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First-year applicants to the Columbus campus

Apply as a first-year applicant if you:

  • are (or will soon be) a high school graduate
  • have never enrolled at a college or university (don’t count college classes you may have taken in high school)
  • are a U.S. resident

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After you are admitted

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