In a major announcement, The Ohio State University has decided to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirements for applicants to the main Columbus campus in the 2026 application cycle. In addition, Ohio State will now “superscore” the ACT and SAT–they will take the best section score over multiple test attempts. Ohio State had been one of the major schools that many of our students had to plan on submitting a single test score. It appears that students applying to the Ohio State branch campuses will still have the option to submit their SAT or ACT scores.
As Ohio State has become more and more selective, this shift to test-required should not come as a surprise. It will be interesting to see if other Big Ten schools like Michigan, Indiana, Penn State, and other follow Ohio State’s lead.