<p>Do you happen to know anything about the Computer Science department?</p>
<p>I know that for example Case and UW-Madison are both ranked at around 40 in "general" college rankings.</p>
<p>However when you look at the CS rankings Madison is top10 or top12 and Case remains at around 40.</p>
<p>I visited Case in April and really liked it, however I am applying to other engineering schools like RPI (RD) and RIT (RD) and Georgia Tech (deferred) and Madison (deferred) and Michigain Ann Arbor (deferred) (lol at all the deferrals...whatever). Well of course Michigan and madison are not engineering schools but they are ranked very well in CS. In any case, what exactly makes one school be ranked 10th and another 40th? Would it really make THAT much of a difference? </p>
<p>If you have friends or know anyone from the CS department I'd really appreciate any input you could provide on it.</p>
<p>P.S. Does anyone know how important senior grades are if you have already been accepted? Seems my grades sort of went down during 1st semester (pretty substantially even though I worked just as hard as any other year :). Do I have to send in these grades to Case? Is it possible for them to change their mind based on these grades? I know everyone at school has the impression that they can completely coast and ignore 2nd semester senior year but I would really think 4 times before doing that because it would be unbelievably ****ty to have a college change their mind.</p>
<p>December, I am one of the host that prospective students stay with on overnights!
You meet your overnight host around 4pm. From then to dinner time, it is up to you and your host what you do and see. CWRU pays for dinner at a beautiful restaurant. After dinner, it is again up to you and your host. Hosts are given the option to get tickets to plays or movies (paid for by CWRU), but if they did not take any, there are always events on campus. Then you go to bed (bring a sleeping mat). In the morning, your host will walk you over to the Open House where you will tour the school and academic departments.
However, if you overnight on a sunday, the next day you can sit in on classes.
You really get a feel for the vibe of the school and meet professors, coaches, and current students. I strongly recommend it!</p>
<p>felipe_massa, I do not know anything about the computer science department. I can ask some friends when I return to school this week and get back to you!</p>
<p>For your second question, keep your senior year grades C or above and you will keep your acceptance letter.
On the other hand, you have worked hard for 3 years of high school, do you really want to destroy your GPA now? You still need your high school GPA for internships the summer of your frshman and sophmore years of college.</p>
<p>afitscher, I am confused by your post. Did you answer your own question about the girls or do you want me to answer?
For your second question, I applied and was accepted to upenn, tufts, northwestern, wake forest, and univ of maryland.</p>
<p>December, it was a mix of factors. I was first drawn to the school after they gave me a very large merit scholarship. But college is not a purchase, its an investment. In other words, irrespective of price, the college should greatly aid in your development.
I was next drawn by the amount of students on campus doing research. Freshmen to seniors are fully involved in research. I knew this would help in two ways. First, I can get closer to my professors so they write better recommendations. Second, it looks great for internships, jobs, and graduate school.
Next reason occurred to me when I visited. The students were great! The professors were warm and intelligent!</p>
<p>Honestly, fellow prospective students, there is no way to know if the college you choose is the right one for you. I still dont know if CWRU was the right choice and I may never know. But you go to college once in your life, so make it count. Deeply research the school, not just the ranking. Learn about the departments, clubs, surrounding area. You will not be at the us news ranking for 4 years, you will be at a school. Research the school until it becomes 3 dimensional. Most of all, visit visit visit the school. Anyone can take a great photograph of a building or write a great blurb about a teacher. See for yourself. Trust me, its different. Be the author of your life.</p>
<p>for most classes, nothing over 200. except in a few special cases. the biology pre-med sequence 214, 215, and 216 have per section around 300 people. honors physics Phys 123 had only 60 people (but not all people show up for lectures). regular physics 122 and 121 has about 200 people (but fewer than that amount show up for classes). there is mediavision which has some1 recording the classes (if the prof. requests that service). other profs. don't request that service b/c they don't think recording classes is good b/c then people won't show up to lectures.</p>
<p>about cliques. not much cliques exist. but people tend to be more comfortable toward their own race/ ethnicity backgrounds and you can definitely see this at lunch in leutner or fribley. but usually people hang out with people they have classes in. thus, pre-meds usually talk/ sit with pre-meds. engineers with engineers. and the humanities have their own social circle. </p>
<p>The different groups don't mind if other people join them. but usually you're too bogged down with work to notice the social circles I just talked about.</p>
<p>and of course, CIM kids (clev inst. music) usually sit at their table too</p>
<p>for me, I would say that the interview helps because the adcom you are talking to decides whether you get into the school and that adcom determines your merit scholarship amount.</p>
<p>I chose case because of the money. (like most other people) I actually heard from someone working at admissions that they "wasted" most of the scholarship funds from the last admissions cycle. so every time donors donate to the school, basically the school "spends" the money on scholarships to draw students</p>
<p>which is somewhat controversial..... because they could spend the money in some other ways.... like maybe improving the fitness center at Case or building a performing arts center</p>
<p>Case was my first choice for a couple different reasons. First and foremost, they have a good Biology department, with tons of opportunity for research/volunteer work. Although i'm not premed, those aspects were important to me at the time.
I really liked the campus, mainly because it is urban, but definitely has its nice "campusy" parts. </p>
<p>At the end of the admissions process, I was stuck between U of Michigan and Case, so I went to visit UMich. UMich ended up being too big for my taste. Case on the other hand, isn't so small that you know every single person (like tiny liberal arts schools), but its definitely not big enough where i'm at risk 'fall through the cracks.'</p>
<p>It's all about fit. I decided to pay a hefty tuition to attend Case, even though I could've attended my state school, U of Maryland, for a pretty cheap price.</p>
<p>the77:
I am giving an honest opinion of the quality of food. Most people think it's mediocre at best, and all freshman and sophmores are forced to buy a $2,000+ meal plan, which means its too expensive to buy their own food.
Even if they make you you're personal dish, it is still mediocre and in real life I would not pay $13 for one of their meals. The quality of food they produce for more high end clients is of a higher standard. The food isn't as fresh, but it will do.
Seriously people, it's ok, that's it. It's not as good as what you eat at home or even as good as most restaurants, and that is why most upperclassman either don't get meal plans or get substantially smaller ones (7 meals a wk).</p>
<p>felipe_massa--I would not go to Case for Computer Science. It's ranked pretty low and I understand there have been issues with almost not being accredited in that area.</p>
<p>One measure is to look at the schools that send teams to the ACM--ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Competition) each year. From the US, it's always (and expectedly) MIT, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, Harvey Mudd, U of Illinois. other large state schools, probably Rose Hulman...never Case Western.</p>
<p>Other sciences/engineering are outstanding, however.</p>