Prospective Undergraduates
Admissions
If you are a high school student, you must first apply to The Ohio State University before you will be considered for enrollment at Fisher. Your eligibility for admission is based upon your high school rank and ACT and/or SAT test scores. If you meet minimum requirements, you will be admitted to the Pre-major Program.
If you are attending another University, your eligibility is based upon your current grade point average earned on non-technical course work completed at all colleges you've attended. If you meet minimum GPA requirements (currently 3.00), you will be admitted to the Pre-major Program and then screened to see if you are eligible for admission to the Major Program during orientation.
If you have taken courses at Ohio State, your eligibility is based upon completion of certain prerequisite courses and your merged GPA (calculated by aggregating your Ohio State GPA with the GPA earned on ALL non-technical course work you've completed at all institutions you've attended). You must be in good academic standing (minimum 2.00 GPA) at Ohio State and your merged GPA must meet competitive minimums. You may apply to the Pre-major Program any quarter. If you meet prerequisites, you may apply to the Major Program for Spring and Autumn admission.
Direct Enrollment Criteria
- New autumn-entry first quarter freshmen only
- Minimum ACT composite score of 30 or SAT combined score of 1340; and
- Graduation in the upper 10 percent of high school class; or
- Admission to the university with Honors status
Criteria for Pre-major Admission
Students new to Ohio State who are not eligible for direct admission to a business major specialization will be admitted to the Max M. Fisher College of Business pre-major program if they meet any one of the two following criteria:
- New First Quarter Freshman (25 ACT or 1150 SAT or top 20% of high school class)
- New Transfer Students (3.00 GPA on all non-technical course work completed at all previously attended colleges)
Continuing Ohio State students will be admitted to the pre-major program if they meet the following criteria:
- 3.00 GPA on all non-technical course work completed at all attended colleges AND completion of Math 130 or 148 (and prerequisites) or equivalents with C— or better AND at least 15 cumulative OSU hours*
*Regional campus students are required to have a minimum of 45 earned hours in addition.
Criteria for Degree Candidacy
Application for acceptance to degree candidacy and major in the Fisher College of Business may be submitted when either of the two following sets of criteria are met:
Requirements for application with a grade point average of 3.4 or better.
- Minimum MERGED 3.40 cumulative point-hour ratio; and
- Normal progress in the required sequence of mathematics courses (completion of Math 131 or 151 or equivalent and prerequisites with a grade of C- or better)
Requirements for application with a grade point average of 3.0 or better.
- Completion of 45 credit hours of course work;
- Minimum MERGED 3.00 cumulative point-hour ratio;
- Completion of English 110 with a grade of C- or better; and
- Completion of Math 131 and 132 or 152 or equivalent and prerequisites with grades of C- or better
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Selection of an area of specialization from among the fields available in accounting and business administration