@needmoney2022 not yet
Was waitlisted but got a pretty good merit scholarship? does anyone know if this means anything? has anyone on the waitlist gotten in yet?
Yes. Did you get a hypothetical financial aid offer “if” they accept you from the waitlist? @kjreg8 ?My D’s is excellent as well. Just waiting to be accepted. …
@Winky1 it would help others too if you join Waiting thread
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/case-western-reserve-university/2065949-cwru-waitlist-faqs.html#latest
We got our financial offer it is good. Our income may go up and need to see what it will be at that time. Also waitlisted at Columbia and WashU.
@ambkeegan You can call the school and ask them what your EFC would be in the event your income goes up or down and they will help you. We called to find out what our EFC would be when our other kids are in college at the same time and they gave us some estimates.
@kjreg8 @Winky1 if you don’t mind me asking, how much did you guys receive in scholarship/ financial aid? I’m on the same boat and was curious to see if we all got the same amount or if it was customized for each applicant.
Ok, @Jenbio101 . I posted but edited. I will pm you.
@Winky1 our numbers are certainly different then your numbers that you edited. I have to admit seriously debating, accept the Northwestern generous offer we just received today and free up CWRU slot.
@PPofEngrDr , Case truly met our demonstrated need if they ever wind up offering that offer. That’s the thing, my D has been deferred and now waitlisted, and we have demonstrated need. I am just reluctant to think they will accept her.
If your son got into Northwestern with a generous offer, you have nothing to lose if you choose to wait it out until close to May 1st. Unless Northwestern gives preference to housing for those who have deposited. Or if you don’t mind losing a deposit at Northwestern if CWRU comes through for you guys. I wouldn’t give up a spot on the waitlist at Case if your son could really honestly entertain going to Case if the financial aid offer was solid. If you are all set on Northwestern, though, then I would give up the Case waitlist.
Keep us posted, please.
@Winky1 tbh, as a parents my preference is Northwestern. Even other elite schools for UG offers generously, CWRU mock numbers are generous too, Northwestern has home ground advantage (we live in suburbs) and another big factor is UG research in windy city. Unless another elite UG school that has much better UG research than Northwestern, my vote in family is for Northwestern. Ofc, ultimate decision is his.
My view point is lots of family like us are juggling this crunch time and if you are 90%+ certain about a college then I would start rejecting other admissions that you are 90%+ certain not going, so that it helps everyone. We may continue CWRU waitlist for another week b4 pulling out.
My estimated FA included a 17k scholarship for 2018-2019, which is honestly pretty nice, so I chose to stay on the waitlist. But just to check – CWRU’s waitlist isn’t binding though, right?
No, the waitlist isn’t binding. It is just saying that you are interested still. At some point you may get an email that says “if we admitted you, would you attend?” at that point you should definitely say No or Enroll.
Just to help with the continuity:
I was accepted to CWRU Engineering and was a Finalist for the Alexander A. Treuhaft Memorial Scholarship, however after being accepted to the Engineering program at my DREAM school . . . Stanford (don’t ask me how because I still don’t get it), I am closing my application file with Case Western.
They were always so nice to me, so I feel really bad. They were the second college to ever contact me and I loved receiving their mailings, emails, and calls.
I wish you all luck and hopefully, this will open up a spot for one of the other amazing candidates on this thread.
@“Maschinenmädchen” Thanks for the spot. my sons major is engineering hopefully he will get it. Good luck
Does anyone know if it’s possible to ask CWRU for more financial aid? I got a 23k scholarship but and an unsubsidized loan but this is still expensive for me and I’m excited to attend if the cost of attendance is lower
@bsmdstudent101
If it is the only viable option then don’t hesitate to ask them. Go over your financial need (I.e. your bottom-line, walk away) in detail and hopefully they will make every attempt to help.
Case western is a needs meet school so I would go to them with the EFC and any additional expenses that you incur that you would like them to take into account. It can’t hurt.
Don’t know. You would have to be able to show after their calculations why you would need more.
How r u all?
Just out of curiosity, I want to ask what are you all doing to get accepted off the waitlist?
I am an international student. Any Indian?