich will hop into their furry vehicle and face off against more than 40 other contestants in the Red Bull Soapbox Race.
Organizers of the race, which [...]