<p>Hello! I have been accepted to Case EA and wait listed everywhere else I applied EA. I got a 28k scholarship from case. I expected a big financial aid package, but it looks like I only got 1000. I expect this to change.
I have some questions that I would love an answer to from somebody familiar with the university!
1) How are Case's non math and science classes?
2)how is the atmosphere? What is Cleveland like?
3) How is financial aid like?
4) what are the best activities to get involved in?
5) what about night life?</p>
<p>At nearly all schools, your merit aid is added to your family’s EFC BEFORE they determine if you are eligible for residual need-based financial aid. CWRU’s COA is 58K, subtract the 28K MA you were granted and the 1K FA, your family will be left with 29K. If their EFC is anywhere close to 29K, it’s unlikely that you’l get any more help. Good luck.</p>
<p>Hello! I’m a sophomore at Case. I am a Spanish major, and I am also pre-med.
- Since I am a Spanish major, I have taken a few non-science classes including, obviously, Spanish, psych, sociology, and of course my mandatory SAGES. I have liked all of my humanities and social sciences courses. It is true that sometimes Case students look down on humanities majors (at least in my experience), but I wouldn’t tell a humanities major not to go there for that reason. The humanities programs here are still excellent.</p>
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<li><p>Nerdy! Really though, if you’re a nerd, Case is probably the perfect school for you. That said, if you want to party, you’ll find parties to go to. I’ve never partied so I can’t say whether the parties are actually good or not.
There are some parts of Cleveland that are nice, others that are not so nice. We stay away from East Cleveland. But the downtown area has stuff to do, and we have some nice shopping areas like Coventry and Beachwood mall.</p></li>
<li><p>Financial aid is excellent. I got a $28,000 merit scholarship as well and it was the top reason I chose Case.</p></li>
<li><p>Personally, I really like volunteering. I volunteer at Cleveland Clinic every week, which I absolutely love. I am also involved in WISER (a club that encourages girls to go into the STEMM fields) and a pre-medical fraternity. I am also a math supplemental instructor. There are tons of clubs to join. One thing that’s particularly popular is humans vs zombies. I’m not into it, but a lot of the people I know play it and love it.</p></li>
<li><p>Like I said, if you want to party, you’ll find parties. But I can’t really answer this question as I don’t party and I go to sleep at 9:30 hahaha.</p></li>
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<p>Hey! I’ve gotten accepted into Case too for EA!! I got a 22k scholarship but then they gave me 19.4k in financial aid, 2k in work study (not sure if you get paid TOO if you do this), and 11k in loans…</p>
<p>I’m like poor haha… <40k income</p>
<p>Still kind of a loan but I’m considering it!</p>
<p>The federal work study program benefits both you and the institution. You will work enough hours to be paid $2k for the year, but the federal government will pay it, not the institution.</p>
<p>As for the rest it’s all about EFC, expected family income.</p>
<p>As a rough approximation the maximum out of pocket expected from a family with an income of 40k would be about $2k. </p>
<p>Based on Case assuming that the OP can afford $28k with little more financial assistance, we can assume their family income is in the neighborhood of $120k per year, give or take. If it’s lower than that, there’s room to request more. If not, it is what it is.</p>
<p>Remember, EFC is based on verified family income based on tax returns.</p>
<p>Good job both of you for getting in.</p>
<p>My D is looking on her account and can see her merit award, is there another place to look? Did you receive an email notification that it was up?</p>
<p>It was mentioned in the acceptance letter that was uploaded into my son’s portal.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your responses! My biggest concern right now is finaid. Currently, I have been accepted to Case as well as UMich. Michigan doesn’t have that great financial aid. So right now I’m kind of relying on this to be my choice for good financial aid. My family’s income for this year is predicted to be around 75k. We obviously don’t have this year’s tax returns yet, as the year isn’t over. I have contacted them, but I’m getting extremely vague answers. Do I like need to upload my family’s tax returns from last year or something? My current aid (including merit) is 29k with only 1k of that from need based aid. That seems low to me. And do they really give you less need based aid based on the fact that you get a merit based scholarship? That seems to disincentivize getting a merit based scholarship.</p>
<p>I contacted Case’s financial aid office yesterday and my daughter is receiving nothing but the 25k merit aid. We are shocked, the net price calculator did not indicate this and we have just been through this process with our S. She was crushed but is looking at various other sources of scholarships. She has been looking at Case since her sophomore year and has worked incredibly hard to get to this point.</p>
<p>Here’s the official government EFC worksheet. It will tell you how much your family is expected to contribute, no matter where your child goes. Remember, merit aid is subtracted from EFC. For instance, if your EFC is $30 and you get a merit award of $25k, your new “need” will only be $5k.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/091913EFCFormulaGuide1415.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/091913EFCFormulaGuide1415.pdf</a></p>
<p>Then, according to Case’s Common Data Set, they met 82% of their students need. Students graduate with an average of $37,640 in loan debt.</p>
<p>Finally, all of this is just information, possibly fuel for an appeal to Case, but in the end, it’s what they decide. They are under no obligation to give any aid at all. :(</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>The EFC calculated in the worksheet link above only applies to federal aid. Schools use their own formulas to calculate EFC and FA for any of the school’s monies being awarded. Case uses the CSS profile, so it is safe to assume that they factor in the additional information required on the CSS profile when determining your aid.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the 82% of need met from the common data set is the average. That means some students may have received more that 82% of their need, and other students may have received less.</p>
<p>sorry wrong thread …will repost</p>
<p>Our EFC is $26,000, I am baffled how she did not receive additional financial aid or work study in addition to her merit aid. The discussion over the CSS did not prove any better. I am hoping our 2013 taxes and $16,000 in out of pocket medical expenses will help.</p>
<p>Murmur-- It’s unlikely to help, but I would definitely still try. The negotiation process would probably work better if your D has a matching offer from another school to negotiate with.</p>
<p>Because Case does not meet full need, they probably practice something called preferential packaging. This typically means that files are scored on some type of scale, where students the school wants most (perhaps those with the highest merit awards) are packaged with the ‘best’ package-- whether that means they meet full need or eliminate loans. The more they want a student (for sports, or for a talent, for grades, whatever), the more likely it is that they will meet need in a nice way. Remember, Case meets 82% of need on average-- which isn’t to say that all applicants have 82% of need meet. Some students may have 100% of need met. Some students may only have 78% of need met, like your D.</p>
<p>Another school’s take on preferential packaging:</p>
<p>[Muhlenberg</a> College The Real Deal on Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/admissions/therealdealonfinancialaid/]Muhlenberg”>The Real Deal on Financial Aid | Muhlenberg College)</p>
<p>Thanks purpleacorn, she is waiting for financial aid packages/merit packages from her remain schools and some won’t come til April. By then our FASFA will be in along with our Schedule A tax rom and a detailed letter of our medical situation of 2013, which Case does want. Since we have been through this before, but never with the Profile, I am shocked at the difference especially since we ad run the numbers. I haven’t given up, it is just very discouraging that she has such great numbers, then most at Case do.</p>
<p>1) How are Case’s non math and science classes?</p>
<p>If you recall Case’s history, CWRU was formed from the joining of Case Institute of Technology with Western Reserve College…so you have an Engineering oriented school combined with a Liberal Arts college…best of both worlds! Also helps even out the male/female ratio that some other engineering schools have an issue with.</p>