Application FAQ's
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No. We first review applications on a major-blind basis, determining your admission to the Ohio State University. If you are admitted to the University, then your admission to Fisher is considered. We are a direct admit College, meaning if you are admitted into OSU Columbus campus, you are directly admitted into Fisher College of Business.
OSU has rolling admission, students who applied by November 1 (early action deadline) will hear any time between December and the end of January. Students who applied after November 1 will hear end of February through the end of March. Once a student has been accepted into OSU, they will receive notification from Fisher approximately 2 weeks later.
If a student did not mark business on their application to the university, they should contact Admissions after being accepted into OSU. After orientation students will need to complete at least one semester at OSU and meet Current OSU Student criteria to switch.
**International students are not permitted to change majors prior to orientation.
Only one area of specialization is required to fulfill requirements for the BSBA degree. Students are only guaranteed one specialization in a 4-year time frame. Students can only be listed as one specialization at a time on the system and are only able to complete one specialization at a time. Priority seating is given to students in their primary specialization only. Students who choose to pursue a second specialization are not guaranteed enrollment in course work for a second specialization and it may delay a 4-year graduation.
Please contact a business advisor to talk about your options and discuss your individual plan in more detail.
Current Ohio State students can apply to the major program and specialization after completing a certain set of criteria. Please see our current OSU students website for more details.
Freshmen students need to indicate their interest in Honors & Scholars on their application. If you did not indicate Honors or Scholars on the application, you need to contact University Honors & Scholars by December in order to be considered. Students who earn a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA after their first semester will be invited to apply to University Honors at that time.
SAT or ACT test scores are required.
- Standardized test scores from ACT or SAT are required for applicants to the Columbus campus.
- Ohio State must receive official scores by deadline.
- October 4 (SAT) and September 6 (ACT) are your last 2025 test dates if you want your scores to be considered for early action or spring term (both have a November 1 deadlines).
- You're not required to submit scores if you will have been out of high school for two or more years by your term of enrollment.
- Ohio State uses the composite score that ACT provides. Because the science section is no longer part of the ACT composite score, it's not necessary to submit the optional science section to Ohio State.
- Ohio State uses superscoring, which means we use a student’s highest section scores from multiple test attempts. Taking the test (and having scores sent to us) more than once, while not required, may work to your advantage.