<p>Accepted to Case Western!!! 3.4 UW, 32 ACT
17k grant scholarship</p>
<p>Congrats to the Case class of 2019! I’m so excited to meet all of you!</p>
<p>^^ @GRWH11 wrote: I know Case … will often reject top applicants or defer them (similar to Tufts).</p>
<p>And you know this for a FACT?
lol
I doubt it. Please don’t assume this. You don’t know enough to make that statement.
My D knows students with 34+ ACT score and they all got in with generous scholarship offers.
Congratulations to everyone who got in.</p>
<p>Posting for my S:
Accepted
Decision: Accepted with 30K</p>
<p>Objective: Major in Computer Science
SAT I (breakdown): 800 R, 800 M, 800W
ACT: -
SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
AP (place score in parenthesis): Did not send
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s 1 honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Governor’s School, NMSF</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics, 9-12 (lead 12), math league 9-12 (president 12) Latin club 9-12, NHS 11,12, karate 4-12
Job/Work Experience:None
Volunteer/Community service: Minimal
Summer Activities: Governor’s School (above) and self taught programming
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 or 10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Very good</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: Physics (also robotics mentor)
Teacher Rec #2: Calculus
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: Yes - Gov. School
Interview: None, Did not do it</p>
<p>Other: Visited campus</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant):NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender:M
Income Bracket:x>100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None</p>
<p>Reflection
I really like this school!
Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Essay, Recommendations (I also showed a lot of interest on tour)
Weaknesses: Did not interview
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Everything under strengths and my unique passion for origami
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rutgers U. Waiting on 2 more EA</p>
<p>I got accepted!</p>
<p>ACT: 33
GPA: 4.2 weighted, 3.95 unweighted
10 APs
Good EC’s that include being captain of the debate team and being Chief Judge at city’s Youth Court
Great Recs</p>
<p>Also, was awarded the $25k per year University Scholarship! Congratulations to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Deferred. International student, need a lot of aids. They said it was due to lack of funding available and I’m okay with that. 2260/1530 SAT, 800/770/770 SAT II, GPA 9.0/10 (equivalent to approximately 3.94/4.0), show lots of interests and interview went well. </p>
<p>D accepted w$22k merit! </p>
<p>Accepted with $25k/year.</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 750M, 700CR, 720W (superscore, best single sitting score is the same except 690 on reading)
ACT: 33 (31M, 36R, 33E, 31S, 8W)
SAT II: 760 Math II, 780 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 maybe? not calculated by my school
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.69
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/350
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) World History (5) Statistics (self-studied) (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comp Sci, AP English Lit, AP Physics C, AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Commended</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteer and paid tutoring, Relay for Life chair, NHS treasurer, cross country. Nothing too exciting
Job/Work Experience: Worked at KFC over the summer!
Volunteer/Community service: A bunch, but I didn’t report anything specific
Summer Activities: Work and an online Java course
Essays: I don’t know, I liked it.
Recommendations: I read the one my guidance counselor wrote and it was very good. I didn’t read the teacher recs.</p>
<p>Interview: didn’t request one</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): New England
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>Oh, and for major I put down EE as my first choice and ME as my second.</p>
<p>Accepted with 25k per year.</p>
<p>ACT: 34
UW GPA: 3.77
W GPA: 3.9
Main extracurricular was music, I sent in a supplement showing a performance (not a music major, though).</p>
<p>I visited and talked to a representative when they visited my high school.</p>
<p>DS Accepted!
2130/1430 SAT 3.85 Unweighted 4.37 weighted
9 AP’s (all 5’s)
NMSF
Alumni Interview
22K per yr Scholarship</p>
<p>Accepted with 22,000 a year</p>
<p>Is the money posted at the bottom per semester or per year?</p>
<p>Deferred until Regular Decision for Computer Science.</p>
<p>I got into Purdue Computer Science so I figured I would get into Case too, but I guess not. I guess I’m going to Purdue then, congrats to everyone else.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred
SAT: Did not send
ACT: 31 Composite, 34 Math, 33 English, 31 Reading, 25 Science, 8 Writing, 30 Combined English/Writing
GPA: 3.7/4.05 Unweighted/Weighted
AP US History (3), AP Gov (4) Ap CompSci (4) and I am in AP Calc and AP Statistics now.
EC’s: Average, nothing too special, nothing too short of what most people would have.
Recs: 1 fair/ok/average one, 1 (I’m assuming) great one from a Case alum.
Essays: Above average
Awards: AP Scholar, Piano Guild State Level, Boy scout stuff, religious stuff, etc.</p>
<p>Other Info: I’m a white male but a minority religion that apparently Case is lacking so I thought I had that going for me.</p>
<p>I visited campus and went to all the admissions sessions at out school and college fairs.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 30 (33 Reading, 32 Science, 29 English, 27 Math)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, Chem, Comp Sci, Psych, Micro, Calc AB, Bio
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Environmental Science, Stats, Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): online newspaper (editor-in-chief), newspaper (assistant editor), robotics, tech team, model un, varsity fencing, jv tennis
Job/Work Experience: Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Soup Kitchen
Summer Activities: Camps, College Courses
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app (8)</p>
<p>Teacher Rec #1: Okay
Teacher Rec #2: Okay
Counselor Rec: Okay
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: x > 500k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Common App essay
Weaknesses: Teacher recs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Maybe my teacher recs or my GPA
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: No where yet, this is the first college I heard back from</p>
<p>General Comments: Probably didn’t show enough interest</p>
<p>Deferred until Regular Decision for Systems Biology.</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred:
SAT: 2250
GPA: 4.30 (weighted not calculated at my school)
AP Calc BC (5 on both), AP CS A (5), AP Physics C (5 on both), AP Physics B (5), AP Biology (5), AP Chemistry (5), AP Statistics (4), AP Environmental Science (3), AP US History (5)
EC’s: Math Team, Senior Computer Team, lots of music outside of school, no leadership position
Recs: 2 from teachers, not sure as to how they were but I’d expect they’re pretty decent
Essays: above average
Awards: AP Scholar, National Letter of Commendation, music stuff, etc.</p>
<p>Other Info: I go to TJ (magnet school in Northern Virginia), I’ve taken a lot of the advanced math, biology, chemistry, and computer science courses at my school (including things like complex analysis, artificial intelligence, organic chemistry, DNA science, etc.)</p>
<p>Didn’t have an interview before the EA decision deadline… I’d speculate that might be a large part of the deferral. Congrats to everyone who did make it though!</p>
<p>I live 5 miles from CWRU; attended 2 visit sessions (once in Feb and once in Aug)
Still deferred. </p>
<p>ACT: 30 ( 36 in Math, 34 in Science) *english pulled me down
GPA: 3.9
AP: Biology (4), Statistics (5), Chemistry, Physics, Calculus BC
great essay</p>
<p>ITS NOT ABOUT SHOWING INTEREST… its something else… </p>
<p>Pretty surprised, here are my sons stats:
Admitted
3.2 uw, 5 aps
2130 sat
He’s a good writer, so his essay by all accounts is strong
Good ecs</p>
<p>He was also admitted to Tulane and all his safe schools. It seems like he has a good app package. There was also a personal ps from the head of caae admissions.</p>
<p>Accepted w/ 22k scholarship
2020/1360 SAT, 3.8 Unweighted, 4.73
8 APs
Lots of extracurricular activities and community service
Visited twice and showed lots of interest</p>
<p>Stats</p>
<p>Accepted with 22,000 merit scholarship</p>
<p>W GPA 3.61
ACT - 35</p>
<p>Hey, did anyone else have “P.S. I hope you will lend your writing talents to The Observer, our student newspaper.” at the end of their acceptance letter?</p>