Hello I am going to be a senior this year. I really want to get into Case Western for class of 2023 but I’m unsure if I’ll get in with my stats. I have an unweighted GPA of 3.3 and a weighted GPA of 3.50. My act superstore is a 27 but I am going to take it again soon.
My ECs:
I have done 100 hours of volunteering at hospital.
I am involved in a research project which is at Case.
I’m planning to apply for early decision.
Please let me know if you think I might get a chance to make it in.
Unfortunately with your stats Case is a high reach if not out of reach.
As we said yesterday:
The 25%tile of ACT composite scores is 30 for the last incoming class. So that means 75% of incoming students have a higher ACT than you currently have.
Spend the summer studying to increase your ACT.
Also figure out why you arent’ doing as well as you might like on the ACT…is it running out of time? Some find the SAT better for that.
Depends on major - my daughter had a 3.485 and 3.7 weighted. She had a 27 ACT and 1980 on old SAT. She was accepted to CWRU, with a Bolton Scholarship and additional $10K scholarship money. We are Asian so - I can’t say it was because we are unrepresented either. If it’s a reach, then it’s a reach. TBH - you never know what they look for. All schools are looking to build a class, so it is what it is.
Thank you very much. I’m working towards improving my ACT. I am still going to apply. Hopefully things work out.
@amanwithadream What major do you intend to study? Nursing and a few other majors have a much lower ACT score so do not pay attention to the average ACT if you are applying to the nursing program. (See @wildcatmom16 stats for a successful nursing major ) Its still a top program
but nurses math scores tend to be a lot lower, than the Case Engineers, physics and CS majors.
Business majors are in the middle. Arts and Sciences is spread out, the premeds lurk there and have very very high ACT scores. You may still succeed at Case with your lower ACT if you want to study nursing or a less popular Arts and Sciences major. ( not the sciences, but liberal arts major )
Since you are working in a hospital I assume you are thinking nursing or premed. You may struggle with premed at Case, with your ACT score, but if you want to work in public health, or go to physical therapy school, it may work out.
Case premeds are high scoring students, for the most part and good test takers.
@Coloradomama. Thank you very much for your detailed response! I greatly appreciate it. I was thinking of applying to biomedical engineering but still not sure. Regarding nursing, is that something I apply for undergrad admissions? I was thinking you can only do something that specific for grad school. If yes, what major could I do in undergrad that could give me a good chance of admissions?
Also, I have a rec letter from a Case professor for my research project so do you think that will also help me in admissions?
Ask @bopper about the rec letter, I don’t know the answer. She is more familiar with CWRU Admissions.
There are many 4 year nursing schools and Case is one of those programs. So you go directly to nursing school, but with Case’s program you also get a reasonable liberal arts education on top of the clinical and nursing classes.
Biomedical engineering in entirely different, in that you are taking design engineering classes, so mechanical design, as well as physiology, biology, a little electrical engineering.
Look up the 4 year curriculums for nursing and biomedical engineering here:
https://case.edu/nursing/bsn/curriculum
https://engineering.case.edu/ebme/academics/undergraduate/CurriculumAdvising
Case admits students to the school a whole, but students headed to BME are likely to have a lot higher math ACT scores than nursing students may have, at most nursing colleges across the country.
If you want to study engineering, you need 4 years of high school math, and you will have to pass Calculus 1, 2, 3 and maybe differential equations, so you need to be strong in math. Also taking AB Calculus, the AP class, while in high school, is a good idea, to determine your math aptitude and interest.
If you want a 4 year nursing degree, there are other options out there, but Case’s program is rich in clinical experiences, and will prepare you for the licensing exams. You will become a registered nurse after the four year program.
Look at in state nursing programs in your home state and compare them to Case’s curriculum.
@bopper. Hello, as you can see above, I am really interested in going to Case Western. My stats are also above. I am currently involved in a research project in Case and will getting a rec letter from my PI from the lab. Do you think this could help me in admissions and if so, how valuable is it?
It certainly won’t hurt but Case, like all colleges, looks at your GPA and ACT/SAT as the Most Important aspects of your application. Your recommendations from your HS teachers will be important. Make sure to get those first and if you can add a third recommendation include the PI’s letter.
@bopper. @Coloradomama. Thank you very much for your help.
Wow, times have changed!! My wife and I are both CWRU grads (actually, we each have multiple degrees from there - BS, BA, MS, MA, MD - we’ve tasted of the entire catalog) but it seems to me Case has gotten harder to get into. But the thing is - college has a way of concentrating the mind . . . and I think Case, in particular, does this better than most. It’s not an “elite” school, but it has always struck me as more “serious” than most - which is to say it has always attracted students who self-select for a rigorous academic experience that has its foundation in hard work, not mere reputation (ha! In my day CWRU had a “Tradition of Excellence Even Longer Than Our Name” - who remembers that on the T-shirts?!)
I would hasten to add, having worked for a very large hospital system in Cleveland for the past 10 years, a BSN from Bolton is worth its weight in platinum. And if you want to go to medical school or law school, I will put it’s undergraduate preparation up against ANY school in the country (believe it or not, I can speak to both - before med school, I attended and graduated from a top 5 law school, having gained entry to both on the strength of my undergraduate work at CWRU).
For the OP, btw, consider concentrating on the SAT in favor of the ACT. I’d echo Bopper - it seems much less hurried.
Judd
@plimpington2 thats exactly how my son described Case, serious students, who are serious about academics and career focused, whether it be accounting, actuary science, physics or nursing. The nurses we know at Case seem aimed at advanced degrees like nurse practitioner. The biomedical engineers often go get masters degrees in interesting subjects like prosthetic design. I think the misleading part of this blog is, so many students want to study computer science, and those students have a much more difficult time getting into Case than the students who express interest in a less popular major. BME and CS seem to be the two majors that are overflowing at Case Western. Nursing is small, physics is small and mathematics is small, so if a student expresses interest in a major that is less popular, a lower test score may work out. However, there are also a lot of students who are highly accomplished, perfect test score students, using Case as a “backup plan”. Many of those students end up at schools other than Case in years past. Now with ED 1 and ED 2, the odds are going down though for students with medium or average test scores. More seats are being filled by students with means, who can apply binding Early Decision and pay full price, or agree to pay the balance after the Case merit awards are applied. Middle class families cannot usually risk that, so they are not getting access to those binding ED seats at Case.