Case Western Reserve Class of 2023 EA Results Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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Now that I’m a bit calmer:

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1460 (710 RW, 750M – although I took the June SAT and got merked by the curve)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.0 BUT school doesn’t weight until Junior/Senior year,
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School DNR
AP: School offers “Advanced” courses rather than AP’s so no exams
Senior Year Course Load: (note above) A Chem, A Art History, A Enviro, A Existentialism, A Studio Art, A South Africa, A Central America, regular Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
UVA Natl. Book Award
Le Grand Concours Natl. French exam Gold Medalist
Top Debater Award HSPDP
School Alumni Association Award

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate – 7 years (Head Captain 2 yrs), Day Student Prefect – 3 years (Head of group/oversee day student life)
Varsity Volleyball – 3 years (Captain, lead team to first league champs)
Varsity Basketball – 3 years, Varsity Track – 2 years
Equestrian show team member – 13 years
Founded Hogwarts-style “house” system at school (main organizer) [thought this helped show community involvement but idk]
Job/Work Experience:
Bakery prep cook – 6 years (mom owns business)
Barn assistant at horse stables – 7 years (3 paid)
Volunteer/Community service:
IVDSA volunteer: work with association to help children with DS
Shoes That Fit: I organize my school’s annual shoe drive
Toy Drive: I organize my school’s annual toy drive
Essays (rating 1-10, details): CA essay 8.5ish/10? idk I’m bad at gauging my writing abilities but it was a deeply personal story without being too depressing but I made a few ppl cry reading it? not sure if they were genuine though haha
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9.5/10 Debate coach/ humanities teacher/ like my best friend. She knows be better than anyone and even texted me – and I quote – that my rec letter was “badass”
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10 Physics teacher. I did good in his class and I really got along with him but he just doesn’t know me as well as Rec 1
Counselor Rec: 9/10 I go to a small school where college guidance is really emphasized and even then I have a particularly good relationship with my counselor

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Communication Science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sister graduated a few years back

Reflection

Strengths: Community involvement, relationships with teachers, course rigor
Weaknesses: SAT, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My sister went, also Case is more holistic than most other schools on my list, which definitely helped
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Umich

General Comments:
I really pushed my public speaking and I spent a lot of time connecting with Case (visit, college fair, rep visit, sister went)

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 33 & 32
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) like 3.9:
Weighted GPA: 4.23
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1, 2, C, Calc BC, CSA, Lang, Lit, Couple others

Senior Year Course Load: Lots of independent studies in post ap math and science classes

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (Captain), Math Team (Captain), CS Team (Captain), Theatre(Lights Director and Actor)
Job/Work Experience: USNA Internship
Volunteer/Community service:70 hours
Summer Activities:Local Community College Classes

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Have had for over 8 classes over 4 years (CS and Physics Independent studies) A close friend
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10 Assistant Head of Upper School - A close friend I work with daily and my AP Lit teacher.
Counselor Rec: 10/10 I spend several hours a day with her and we are close friends

Applied for Financial Aid?: No, but recieved Michelson-Morley (27.5k per year)
Intended Major: CS and EE
State (if domestic applicant):MD
School Type:Private
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:M
Income Bracket: N/a

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accepted
$15,000/year merit scholarship
applied as a poly-sci major
1460 SAT
3.93 W/GPA
3.49 UW/GPA
solid recs & ecs
kind of controversial common app essay about religion
really didn’t expect to get in, let alone get a merit scholarship :slight_smile:

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I am also an Asian male!
I was accepted with 1510 sat, 3.7 uw gpa and some decent activities. Nothing special. I believe ur son deserves a better school!

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1560
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: Math Level 2 760, Literature 740
GPA (out of 4.0): school doesn’t calculate GPA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but I know I’m definitely not in the top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t take AP
IB (place score in parenthesis): 36 (excluding additional points)
Senior Year Course Load: HL Math, Physics, Literature, Economics/SL French, History
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): MUN (president, chaired in multiple conferences), speech and debate (captain), Habitat for Humanity (Vice president), NHS (treasurer), piano, violin
Job/Work Experience: summer camp assistant
Volunteer/Community service:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common app essay was around 7-ish
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): they weren’t stellar - probably around 7-8

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: don’t know yet
School Type: international school in Europe
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: test scores, leadership in extracurricular activities
Weaknesses: IB scores, essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: didn’t apply for financial aid as a international student, had good extracurriculars, well rounded application

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Daughter got accepted with 25k per year in merit!
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0 UW
Class rank: 1/767
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
AP classes taken: AP environmental (4) AP Calc AB (4) AP Human Geography (5) AP US History (4) AP Lang (4)
Senior course load: AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, AP Biology
Dual enrollment: taken 14

Visited campus last summer
Extracurriculars: competitive cheerleading, volunteer at local hospital, President/Founder of Stoneman Strong Club, NHS, Vice President of Youth Group

Work experience: teacher’s assistant at temple, freelance math tutor

Very excited, CWRU was one of her top choices! Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!!

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D Accepted $25/year scholarship
ACT: 35C 4.2 GPA
BME
Lots of ECs
Visited during Spring Open House
Requested alumni interview, but never received one.

I’m still confused why some get in and others deferred or outright rejected. Hoping everyone finds their own “right place” to land.

Crossing fingers for all of the deferred candidates!

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MODERATOR’S NOTE: This is a RESULTS thread, not a discussion thread. I deleted quite a few posts from today (I didn’t look back further). Please restrict posts to results only.

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 35 C, 36 E, 35 M, 35 R, 32 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
Weighted GPA:4.34
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), AP US (4) - hadn’t sent these yet
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Junior and Senior year are all college classes.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lost of arts and academic clubs, community theater since 2nd grade, set design, costume making, etc.
Job/Work Experience: Law Office Assistant two summers
Volunteer/Community service: tons of volunteer work
Summer Activities: took English class in England
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Well written, but cliche topic (mom’s opinion)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: AP Euro 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: CS Professor, unknown, but she really likes my daughter
Counselor Rec:, unknown
Additional Rec:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): Kentucky
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ?? NPC < $15k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Accepted to STEM high school where they take all college classes at state university their junior and senior years. Female in CS?

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure. Uninteresting common app essay? Too much financial need? Too few ECs?

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@Neurotic2027 They may be wary of whether you’ll actually go there because of your high stats. Feels like colleges are more concerned about yield than they used to be.

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Decision: Deferred

Objective:
SAT 1560 (breakdown): RW 760, M 800
SAT II Math 800, Chemistry 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Weighted GPA:4.70
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP US (5) AP CS (5) Calc BC (5) Physics 1 (5) Chinese (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs (US gov, MicroEcon, Statistics) 2 College dual enrollment courses: Data Structure and Algorithm, Multi-Variable and Linear Algebra.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (many years) high school clubs, Badminton, Guitar
Job/Work Experience: Soccer referee
Volunteer/Community service: tons of volunteer work, President Service Gold award
Summer Activities: JHU engineering summer camp
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Well written
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: AP Physics 1 teacher
Teacher Rec #2: Chinese language teacher, taught 3 years, got all As
Counselor Rec:, unknown
Additional Rec:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: mixed
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Why? I saw many stats not as good as mine got in. I went to CWRU’s regional officer meeting in my high school and showed my interest in the CWRU. I’m one of the top student from my school apply CWRU. Why deferred? I wish someone can tell me.

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Objective: Applied as a biology major
SAT I (breakdown): 1560
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 800 Bio
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weigh gpa
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 in school
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 in 9 AP
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Concertmaster of all state orchestra, concertmaster of chamber orchestra, founder of thornbrook trio, research published about associated lymphocytic vasculitis, USNCO National chemistry olympiad semifinalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): look above
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 10

Teacher Rec #1: Ferpa
Teacher Rec #2: Ferpa
Counselor Rec: Ferpa
Additional Rec: Ferpa

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MO
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $200
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: stats, gpa, ec
Weaknesses: Didn’t show interest at all
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because I didn’t show any interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Deferred Dartmouth ED

General Comments: Even though I didn’t show any interest, I thought I would’ve gotten in purely base on my stats and my EC’s. Also, I don’t understand why Case underestimates that people with high stats will not attend. Even though I applied EA, Case has been on the top of my list for a while, and I would’ve most definitely attended if I got accepted…

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Oh shoot. Regarding my last post, I got deferred.

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@anxiousNot Sounds like you got yield protected. You seem like a great student. No worries, other good schools are definitely going to accept you!

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@cforms
Case has single door admission…so you don’t have to "get into the engineering school " or business school or anything. Once you are in, you are in what ever major you would like. Although if you want nursing make sure to tell them.

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Hi does anyone know if merit awards go higher than 30k and how likely is it that Case would increase merit if you contact admissions. Top choice but price tag just crazy. Thanks

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@azleah if you want to be a CPA, you have to do more than 4 year of college…so maybe they have a program where you can do the 5th as a Masters

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@Moe1352 Freshman dorms are like typical freshman dorms anywhere.

You can see the layouts of the dorms here…https://students.case.edu/housing/facilities/tour/
look for North Residential Village

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I thought I saw someone who had a little bit more than 30K…i have never seen any merit above 40K (although there are competitive scholarships). Case is right up there with other private Universities

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Accepted OOS
29 act w/ 3.9 gpa
I interviewed w/ Chicago’s admissions rep
$25,000 scholarship

To user bopper above, I can confirm that others have gotten $30k+ in scholarship, as my friend got $32,500 in scholarships :slight_smile: