Download this section as a checklist.
Check your BuckeyeMail email account
We're sending important, time-sensitive information — like your housing contract — to your BuckeyeMail account. Check BuckeyeMail several times a week at buckeyemail.osu.edu. Log in with your Ohio State username (lastname.#@buckeyemail.osu.edu) and password.
What if I haven't activated my username yet? Get instructions.
Keep checking your personal email, too: We may still send important information there.
If you don’t end up enrolling at Ohio State, your BuckeyeMail account and all data will be removed at the end of the semester for which you applied.
Accept our offer of admission by paying your acceptance fee
Your nonrefundable $100 acceptance fee is due within three weeks of receiving your notice of admission, which is emailed to you as soon as you’re admitted to Ohio State. Housing and orientation materials are emailed in the order fees are received.
To pay your acceptance fee, or decline the offer of admission
Follow the directions on your notice of admission email. You can also pay the fee through your Applicant Center. Upon paying the acceptance fee, your financial support documents will be reviewed.
Note: As a condition of enrollment, all admitted applicants are required to answer a question regarding disciplinary and felony history prior to paying the acceptance fee.
To delay your admissions or enrollment term
Contact Undergraduate Admissions before the application deadline for your desired term to discuss your options.
Submit proof of financial support
International students and their families or sponsors are responsible for all tuition and living expenses at Ohio State. To show that you can meet the financial responsibility of attending Ohio State and to receive the appropriate visa eligibility documents (I-20 or DS-2019), admitted international students must submit Ohio State’s Visa Request Form for each supporter (yourself or your family) or agency sponsor, in addition to required support documents.
Do not submit the Visa Request Form or support documents until after you are admitted and have accepted your admission. Documents submitted before that will not be reviewed.
Download the Visa Request Form and follow the directions carefully. Submit required documents using our Admissions Uploader. You'll receive an immediate confirmation once you successfully submit your documents.
These examples show how to complete the Visa Request Form correctly:
Sample form if you have personal support for your education
Sample form if you are self-sponsored
Deadline: If you are admitted for autumn term, submit your documents by the first week of June. If you are admitted for spring term, submit your documents by the first week of November.
Submit a copy of your passport picture page
Once you have been admitted, submit a valid copy of your passport picture page using our Admissions Uploader.
Deadline: If you are admitted for autumn term, submit your passport picture page by the first week of June. If you are admitted for spring term, submit it by the first week of November.
Check your Applicant Center frequently
Check for missing documents or outstanding fees and provide all required items by the deadlines given.
Log in to your Applicant Center with your Ohio State username (lastname.#) and password. Click Application Status to view details about any incomplete To Do Items.
Submit your final university transcript
If you have completed courses that would not appear on the transcript your university(s) already sent to Ohio State, please request that an official transcript be mailed or sent electronically to Ohio State as soon as your grades have posted. Emailed or faxed transcripts will not be accepted.
If you have taken university courses in China, you MUST arrange for a verification report of your university transcript with the Center for Student Services and Development, Ministry of Education, P.R. China (CSSD). The report must be mailed or emailed directly to Undergraduate Admission by CSSD, rather than by you or any third party. The report should be mailed to our express mail address or emailed to sae-studugt@osu.edu. Any transcript not mailed or emailed by CSSD will not be considered.
View your Transfer Credit Report and get credits evaluated
If you submitted a transcript(s) from your previous institution(s) to be evaluated for transfer credit, visit our Transfer Credit Report page and follow the instructions to run and understand your transfer credit report (you'll need to log in with your Ohio State username and password).
Note: For courses requiring evaluation before orientation, it is your responsibility to contact the appropriate Transfer Credit Coordinator. Failure to do so may result in a delay in your ability to schedule courses for your degree program.
