To me, that would indicate at the level of a Stanford or Northwestern. Thise two have far smaller enrollments that 70k, so that's why I was trying to figure out what you were getting at.
What Ohio mandated was the elimination of remedial courses at their public unis. That made them more difficult to get into. Far more difficult? I don't know, you could attend a CC, get your classes to where they should be, and transfer to tOSU. That's generally not what they do at highly selective schools, such as Northwestern/Stanford/Notre Dame. But, compared to 20 years ago, OSU is more difficult to get into...
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