CWRU Class of 2025 Decisions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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With the EA decisions will come out in 2 days, I’m creating this thread and reusing the decision template from last year. Please help fill out to help current and future students to estimate the requirements for Case Admission .

Decision:

Application Type (ED/EA/RD):

Objective

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received:

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Application Type (ED)

Accepted!!

Test Optional
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
Weighted GPA: N/A (my school does not weight)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A my school does not rank or provide percentiles
AP: AP American History, AP Gov and Politics, AP physics. My school has strict rules on wether or not you can take a STEM AP so I was unable to take both biology and Chemistry but I had the grades to take them. 4 on my History ap, currently taking 2 aps
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Physics, Ap Gov and Politics, English Elective, Dual Enrollment honors Latin 4, Precalculus, Honors art,
Major Awards: Brandeis Book Award, honor roll for 4 years, NHS.

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (team captain of varsity rowing team)
Job/Work Experience: worked 2 jobs in customer service, one at a bakery, built my own babysitting business with 10+ customers
Volunteer/Community service: senior member of a service group, volunteer beekeeper, active member in my church community, peer mentor for middle school students
Summer Activities: camp counselor, was supposed to work at a hospital before coronavirus, worked, service trips
Essays (rating 1-10, details): main essay: 8, talked about my passion for baking and my determination to perfect my grandmothers cookies.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 4 recommendations, 10 for all, 2 from very close teachers and my guidance counselor and I have a very strong relationship. 4th was from my long term rowing coach.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, none received
Intended Major: Biology and History
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

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Congrats on admission and thank you for sharing your stats.

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Application Type (ED/EA/RD):

ED (accepted)

Objective

SAT I (breakdown):n/a

ACT (breakdown): n/a

SAT II: n/a

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8

Weighted GPA: 4.0

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1

AP (place score in parenthesis): no ap (school doesn’t offer)

IB (place score in parenthesis): (school doesn’t offer)

Senior Year Course Load:

Dual enrollment: bio 102, bio 106, asl1, asl2, psychology 101, physics 101 with lab, calculus 1.

High school: physical education, health, statistics

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): award for digital arts (4 awards), Harvard book award, honor roll every year, medals every year for reading, mathematics and science (school awards).

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

Creative director for smart cookie magazine (a magazine aimed at young black females) (30 hours).

Student leadership team (25 hours).

Family responsibilities (my brother has autism) ( 1,120).

Student photographer for newbridge (240).

Student photography community connection (100 hours).

Job/Work Experience: intern for a wedding planner (200 hours)

Volunteer/Community service: 7cups.com 42 hours.

Summer Activities: interlochen art camp (3 years: screenwriting and visual art)

Essays (rating 1-10, details): solid 9, began by writing in my characters perspective in my schools scientific spin on the wizard of oz play. Then went into how I intend to connect both my art and science careers (this is hard to explain tbh you just kinda have to read it to get it).

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): not sure, never seen them.

Also should mention that I submitted an art portfolio that consisted of digital art, paintings, screenplays, animation, and a few 3D pieces.

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes

Intended Major: neuroscience

State (if domestic applicant): Ohio

Country (if international applicant):n/a

School Type: public

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, minority, lgbtq+, female (if that counts),

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: Cleveland scholars, cwru grant, federal pell grant, federal SEOG, ($58,933 total gift aid)

Wow thus is extremely long

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Awesome stats and congrats on the acceptance. My D applied EA to Case and still waiting for the decision to come out today by 8PM.

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Applied EA, heard back today.
Accepted! For Accounting at Weatherhead.
Merit Scholarship: $27,500 per year. Accepted to the MAcc program, guaranteed $20,000 scholarship for my year of graduate study.
GPA: UW: 4.00, W:4.72 (valedictorian)
SAT: 1520
AP: 2 5s, 2 4s
I did lots of activities, but my main was tennis (4 yrs varsity, state qualifier, captain). I also coached tennis.
Feeling very grateful!

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Decision: Accepted

Application Type (ED/EA/RD): EA

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1560 (780/780)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Weighted GPA: 5.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (4), APUSH (5), US Gov (4), Lang (3), Bio (5), Calc AB (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, World Lit, AP Psych, AP Comp Sci, AP Physics C, Gym
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pre-professional classical dancer, varsity rower, STEM education startup (resource creator), school cultural club (president and founder)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Hours here and there
Summer Activities: Rowing, dancing, volunteering, summer college courses
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App essay is probably 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Calc teacher: 10/10 really great relationship and it was my favorite class
APUSH teacher: 8/10 funny relationship and i did really well

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering and/or Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, selective enrollment
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: $25,000 a year
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ACCEPTED!!
Application Type (ED/EA/RD): EA
Merit Scholarship: $32,500 University Scholarship

Objective:

ACT (breakdown): 30 Math, 34 English, 35 Reading, 34 Science, 9 Writing
Weighted GPA: 4.077
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry 4, Spanish Lang 5, Statistics 5
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, APES, AP AB Calc, AP Psychology, Honors English, Ukulele, Public Speaking
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Brandeis Book Award, AP Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar, Most Worthy Representative for my school

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TONS of (robotics), (dance club), (book club), (NHS), founder of a social justice organization in my town, class officer, Anti-Defamation League peer leader, Peer counseling, (marching band), (colorguard)
Job/Work Experience: Robotics Coach at a small coding academy
Volunteer/Community service: most of my extracurriculars are my community service, especially robotics and peer counseling
Summer Activities: Creation of a social justice organization
Essays (rating 1-10, details): probably a 8, written about how the Justice shirts from when I was little never had the activities that I was interested on them, and how I found it difficult to determine my identity
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 3 teacher recommendations (10,10,8) and a guidance counselor recommendation (10, I have a really good relationship with her)

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MA
School Type: Public
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): minority and female

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Deferred.
36 act 4.0 unweighted.
5’s on APs
Did SSP astrophysics summer program
And other sciencey EC
Maybe yield protection?
Did get into Notre Dame so that makes the deferral less disappointing

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Decision: Deferred

Application Type (ED/EA/RD): EA

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (770/770)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (35M, 36E, 36R, 36S)
SAT II: 800 (math2); 800 (BIO) - not submitted
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.79
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(4), Calculus BC(5),US Gov(5), Physics(5), Biology(5), World History(5),English(3),Statistic(5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem; AP Eng Lit; Anatomy; Multivariable Calculus,

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Orchestra, various honors societies, school clubs, etc …
Job/Work Experience: part time’s piano accompanist.
Volunteer/Community service: County First Aid Unit, Teen musicians perform music at hospital and retirement homes.
Summer Activities: Anatomy class,
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Not sure
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Not sure

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MD
School Type: Public
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Daughter will apply to RD.

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Decision: Deferred

Application Type: EA

Applied as Engineering Physics Major

SAT: 1530
SAT II: 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.35

AP: Physics 1 (5), Calculus AB(5) Microeconomics(5), Macroeconomics(5), Computer Science A(4)
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs (Stats, APES, Physics C), 3 regular
Took challenging courses at UC Berkeley as well over summer
Major Awards:
Many MUN awards (Berkeley MUN Outstanding Delegate), Outstanding Environmental Scholar, Exploravision Honorable Mention, AP scholar with distinction

Extracurriculars: Cross Country & Track (4 year varsity, 3 year captain), MUN (club president), Senior Class President, Junior Class Treasurer, Eagle Scout, led project to build a new legacy brick walkway at school, Staffed at Boy Scout summer camp
Job/Work Experience: Summer Job at local running store
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, staffing at summer camp, tutoring
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Would rate Common App at 8, thought it was pretty strong narrative about my leadership journey
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): knew teachers pretty well, letters should be strong

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State: California
School Type: Public

Overall thought application was strong, maybe deferred for yield protection? Could there be some other reason? Someone let me know because I’m low key freaking out.

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Your daughter has a phenomenal profile!

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Thanks :slight_smile: but she didn’t even get accepted :frowning:

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Case is known for deferring top students from EA to regular decision. They know students like your daughter often use Case as a safety so they defer to protect their yield, which is already quite low.

Your daughter will have a lot of great options!

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We heard before applying that Case is known for yield protection and D. tried really hard to show interest with very busy schedule she has.

She likes the school and really wants to go there to study so she was sad when received the notification. She will try to reapply, submit her 1st senior semester grades, but other than that she can’t do much with Covid and her existing ECs.

Thanks a ton for your post and others who gave advices to Case’s deferred kids.

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If you are not in the EST, it was hard to participate in the virtual sessions that Case offered, they were often in the midst of class, I hear you on that one…I am blown away by the collective talent of the class of 2021…

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Decision: Deferred

Application Type (ED/EA/RD): EA

Objective

SAT I (breakdown): 1410 (710 ERW, 700 M)
Weighted GPA: 4.143
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Taking AP classes senior year (school has particular rules about AP classes we are able to take in which grades)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lang, H Anat & Physio, Genetics, Anat of Yoga, First Aid & CPR, Catholic Social Teaching, World Religions (2 theology courses are required senior year by school)

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Spanish Honor Society (VP), JV Tennis Team (grades 9-10), Varsity Tennis Team (grades 11-12), League Champions (grades 9-12), League All-Star (grades 9-12), First Honors (9-12), Academic Excellence in H Brit Lit (grade 11), Academic Excellence for 4.0 (grades 9-11 so far)
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor, Assistant Tennis Instructor

Other

Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
School Type: Private, Religiously Affiliated
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Asian (adopted), Female

Planning to apply RD. Any good tips to convey continued interest in CWRU?

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Decision: Deferred

Application Type: EA

Objective

SAT: Test-Optional

TOEFL: 111 (29,26,28,28)

GPA: 95/100 (1 C in Music and 4 Bs in English 9th/10th, Physics 10th, Math 9th) No APs (not offered)

Class Rank: 10/71 (Top 15%) but since the semester just ended I think I could have pulled off the 7/71 ending in Top 10%

Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Math, Artistic Education, Social Research, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Economics, Spanish, P.E, Language Arts, High. Ed, Statistics, Symbolic Logic

Major Awards: National Model UN Simulation Third Place (9th grade and only person awarded at school), Science Fair 1st Place (9th grade), Honor Roll

Subjective:

ECs

  • Student Body President (prior to that, grade president and high school secretary)
  • National Model UN
  • Debate Club, Member and Advisor
  • Founder of Ecology Club
  • Member of a small political activist group
  • Volunteered with a non-profit organization both in assisting with kids and spending time with them and helping as a translator for some workers there

Essays: 9/10: wrote about how my personal characteristics (creativity, leadership, and hard-work) related to those of the properties of Play-Doh and clay.

Recommendations: Sent 3 aside from counselor (biology, chemistry, and philosophy teachers) I personally believe these three teachers know me very well, so I would rank them 8/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid: No but planning to do so as ED II

Intended Major: On application: Pre-Med Track, probably majoring in Biology or Neuroscience

Country: Honduras

School Type: Private

Hooks: I don’t really think it matters but maybe the fact that I am Latino and from a developing country

**I hope that me applying for Financial Aid on the second round will not affect that much my chances of getting in, if any. I know most US colleges are need-aware and especially very picky on those who they accept considering how much they can pay…but hey, how do you rate me for ED II?

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Decision: Accepted

Application Type (ED/EA/RD): EA

Objective

ACT (breakdown): 35 C, 36 E, 34 M, 34 R, 36 S
SAT II: 710 Japanese (Native Speaker), 770 Math I/II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52 (extenuating circumstances in freshman year, approximately 3.7 if ignored)
Weighted GPA: 4.10
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (4), US History (4), Lang (3)
Senior Year Course Load:
State College Anatomy/Physiology + Nutrition
CC Criminal Justice + Calc 1
HS AP Lit, AP Environmental Science, Financial Literacy/Sociology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National African American Scholar

Subjective

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-founder of state chapter of nonprofit for Girls in STEM, School Newspaper/Podcast Senior Editor
Job/Work Experience: Local Kumon for 1 year pre-COVID
Volunteer/Community service: Local summer camp (600), Hospital (60), Nursing Home (20)
Summer Activities: Intern with Climate Organization, Neuroscience Research with Undergraduate Mentor
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Maybe 8 or 9? Discussed my struggles with being biracial and had some very memorable moments in there
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 2 teacher (10 - English teacher for 10+12, also manages the newspaper and knows me very well, 8 - Science teacher for 10+11 that knows my work ethic), counselor (8 - I know she likes me quite well), 1 additional (9 - Climate internship)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Psych/Neuro
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: T100 small public magnet school
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): female biracial minority in STEM

Scholarships/Finan. Aid Received: 32.5K University Scholarship

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