**Case Western Reserve University RD Decisions Class of 2017**

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<p>Hey everyone, it is less than 4 hours to 12pm EST - supposedly when CWRU sends us the e-mails with the link to our decisions!! :)</p>

<p>Do post your decision and stats here!! I know this forum isn't much active but hopefully people accepted/waitlisted/rejected will come around to this forum after/just before the decisions!!&lt;/p>

<p>All the best everyone!! :D</p>

<p>Copy and REMOVE SPACES</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>The sign in page isn’t opening, are others facing this problem too? I know there’s still time, but I was just curious.</p>

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<p>I think the sign in page is different from the decision page!!</p>

<p>Or else they wouldn’t be providing us with a link!! :)</p>

<p>Maybe you got the wrong password??</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 reading, 760 writing, 690 writing (9 essay)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II: 710 BioE, 760 Chem
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): weighted is 3.7 (90.36). Idk the unweighted
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable to students
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4) World History (2, didnt send score) Biology (5) US History (3) English Language (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 APs, 2 college level none ap classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honour.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Nothing major, been in a few clubs but for less than a year. no leadership
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, 200+ hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: None
[</em>] Essays: Some people loved my essay, others hated it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think that they were both amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same, I think that it was amazing
[<em>] Additional Rec: From hospital, pretty good
[</em>] Interview: Went well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.K. (international applicant living in U.S.)
[<em>] School Type: Public, magnet (NYC specialised HS)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Highest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Essay, SAT scores, interest, recommendation
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, lack of EC
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: High SAT, interest
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accept: Binghamton, stony brook, U at Buffalo, U Dundee (scotland), Penn state. Deferred: U Chicago, northeastern. Reject: Oxford, Kings College London[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>I was waitlisted</p>

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<p>Wait listed, will post stats later. The international Fadmission screws you for admission.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>GPA: 4.52 (cumulative)
ACT: 26, E: 30 M: 27 R: 20 S: 25 W: 11, Comb. E/W: 31
AP: World History, Chemistry, English Language and Composition, Spanish Language, Microeconomics, Statistics
Rank: School does not rank</p>

<p>EC’s
Political Action Internship (2 yrs, but only eligible in junior year)
Concert Band (3 yrs)
Jazz Band (1 yr)
Volunteer at local hospital (4 yrs - 2 yrs as head supervisor)
Volunteer as AYSO Soccer Referee (3 yrs)
Over 200 hrs of total volunteer work
Student Ambassador (4 yrs)
Junior/Senior Class Council (2 yrs, Treasurer both years)
Debate Team (2 yrs)
Class Advisory Leader (2 yrs)
Architectural Apprenticeship (1 yrs - Quit because I hated architecture)</p>

<p>Awards
Questbridge College Prep Scholar (Junior Year)
Perfect Attendance (Grade 9, 10, 11 (maybe 12))
Church Essay Contest Winner (9, 10)
Youth Service Medal of Honor Award (12)</p>

<p>Background
Ethnicity: African American
State: IL
School: Top 3 public school in IL. Top 50 in country
Intended Major: Electrical Engineering
Strengths, GPA and EC’s
Weaknesses: Definitely ACT Score
Reflection: Definitely needed this acceptance since over the past few weeks I’ve been rejected from some great engineering schools (UIUC UT Austin TAMU). If money is right, maybe i’ll attend.</p>

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<p>Wait listed :frowning: I do not feel like posting my stats!! FA sucks :(</p>

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<p>HOLY Wait listed. Can’t believe it.</p>

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<p>Guys, if the letter doesn’t mention any scholarship, then does that mean I got nothing? :(</p>

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<p>@tronvader look on the right side of the PDF. It has links under “Next Steps”</p>

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<p>Posting for my son:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 MathII, 800 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.6?, 4.19w
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/188
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Calc BC, Physics
Eagle Scout, Tech Crew, Music</p>

<p>Scholarship of $23000</p>

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<p>@bward40 yeah, but there’s nothing that suggests scholarships :frowning: Oh well…</p>

<p>@RunsWScissors, do you mind telling me where the scholarship info is posted?</p>

<p>I’m beating a dead horse here, lol - but still excited about the acceptance!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 800, M: 770, WR: 730)
[</em>] SAT II: World: 800, Bio M: 780, Math II: 740
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Low 3.9ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/73
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), Calc AB (5), Stats (3)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 2 AP’s and 7 classes in total.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Involved in many for many years.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Same
[</em>] Summer Activities: Studying, teaching English, touring college campuses
[<em>] Essays: Great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic due to him being so busy.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): N.A, but I used to live in Ohio for 5 years.
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): South Korea, but living in Thailand.
[</em>] School Type: Religious
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/Korean
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>]Income Bracket: 100,000+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Lived in three countries.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: The entire application!
[</em>] Weaknesses: Applying for FA as an international
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Read above.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UBC, waitlisted at WUSTL, rejected from KAIST, waiting to hear from Ivies and McGill.
[/ul]General Comments: Sucks to be waitlisted twice on the same day, but oh well, God will lead me.</p>

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<p>Waitlisted, can anyone tell me why? Sort of shocked
3.76 UW/ 4.12W
With a 3.96W / 4.56W Junior year
34ACT
three 750 subject tests in math, physics, and US History
Very Solid extracuriculars
Caucasian male applied for engineering</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (W-730, M-800, R-700)
[</em>] SAT II: MII - 780, Phy - 760
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (9th-85%, 10th-94%,11th-84%,12th-86%midyear)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard MUN India??
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball, Soccer(District Team), Model UN, Event head at natn’l inter school science fair, Exec board at region Model UN conference, Photography, Debating, Science fair competitions, etc… I keep forgetting :stuck_out_tongue:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme(India)
[</em>] Summer Activities: See ECs^
[<em>] Essays: Commonapp can’t say. I liked it! :smiley:
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Personally written(not a generic one) - so good!
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): India
[</em>] School Type: Pvt
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>]Income Bracket: Need FA
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Dunno.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT IIs and gpa looks low(but that’s beacause of ultra strict grading). NEED FA.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tufts Syndrome?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Drexel, UIUC - accepted. Waiting to hear from others!
[/ul]**General Comments **: Shocked!! All my hopes for the Ivies have disappeared!! But then… Hold on… A quick search shows CWRU listing “interest in college” as V.Imp - so maybe I was a victim of the Tufts syndrome?? I mean - all I did was submit the free app & then see the decision. Haha!! :stuck_out_tongue:
But come Monday and I’m gonna be shooting a mail to admissions office - “DEMONSTRATING INTEREST”
Congrats to all that got in. Hard luck to all those rejected. Hold on to all those waitlisted Peace out! :D</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (W790 M740 R670 E11) - 2 sittings superscored
[</em>] SAT II: Math2: 750, Chemistry: 720
[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA; awesome grades overall, but mediocre grades with max rigor in second semester junior year</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debating Society (President), Environmental Society (President), History Society (Editor-in-Chief), Model UN (Secretary-General), Published Author (in leading newspapers and book on amazon), Substitute 10th Grade History Teacher
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a Foundation for ~200 hours regarding education development
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not really
[</em>] Summer Activities: Writing, travel, internships
[<em>] Essays: I liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Chemistry and Advanced Math - would assume to be terrific
[<em>] Counselor Rec: would assume to be terrific
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[</em>] Intended Major: Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, great grades and overall profile imo
[</em>] Weaknesses: Probably academic blip in junior year, no major awards, no varsity athletics
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Yield protection
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Macalester College with $15k merit aid; Waitlisted at WUSTL (and now Case); Rejected from Stanford REA and Swarthmore EDII
[/ul]General Comments: Don’t really care because I need FA Case was very unlikely to award :p</p>

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<p>Accepted- honestly shocked, no interest only applied because it was free
3.6 gpa uw
2010sat (660m 650cr 700w)
Majoring in business
Average essay and recs
From nh-perhaps the demographic ???</p>

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<p>I didn’t get any email… and I live in columbus… :[</p>

<p>Sent from my SCH-I605 using CC</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (2 sittings) CR 690 M 790 W 800
[</em>] ACT: did not write
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level II - 800 , Physics - 800, Chemistry - 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 10/10 in Indian CBSE system (A1 in all subjects)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/300
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Functional English, Computer Science - Programming, Physical Education.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NTSC Gold Medal (x2) - Math, UNSW Macmillan Exam Mathematics - Top 1% in Gulf with High Distinction, UNSW Macmillan Exam English - UAE Topper, Top 1% in Gulf with High Distinction, Manipal University Technical Quiz - Runner Up, Aryabhatta Math Competition - 1st Rank, Ramanujan Math Competition - 2nd Rank, CASE Exam for GEMS Schools in Middle East - 1st Rank in Mathematics, Blog of the Year 2012 Award, Liebster Blog Award.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Editorial Board (President), Blogger, Online Math Help Website (Administrator), Photography (Founded an online photography community).
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Dubai Cares, Pakistan Flood Relief Association in Dubai, Volunteer-in-Dubai, Burjuman Pink Walkathon, various can collection drives.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Attended full year academic enrichment class in Math, Physics, Chemistry, which ran in the summer too. Approx 25 hours a week. Also traveled.
[</em>] Essays: Excellent. Reviewed by a full time author and he loved them
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Brilliantly written, contained lots of anecdotes and praise.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Really good. Counselor went all in on this one.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None.
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates (Indian national)
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: $125,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Diversity perhaps because I have lived in several cities and now live abroad, nothing else really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Scores, Essays.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Applied for financial aid as an international student, perhaps did not show too much interest.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: International FA is really competitive, hope to get in through the waitlist though, because Case accepts almost half of the candidates who accept the waitlist status.
[<em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>]Accepted: SDSMT
[<em>]Defered: EA - Yale.
[</em>]Waiting for: Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Dartmouth, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Lehigh, Bucknell, Northwestern, Duke, Johns Hopkins, WPI, Cooper Union, Rice, Vanderbilt, Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Harvey Mudd
[/ul]General Comments: A bit disappointed not to get into a school with such a high acceptance rate, but I guess with International FA, one can never be sure. Feel sorry for all the others like me, but we’re still not out guys, CWRU accepted almost half of the waitlisted students last year. Congrats to all who got in though, you deserved it.</p>