<p>I've read in a few places that Case Western gives good merit aid, but on their website I can't find any information about specific scholarships. They mention that merit aid is a part of their FA program, but no details. Could anyone help me out? I'm looking for some kind of guideline regarding their credentials for merit aid, what kinds of awards they give, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>And does Case give full ride or full-tuition scholarships?</p>
<p>If you run their net price calculator, you might get an idea of what they may offer you. It looks fairly promising, so we set up an interview and a visit for November.</p>
<p>From the Case Western 2011-2012 Common Data Set:</p>
<p>Number of incoming freshmen who didn’t either apply for or qualify for financial aid: 283
Number of incoming freshmen with no financial need who received non-need-based aid: 167
Average amount of non-need-based aid: $18355</p>
<p>597 students of the 619 who qualified for financial aid also received some non-need-based aid but I don’t see away to get the average dollar amount of that.</p>
<p>Case does offer wonderful merit aid and I know that was a contributing factor in my daughters decision to choose Case over Univ of Miami. Do check out the net price financial calculator, it is close to what you should expect. I think my daughter was offered a bit more than what it projected but it helps to give you an idea of what to expect.</p>
<p>I am a current freshman at Case, and almost everyone I know has between 20 and 30k in merit aid. I believe the upper limit on the merit aid upon admission is 30k, which is the scholarship I received. I had a 35 ACT, a 2090 SAT, and a 4.17 GPA (out of 4.3) if you’re looking for what kind of academic standing earns the high-end scholarships. Also, don’t think that 30k is the limit. There is also bountiful need-based aid, as well as other merit scholarships that you can get through the University. For example, one scholarship that a friend and I received through the university was a 4.5k scholarship for being STEMM students from Ohio.</p>
<p>As for the full ride and tuition scholarships, they must be applied for separately (a listing is on the financial aid site) and they are extremely competitive. Nevertheless, if you have the academic standing to gain admission to Case, the amount of financial aid given should be enough that you shouldn’t be afraid of finances in choosing to go here.</p>
<p>From last year’s statistics: an ACT of 34 or higher and/or SAT of 2300 or higher will get you a merit scholarship of $30K. This is not based on need. I never filled out a FAFSA b/c I knew I would not have qualified for any FA. Note that any merit aid that you will receive will be substracted from your FA.</p>
<p>Is that 30k per year or just once?</p>
<p>That’s per year. Son is applying there because it is a good school with great aid.</p>
<p>Not all kids who scored 34 on ACT got 30K.
Also, they do not appear to negotiate o ce you find out your merit award amount.</p>
<p>^^^Agreed. My son got a 35 on the ACT and we have no illusions he will be given such a large amount. He does like the school, so we will see what they offer if he is accepted.</p>
<p>My son got $25K with an ACT of 33 so a little more for a slightly higher ACT score seems possible. We do not qualify for any need based aid.</p>
<p>I got in EA for the class of 2017 I had a 1730 SAT score and 3.4 UW gpa and my parents make a lot of money so i did not need FA badly but I got 23,000 a year</p>
<p>really? that’s amazing! I hope I get such a scholarship!</p>
<p>beautifulchick are you an athlete at Case?</p>
<p>My daughter got accepted to the nursing program and got 12K/year. Here SAT is around 1800 and GPA is above average. When I look at the EA posts, most student got 22K, the low I see is 15K and high is 30K. Is 12K reasonable or can I negotiate with the school for more?</p>
<p>There isn’t a strict numeric relationship between test scores and merit aid. That’s clear from the EA acceptance thread. There are students with virtually identical stats where one got good merit aid and the other didn’t even get accepted. It can’t hurt to call though.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, merit scholarships are pretty much non-negotiable. My family has some costly medical fees and we couldn’t get any more than our offer.</p>
<p>^I’ve actually heard quite the opposite: that if you call school #1 and say, “hey, school #2 is giving me this much money, I want you to match that”, it often works. It can’t hurt to try.</p>
<p>^^^
That’s IF you have an offer to counter with.</p>
<p>Let’s step back and consider why schools offer merit aid in the first place. It is to buy GPAs and test scores to improve their rankings in USNWR. How do you get kids with high stats to consider CWRU over say CMU, RPI or Cornell? You make it cheaper. Kids with high marks go to Case and Voila!, their rank goes up.</p>
<p>So, please no offense to the OP, but with an 1800 SAT and “above average GPA,” I am surprised at that merit award, surprised that it is so high.</p>
<p>At most schools you have to be above the 50th percentile and at many above their 75th percentile to expect ANY merit award. An SAT of 1800 sits right on Case’s 25th percentile.</p>
<p>There are many kids who not only didn’t get merit aid with numbers like that. They didn’t even get in.</p>