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You are a freshman applicant if you have or will soon receive a high school diploma or General Education Development (GED) diploma.

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You are a transfer applicant if you have completed 9 or more semester (12 quarter) hours at another institution after you graduated from high school.

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You are an international applicant if you have or will have a temporary visa and do not have U.S. citizenship or legal permanent resident status (a “green card”).

Application Deadlines and Guidelines

You are an online applicant if you plan to work toward an associate or bachelor's degree taking only OHIO Online classes. The online application priority date and transcript submission deadline are dependent on the entering semester.

Application Deadlines and Guidelines

Freshman, transfer and international students can apply directly to OHIO’s Chillicothe, Eastern, Lancaster, Southern and Zanesville campuses. Certificate students can apply to OHIO Lancaster.

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You are a College Credit Plus (CC+) applicant if you plan to earn college credit and satisfy high school graduation requirements at the same time by taking college-level courses.

Application Deadlines and Guidelines

You are a nondegree applicant if you plan to take a limited number of courses at OHIO and are not interested in earning a degree at this time. If you later wish to enter a degree program, you will need to reapply for admission.

You are a re-enrolling applicant if you were previously enrolled as a degree-seeking student at OHIO and decided to take a fall or spring semester off (or longer) before returning. Taking the summer off does not make you a re-enrolling student.

Summer applicants are local high school students, special camp or workshop attendees, students getting an early start on fall enrollment, or students officially enrolled at another university but attending courses during the summer at OHIO.