Future Students

Hey budding filmmakers out there! We all know that Oregon State rocks for so many reasons. U.S. News and World Reports is sponsoring a Youtube contest, “Why My College Rocks“. All you need to do if you want to participate is make a video about why Oregon State rocks then post it [...]

Wow!
I can’t believe it’s already that time of year. Our students have arrived for Connect Week! On my drive in to work this morning I was greeted by an ENORMOUS line of students waiting for tickets to this Thursday’s USC game stretching from Gill Coliseum on 26th Ave. to the Indoor Practice Facility [...]

Great news from the Gazette Times this morning. OSU’s Bridge to Success Program is covering more students than anticipated at inception.

More students are taking advantage of Oregon State University’s “Bridge to Success” program than its creators expected. Announced last spring to begin with this fall’s term, the program was expected to cover [...]

A workgroup made up of folks from Central Web Services, University Housing and Dining, Enrollment Management, the TOUR office and Admissions have developed a serious upgrade to the campus map.
Some of the newer features include 360-degree shots at different campus locations, static campus pictures, and descriptions of buildings and programs within them.
Experience OSU 360! [...]

We try to avoid re purposing material here at the Admissions Blog. Today, we’ll make an exception for an excellent post on AdmissionsAdvice.com about Financial Aid, or more specifically, scholarship scams.

You’re worried about paying for college, and the letter that just arrived in your mailbox sounds like an answer to those worries. It’s inviting [...]

We received a good question from Lisa in the comment section of our post regarding the Application for fall 2009 at OSU:
OSU’s regular application deadline is listed as Sept. 1st on collegeboard.com and I suspect that it may be a type-o. My daughter is looking into OSU for Fall 2009. Can you [...]

So…
You applied for admission and completed the scholarship app. Now, you might be wondering if there are other ways for you to apply for scholarships at OSU. Thanks to our fearless web guru, Dan Crouch, here’s a list of links to scholarship applications by college.

Ag Science
Business
Education
Engineering: (For Women [...]

Happy Friday, Dear Readers!
If you have been on campus recently, you have probably noticed some big changes. Everywhere you look, there are buildings being renovated, streets being torn up and concrete being poured.

Thanks to kightp for the photo!
Besides posing a GIGANTIC obstacle for MKO and I on the way to grab [...]

START Bilingüe, a collaborative program led by OSU’s New Student Programs and Family Outreach office, was held on June 29th and 30th. Bilingüe served over eighty students and family members this year.
The primary focus of the Bilingüe program is to provide OSU information in Spanish to Spanish speaking families so that they [...]

Update: “Terri Irwin Signs Whale Research Project at Oregon State University”
You may remember my previous blog posting on Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, and her family helping with whale research at OSU (“Crocodile Hunter Widow Terri Irwin to Launch Whale Research at OSU”). This week, the Irwin family is expected to be at [...]