Each quarter, hundreds of Ohio State students enroll at Columbus State Community College to take GECs and prerequisite classes.”The number of dually enrolled students varies from quarter to quarter, but it usually ranges from 600 to 1,000 and the higher number is usually during Summer Quarter when students are trying to play catch up,” said Suzanne May, Columbus State community coordinator.Edward Ray, executive vice president of academic affairs at Ohio State, said students who have full time jobs and families have complicated schedules, and taking additional classes at Columbus State may be necessary.”Some students may attend both institutions in order to fit their studies most effectively with their other responsibilities,” Ray said. “While 600 or so students taking courses at both institutions each quarter is a large number, one wants to remember that we have 48,000 students taking courses at Ohio State University in Columbus every quarter.”Sharon Hamersley, an academic counselor in Arts and Sciences, advises students to ask their academic advisers before enrolling in classes at community colleges.”We have a fair number who opt to take several courses at Columbus State, but we do advise against it for students intending to major in scientific courses like chemistry or physics because the preparation of students isn’t as strong,” Hamersley said. Students choose to take prerequisite courses at Columbus State for various reasons such as smaller class sizes, affordability and more teacher interaction. Sarah Carine, a junior wildlife management major decided to take Organic Chemistry 252 at Columbus State because a friend said there was more personal teaching.”If anyone had a hard class, I would suggest it because the teachers are much more helpful.” Carine said. “It’s also a lot more affordable. I’m taking five credit hours and it only costs about $300.”Beginning Summer Quarter, tuition at Columbus State will decrease by five percent. “It’s $61 per credit hour and it’s going down because of the new state law that requires community college to reduce the cost of tuition in exchange for more government funding,” May said. Ray said OSU is constantly trying to respond to class scheduling and financial needs of the students. “Each year we try to improve the availability of courses to students and to provide financial aid to students who need assistance. Our tuition is below the state average for public universities and the quality of our program is unmatched,” Ray said.Two of the most popular classes taken at Columbus State for transfer credit are Accounting 106 and 107, which transfer to OSU as Accounting 211 and 212, prerequisites for admission to the OSU Fisher College of Business.”A ton of Accounting 211 and 212 people told me to take the classes over there because there are less people in the classes and it’s easier. My teacher actually makes me want to take the next class, Accounting 107, at Columbus State,” said Brandi Moore, a sophomore marketing major.Jay Yutzey, director of the undergraduate business program, said students should expect challenging business college prerequisites, but that taking classes at Columbus State will not hurt their chances for admission.”The business program at Ohio State is a pretty strong program and pretty challenging, so I don’t expect the courses to be easy. When students take a course at another institution, as long as it is an equivalent course, it transfers. We calculate their grade by averaging it into their cumulative GPA,” Yutzey said.