Case Western 2015 RD Decisions Thread **STATS ONLY**

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1920 (R 550 M 730 W 640)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): Math 1 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer captain and won State this year, DECA Secretary
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hrs throughout highschool
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:no
[ *] Intended Major:Business
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):GA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Small Christian Private
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket: about $100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT Score especially Reading…
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
ACT: 35 (35E 31M 36R 36S)
GPA: ~3.9
Rank: 8/364
ECs: Slightly below average-average in relation to most Case Western applicants probably.
Essays: Good
Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Ethnicity: Caucasian</p>

<p>Strengths: Grades, ACT
Weaknesses: ECs</p>

<p>General Comments:
Was very happy to see that I was awarded the $20,000/year scholarship, however, it wont be enough unless they provide a lot of need-based aid. Congrats to those who got in and good luck to those who were rejected or waitlisted; I’m sure you guys will find a college that’s better for you anyways.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (CR 660, M 760, WR 760)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (I didn’t study for these! :(): English 670, Math L.2 690, U.S. History 620
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.15
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 65/245
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US History (4), Stats (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Gov, Econ/Robotics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nope
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I think they were pretty good. Most were career-oriented.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: See Extracurriculars.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Meh. Like 115 hours i think?
[<em>] Essays: Really noice. teehee.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: Nah.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[<em>] Intended Major: Econ
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Armenian (Race is still Caucasian)
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Up there.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nope.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay! Unique work experience. Upward trend in grades, esp. Mid-Term.
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT IIs, Critical Reading Score, and I applied two months late.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The Strengths, plus I’m a female applying to economics (don’t know if that matters?)
[/ul]General Comments: Hooray. And congrats to everyone who got into Case as well as any other school.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 27
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Did not submit
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 91% (3.64)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
[</em>] AP: AP Euro - 3
[<em>] IB: IB Psychology SL - 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB’s (3 SL, 2 HL)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Some
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great (2 teachers. One from AP Euro, one from Chemistry Honors)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[</em>] Additional Rec: Piano teacher of 15 years, Anesthesiologist that I shadowed over the course of 1-2 years.
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Biology / Biochemistry
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: 71k bracket
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first generation</p>

<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I demonstrated a high passion for a career in medicine, a high passion for my extracurriculars, and I guess the adcoms decided I would be a great fit for the school. I am surprised, however, to see people with MUCH better stats (score-wise) being wait listed. Odd. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: It has been a fantastic college application cycle. </p>

<p>I have been accepted to:
-NYU
-Stony Brook University</p>

<p>Still waiting on:
-Cornell
-Harvard
-Brown
-Sophie Davis BS/MD</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630R 780W 750M
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): Korean 790, Math 2C 740, French 660
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World4, Lit3, French4, Stat, Euro
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: SUPER easy
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years soccer, 1 year badminton, 4 years tennis, yearbook editor, international conference in india, leader for american conference in sf, other things.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: interned at a magazine
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: put on a benefit show, raised $5000
[<em>] Essays: pretty unique
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: saw one of them, i sounded like a goddess haha
[<em>] Counselor Rec: assuming its good
[</em>] Interview: didn’t bother
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: naahhh
[</em>] Intended Major: no idea
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: dont know, but didnt apply for fin. aid.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[list]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT/ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
no idea, i didnt show any interest, idk if i wanna go there.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>I’m not putting everything down since I’m too lazy but here’s an overview. I feel not as qualified as others!</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2130 superscore, 740 for Reading and Math, 650 for Writing(so bad!)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 690 Bio, and somewhere in 600s for MathI I forget haha
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: I go to a really hard school so my class levels are a bit low. AE Eng, AE physics, AP Phych, AE Trig/PreCalc, Chinese, Photo (just for fun!)</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): ALOT so i’m not listing all like 20 haha mostly student government, music related stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience: part times jobs in child care, food service, lifeguard
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours mostly from church stuff
[ *] Essays: Common App Essay: It’s basically a “how I overcame essay” about my asian parents and individuality. My english teacher liked it :smiley:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Jr. Eng and Jr. Math. I got an A in eng so that was my “brag” rec and then a C in math so that was the “taking challenges” rec haha
[ *] Counselor Rec: He LOVES me so I think pretty good
[ *] Interview: Yep with an alum. It went ok I think.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Nursing
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Ethnicity: Female
[ *] Gender: Chinese
[ *] Income Bracket: Poor living in an upper class town </p>

<p>Hope this gives you some info about me!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted):
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5/3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology(5), English Lit(5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 60% AP
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Basketball
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Environmental stuff
[<em>] Essays: Reviewed and approved by a college coach
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: None
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[<em>] Intended Major: LS&A
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): out of state
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): No hooks here
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good ACT especially reading and writing, art
[</em>] Weaknesses: Never visited campus
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Did not send in 1st term grades after being asked for them by CW. [/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (700 M, 660 CR, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 French, 710 Math II, 700 Physics.
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8/3.9 ish?
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20% (Extremely competitive high school, class size of 411).
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Government (5), Spanish Lang (5), English Lang/Comp (5), Macro (5), Physics B (3 lol…)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Biology (taking this on my own through Johns Hopkins CTY program), AP Art studio, Calculus, Honors Sociology, AP English Lit., Genetics. </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Ski Racing (Captain), NHS. Ski racing on “club” team.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none oops…
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Relay For Life for 7 years, planning committee for 2.
[</em>] Essays: Supplements were BS. Great personal essay for Common App: Wrote survival guide after backpacking in Europe for 4 weeks- humorous yet serious. Displayed myself through talking about different precautions to take in Europe. No direct reference to my personality.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from Physics and one from Spanish. I’m sure the one from my Spanish teacher was great, not sure about the Physics one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Couldn’t tell you how great it was.
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: nope.</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: Bio/Stat, with a Pre-Med track
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ (French Citizen)
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public (very competitive)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Skipped a grade, from France, fluent in 3 languages, first generation immigrant. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]**Reflection ** [ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths: Curriculum/ course load. Definitely my essay.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted: CWRU tends to like my school, acceptance rate from my school is probably 90%. Extremely competitive High School. [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>For those of you who have been waitlisted: rejoice. I don’t plan on accepting the offer (:</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 640 Spanish; 790 USHistory, 710 Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): We don’t rank.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish, APUSH, Psychology, Government
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): I wish.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Gov, Lit, Physics, Honors Pre-Calc, World Religions, Economics, PE, other school requirements…
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Way too many to list…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: About 100 hours
[<em>] Essays: I mean, I liked it, and so did my counselor and lit teacher. Talked about why I want to be a nurse, what motivates me.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t see it.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I didn’t see it, but we’re close, and she’s nominated me for stuff in the past, so she said it was good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope.
[<em>] Interview: Nope.
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Nursing
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: Scores, unweighted, counselor rec, NMF, extracurriculars.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No leadership positions.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I showed my personality, showed what motivates me.[/li][/list][ b]General Comments:** I’m not going, but case is a great school and I feel lucky to get in!</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1880 ( 610CR, 610M, 660W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 640 Spansih, 580 Math I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.55
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, AP U.S. History, Physics, Marketing
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: three jobs
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: mission trip
[ *] Essays: decent
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: okay
[ *] Additional Rec: okay
[ *] Interview: no</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: si
[ *] Intended Major: Management
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: spanish + course load
[ *] Weaknesses: math + GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no clue
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 ( 620CR, 780M, 750W)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 33 highest composite, 35 superscore (34 E, 36 M, 34 R, 35 S)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 720 Biology, 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4) Statistics (5) U.S Government (3)
[li] Major Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, Illinois State Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Secretary and PR), DECA (Secretary in Fall), Tennis (out of school), Piano (out of school), Scholastic Bowl
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Math and Reading Center
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, FMSC, literacy center tutor
[</em>] Essays: great! my common app one was about winnie the pooh tee hee :slight_smile:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec: excellent
[</em>] Interview: nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: of course…
[</em>] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100,000+</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: course load, extra curriculars, GPA, test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: reading score SAT, possibly extra curriculars as well
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i was a strong/great applicant</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: currently, i am stuck between attending Case or Pitt. Case wins because its BME program is slightly better than Pitt’s (Case Western’s 8th ish and Pitt is 14th ish) and Pitt wins because its social life/scene is much more lively and evident. I mean seriously OAKLAND ZOO!!</p>

<p>Case Western is a great school though! It’s a really tough choice for me</p>

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<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2300 ( 750CR, 800M, 750W)

  • ACT (breakdown): N/A
  • SAT II (if submitted): 780 Bio (M) 750 Math II 750 Chinese 760 Chemistry
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/50,
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): US gov. (5) Chem (4) US History (3)
  • Major Awards: AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, Voice for Animals
    National Essay Contest-1st
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Figure skating, City’s Philharmonic
Youth Orchestra, Honors Seminars of City, School Newspaper (junior editor),
physician shadowing, fMRI research experience

  • Job/Work Experience: Peer mentor & camp counselor
  • Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, nursing home volunteer, figure
    skating club volunteer, ice skating instructor assistant
  • Essays: good. Common app one was about figure skating
  • Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully good, but I don’t know b/c I waived my right.
  • Counselor Rec: excellent
  • Additional Rec: N/A
  • Interview: nope
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Applied for Financial Aid?: No, don’t even qualify

  • Intended Major: Biochemistry
  • State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
  • Country (if international applicant): N/A
  • School Type: Private
  • Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: $350,000+
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: course load (took 3 science classes this year, extracurriculars, GPA,
test scores, demonstrated interest

  • Weaknesses: AP test scores, leadership, not NMSF
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Simply a strong applicant,
    although I was not flawless. My school also has a close affiliation with Case (I think
    it’s a feeder), so I guess that played a part in landing me a $20,000 per year
    scholarship.
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: I will be attending Case next next year, even though I got rejected by the PPSP in medicine and every BS/MD program I applied to. I am extremely satisfied with my decision because I believe that Case is the best fit for me and a great school for premeds due to its proximity to Cleveland Clinic. I won’t have any regrets in the future b/c I won’t be in debt and will be able to save $ for med school. What I like most about Case is the balance between education quality and merit aid given out. Many elite schools don’t give out merit aid and many public schools that give out merit aid may not be as good academically. I also like how the academics there are less cutthroat compared to top elite schools. I also chose Case because I value diversity, and when I visited, there were Asian guys everywhere I looked. So I don’t think I will have problems making friends.</p>