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Ohio State
Automatic award listedPublished award: Full cost of attendance + $5,000 enrichment grant (accessible after first year), automatic at 1600 SAT / 36 ACT
Important: Treating the November 1 early action deadline as recommended rather than as a firm gate.
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Listed yearly cost before aid: about $57,675
Who this may suit: Three profiles. First: Ohio residents with perfect single-sitting test scores (36 ACT or 1600 SAT), where the President's Ohio Scholarship Program covers full COA + $5K enrichment. Second: Pell-eligible Ohio residents, where the Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship covers full COA for 176 students per year (about two per Ohio county). Third: high-stat OOS applicants who can hit the Nov 1 deadline; National Buckeye ($13,500/yr, $54K over four years) stacks with Maximus/Provost/Trustees ($1K-$3K/yr each), the only stackable combination Ohio State allows.
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