The Ohio State University. The name says it all. Being a public research university with a ton of name recognition and even more prestige, this iconic example of American higher education is naturally fairly difficult to get into. What is a recently waitlisted candidate to do now that you’ve been faced with this setback? Ivy Coach is here to walk you through your next steps and help you to steer clear of the many wrong moves that could derail your candidacy for admission to OSU. Let’s unpack.

The Ohio State University’s Waitlist Acceptance Rates and Statistics

Below is the Ohio State University’s waitlist data for the Class of 2028 through the Class of 2018, compiled from publicly available Common Data Sets. The data for the Ohio State Classes of 2030 and 2029 is not yet out.

The Ohio State University Class Year	Number of Students Waitlisted to the Ohio State University	Number of Students Who Chose to Join the Ohio State University Waitlist	Number of Students Accepted Off the Ohio State University Waitlist	The Ohio State University Waitlist Acceptance Rate
The Ohio State University Class of 2030	Not Yet Available	Not Yet Available	Not Yet Available	Not Yet Available
The Ohio State University Class of 2029	Not Yet Published	Not Yet Published	Not Yet Published	Not Yet Published
The Ohio State University Class of 2028	0	0	0	N/A
The Ohio State University Class of 2027	2,596	701	556	79.32%
The Ohio State University Class of 2026	3,236	712	468	65.73%
The Ohio State University Class of 2025	854	207	0	0.00%
The Ohio State University Class of 2024	1,412	647	0	0.00%
The Ohio State University Class of 2023	5,801	1,415	114	8.06%
The Ohio State University Class of 2022	5,296	1,221	117	9.58%
The Ohio State University Class of 2021	5,051	1,283	852	66.41%
The Ohio State University Class of 2020	2,075	497	0	0.00%
The Ohio State University Class of 2019	1,556	304	304	100.00%
The Ohio State University Class of 2018	1,397	239	239	100.00%

Your Chances of Admission to Ohio State After Being Waitlisted

It’s safe to say the waitlist acceptance rate at Ohio State University is highly unpredictable. Some years, no waitlisted applicant sees their dream of admission realized. Other years, this number sits at a perfect sweep, A.K.A., 100% of those waitlisted go on to earn admission. There’s no telling how this year will play out in terms of the waitlist. But don’t let this total lack of clarity discourage you from doing all that you can to turn your place on the waitlist into an acceptance letter.

Here’s the clarity that we at Ivy Coach can provide: the waitlist acceptance rate variation from year to year can be explained by yield rate, which is the proportion of admitted students who choose to enroll each year. The fewer students who matriculate each year, the more room there is in the incoming class for waitlisted applicants, who are a strong second option for admission officers who may have overestimated how many students would be interested in attending the Ohio State University next year (which likely happened when the Classes of 2018 and 2019 were being admitted, thus the 100% waitlist acceptance rates seen those years). Here’s how you can ensure that OSU admissions officers will choose your application if they find themselves in the position to dip into the waitlist:

Your Chances of Admission to The Ohio State University After Being Waitlisted with Ivy Coach’s Help

Follow the steps laid out below and you’ll have optimized your odds of making it onto the Ohio State University’s campus and off of the waitlist:

1. Complete Ivy Coach’s PostMortem application review. We will help you evaluate what went wrong and what you should do now that the worst has come to pass.
2. Submit a compelling Letter of Continued Interest. But be careful not to fill it with filler: brags, boasts, and trivial updates. These missteps have no place in Ivy Coach’s approach to this letter. Instead, we will inspire the Ohio State University admission officers to root for your case.

What Not To Do If You or Your Child Was Waitlisted by The Ohio State University

1. Dragging your feet on your Letter of Continued Interest. You can’t afford to wait now that the clock is ticking. Act quickly and send in your letter as soon as possible to show the Ohio State University that you mean business.
2. Filling your letter with bragging, boasting, and updates. From test scores earned, medals awarded, and, heaven forbid, other college acceptances received, these updates will do more harm than good.
3. Contacting the Ohio State University admissions office. This route is a dead end. You’ll only waste precious moments you should be using to pen your letter!
4. Sending follow-up letters after submitting your Letter of Continued Interest. The more letters you send, the less impact you will have. One in done, we say.
5. Conducting ridiculous waitlist campaigns. If you don’t know what we mean by this, don’t look into it! You’d be shocked to know what desperate families do to receive attention from the admission office that scorned them.

Getting Started with Ivy Coach on Ohio State’s Waitlist

If you’re interested in optimizing your case for admission to the Ohio State University Class of 2030 from the waitlist with the help of our team of former elite college admission officers, fill out Ivy Coach’s complimentary consultation form and indicate that the Ohio State University has waitlisted you. We’ll then be in touch with an outline of our services.