Yes. To receive consideration for University Fellowships, applicants are required to have the testing agency report their scores directly to the The Ohio State University (ETS institution code #1592). Photocopies of TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB, GRE or GMAT scores are not considered to be official and are not acceptable substitutes for official scores. Only "new format" GRE scores (used since October 2002) can be used to support your Fellowship application.
The only exceptions to this policy are for those applying to the MFA in Dance, Art or Theatre, the Master of Music, and Doctor of Music.

The Ohio State University does not admit applicants who have not met the requirement for proof of English proficiency. If your TOEFL score might (or will) arrive after a published application deadline, you should discuss this matter with your program. See http://gradapply.osu.edu/gri.asp for contact information.

No. The Graduate Admissions Office can not waive a GRE or GMAT test score requirement. When your prospective graduate program has listed the GRE or GMAT as an admissions requirement it is expected that you will take the test. It is only under rare circumstance that a program may waive it. You may contact the Graduate Studies Committee Chairperson to discuss whether your application will be considered without the test scores.

Note: If you have below a "B" average on all undergraduate and graduate university level work, then a GRE or GMAT score is absolutely required and cannot be waived under any circumstances.

We will not forward a copy of your score report to another institution and will not accept one from another institution.

Official scores are reported to OSU in electronic format, without paper copy. A score report is considered to be official only if it is sent directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). If you need to order additional score reports, you can contact ETS.

Please be aware that TOEFL and IELTS test scores are only valid for two years, and may not be re-ordered. GRE and GMAT scores may be re-ordered for 5 years.

Most international students are also required to take a written English composition placement test when they arrive at Ohio State. You may be exempt from this requirement if you:

1) Were previously enrolled in an academic program at Ohio State

2) are a citizen of the following countries or regions: Australia, Belize, Canada (except Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, Liberia, United Kingdom (English, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland), The Commonwealth Caribbean, and the United States

3) score 650 on Paper-based TOEFL(PBT); 280 Computer-based(CBT); 114 new Internet-based TOEFL(iBT)

4) score 95 on the MELAB test, or 90 overall and 90 writing subscore

5) score 9.0 on the IELTS (Overall Band Score)

6) score 8.0 on the IELTS (Overall Band Score) and 8.0 Academic Writing module

We require new format GRE test scores for OSU Graduate Fellowship consideration. GRE scores are available to be sent to us from ETS for five years after your test date. Individual graduate programs may set their own policy regarding the acceptance of old format scores for admission and financial aid consideration. Contact your graduate program to confirm whether or not they will accept scores that contain old format. Contact information may be found at http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/gri.asp.

To determine if Graduate Record Exam (GRE) or Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores are required to support your application, contact your graduate program. Graduate requirements, deadlines and contact information may be found at http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/gri.asp

You are required to submit GRE or GMAT scores if your undergraduate GPA is below the minimum of 3.0/4.0, or if you hold a degree from an unaccredited college of university. In this case, the Graduate School requires a GRE or GMAT score, even if the graduate program does not, and the score requirement may not be waived.

No. The Ohio State University does not admit applicants who have not met the requirement for proof of English proficiency. Those applicants required to submit TOEFL, MELAB or IELTS scores must do so before they can be officially admitted.

You are exempt from taking an English proficiency test, such as, TOEFL, MELAB, or IETLS, if you have established citizenship in one of the following countries: Australia, Belize, British Caribbean, British West Indies, Canada (except Quebec), England, Guyana, Ireland, Liberia, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales, and The United States. US Green Card holders are exempt from taking an English proficiency test if they have held the Green Card at least one year prior to their quarter of enrollment.

If you are eligible to receive a bachelor’s degree of higher from one of the countries listed above, then you are exempt from taking an English proficiency test. Please note: It is not required that you must have your degree completed from one of the exempt countries at the time you are applying for admission. However, you must have completed your degree prior to your quarter of enrollment.

If your country is not listed as any of the exempt counties, you must take the English proficiency test.

The Ohio State University Graduate School does not specify minimum scores on the GRE or GMAT. However, the graduate program to which you are applying may have a minimum test score requirement. Contact information for all graduate programs may be found at http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/gri.asp

Success at Ohio State depends upon the student's ability to converse in, write, and understand English. To assure such competence, the university normally requires any applicant whose native language is not English, and who has been educated primarily outside of the U.S., to submit recent, official scores of

• at least 550 on the paper-based (213 on the computer-based, 79 on the Internet Based TOEFL) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
  
• or at least 82 on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB),
• or 7 on the International English Language Testing System(IELTS)exam.

The test must have been taken within the last two years.

Your intended graduate program may require a higher score. Ohio State does not conditionally admit applicants who have not met the requirement for proof of English proficiency.

Applicants who have been educated primarily in one of the following countries are exempt from the TOEFL or MELAB requirement: Australia, Belize, the British Caribbean and British West Indies, Canada (except Quebec), England, Guyana, Ireland, Liberia, New Zealand, Scotland, the United States.

No. We do not accept score reports of institutional tests from other institutions.