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

<p>My son was accepted with good stats. 34 act, good ec, class rank, grades, etc. I wonder how much your field of study enters into it? Son is NOT looking at engineering or science. Maybe it’s tougher to get into engineering, computer science at Case bc they have so many applicants for those fields? Good luck to all of you in your college search.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1950 (630, 680, 640)
ACT: 28
SAT II: 640 Math 1, 660 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: One AP, Five Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 5 year finalist at CT State Science fair with over 20 awards, International Genius Olympiad 3rd place,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder/Presiden of FTC Robotics Club
Job/Work Experience: Started my own comapny (LLC) to develop iPhone apps.
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ community service as part of Catholic school as an elementary school mentor.
Summer Activities: Launch a weather balloon camera to the edge of space (Startohab.blogspot.com)
Essays: Talked about how I am different and how wanting to be different inspired me to do the things i’m interested in.
Teacher Recommendation: Good. Honors math and Honors french teachers whom I’ve know for >2 years.
Counselor Rec: Not too bad.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: I did an interview with an alumni. I thought it went fine, but apparently it didn’t…
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Jesuit Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection:
Strengths: I think I wasn’t under-qualified, but somewhat overqualified in that Case knew I probably was not going to attend their school. They probably knew I was applying to some better schools and did not want to give an acceptance to someone who was never going to go there.
Weaknesses: Low level of interest.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not sure yet. Applied to CMU, RPI, Lehigh, Santa Clara, Villanova, Rochester, and Northeastern.
General Comments: I am completley surprised that I was reject at CWRU. It was my safety school. But then again, colleges will tend to reject high powered applicants if they know that they won’t attend. As you’ve seen here, most of the guys who were rejected had >2200 on their SAT. Meaning that they were more likely to go to Harvard than a safety school in a not-so-nice city. A classic case of “Tufts Syndrome”</p>

<p>^ What was your intended major?</p>

<p>I’m beginning to doubt myself too!!! Ivies+Northwestern = 0.00% possibility now!! :(</p>

<p>Also the fact that so many top applicants have been placed on the waitlist will make it tough to get through it, unless of course “many” don’t accept the waitlist!!</p>

<p>Anyone know how waitlist admits are looked at in terms of merit scholarship & need based aid??
I mean - few of the people who have received 20-25K scholarships have comparatively lower stats than those waitlisted. So if one of these highly qualified applicants was to accept the waitlist offer and then be accepted - What chance would he/she have of getting a scholarship??</p>

<p>@PresaD I’m undecided but on the common app, I believe that I put Computer science. I hope that did not matter in their decision. I thought that which intended major I chose wouldn’t have an effect on whether I would get accepted. I probably won’t go into Computer science, but like a combined Business and Engineering/Information Systems program. </p>

<p>If the reason for my wait-listed-ness was that I was an intended computer science major and their were just a ton of computer science applicants would be completely crass… Because they did not specify that I was applying to a specific program though.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Reading(800), Math(740), Writing (700)
[</em>] ACT: Never taken.
[<em>] SAT II: Not submitted
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish? (93 out of 100)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: over 100 on 100 scale.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 7%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s and 5s (not submitted)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Biochem, AP Stats, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP Gov and AP Econ
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Many- Science Olympiad, Quizbowl, Key Club, Technology Student Association, Math Club, Youth Group…
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Intern at information services dept. at Hospital
[<em>] Essays: Good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dunno.
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t do one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (India)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100k+
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs and ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Interest?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. Guess interest from the other posts…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: PSU, Drexel, Pitt waiting on others.</p>

<p>@krca I applied to 6 of the same exact schools you applied too. Our SATs are also similar and I’m also from a catholic school, but not in Connecticut. </p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (780M, 580R, 640W)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math, 600 Chem,
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  1. Varsity Athletics: I have a lot of medals, awards, and have 4 years of experience.
  2. Traveling: I have a lot of travel experience both in and outside of school.
  3. Classical and jazz pianist: I have a few awards and decent positions in my school band.
  4. A lot of additional programs here and there.
    [</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours over 4 years of high school.
    [<em>] Summer Activities: Took some academic courses, and did a lot of volunteering and traveling.
    [</em>] Essays: Good in my opinion, but a bit simple.
    [<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
    [</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent, I’m pretty close with my counselor.
    [<em>] Additional Rec: none
    [</em>] Interview: none</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]1. Racism: I’m Asian and I’ve heard schools discriminate against us.
2. Lack of interest: I didn’t show any interest.
3. Test Scores: Compared to the other applicants, my test scores were average, and I have no AP scores.</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I got into my top choice already so in all honestly, I’m pretty happy.
Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>@krca5942 That would be so awful! However, I wonder if the intended major is how they shape the class? There has been a rise in competition in computer science…maybe it had a small factor?</p>

<p>@rishav17 I honestly do not know, but my guess would be that the higher level scholarships go to the students already admitted. </p>

<p>I’m worried too! If I got in, does that indicate that my scores were “average” enough to not get into some other schools? However, I am so very grateful for the acceptance otherwise.</p>

<p>Wait listed.</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I: did not take
ACT: 33 (E:33 M:33 R:32 S:35)
SAT II: Chem: 740 Math II: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
Rank: 15 of 480
AP: 5 on Gov’t, Calc BC, Micro, APUSH; 4 on Lang.
Senior Year Course Load:AP Stats, AP Chemistry, AP English Lit, AP Spanish and AP Econ (macro)
Major Awards: AP Scholar with destinction, Illinois state scholar (don’t know what that is, but whatever)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mostly band related things (section leader in marching band)
Volunteer/Community service: 50 ish hours
Summer Activities: Caddied all summer for years
Essays: pretty good, but I’m a harsh critic
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Good, I think. I never asked
Interview: Didn’t do one.</p>

<p>Other
State: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 100k+</p>

<p>Comments: They are obviously trying to get their US News and World reports rank up. Making the application free allows them to reduce the acceptance rate, and the “interest is important” is kind of a cop out around the increase application numbers (That, and the email bombardment). To be fair, it was never my top choice, but I did do some of their online seminars. Apparently thats not interest enough.
Next few years, they will probably do the same thing (email bombardment, waitlist practically everyone) and their US News rank will probably rise in the next few years</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):did not send
[</em>] ACT: 31 C; 28 E; 29 M; 30 R; 35 S; 10 Essay (thanks the heavens for science)
[<em>] SAT II: did not send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/392
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 4; taking four tests this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s the rest honors</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): lots of engineering related stuff, probably helped
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: baseball umpire for years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: close to 200 hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: German exchange FTW
[<em>] Essays: Spent months on my common app, so it probably was good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: both amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: he told me i was one of the best he’s seen so far
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OR
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, not ranked
[<em>] Ethnicity: White as can be
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I have red hair, lol
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades, ec’s, maybe ACT?
[</em>] Weaknesses: um lack of interest
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed my passion for computers and teamwork through baseball
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied to a total of 9, so still waiting
[/ul]General Comments: good luck to those accepted, and for those not, It is only one school, you will all find your place somewhere!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 → CR 800 M 750 W 710 Essay 8
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: Chemistry 760 Math II 790
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/200
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History 5, Chemistry 5, Calculus BC 5
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country, JV/Varsity Track, Mock Trial Team, National Honor Society (Representative at Large), Principal’s Forum
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 2 weeklong overnight camps for disabled children, therapeutic riding volunteer, zoo volunteer, mission trip to Central America
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering above, also externship at local hospital
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Don’t know. I assume that they were decent.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/a
[li] Interview: Yes, w/ admissions officer</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: private, not secular
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (more than 1 generation)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: stats, extracurriculars, service
[</em>] Weaknesses: leadership, nothing all that above and beyond
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. I showed a lot of interest though, since I visited twice and had an interview.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Ohio State (Honors) → 6 more to go
[/ul]General Comments:
Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): too low to show
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 M2, 800 Physics, 750 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), USH (5), Calc AB (5), Phy. B (5), World (5), Jap. (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): ITGS SL (6), Phy. SL (7)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: good
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (VP), Amnesty (President), Historical Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer Tsunami Volunteer in Japan, Weekly Homeless feeding, Library organizer
[<em>] Summer Activities: see above
[</em>] Essays: to the best of my ability
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: not allowed to see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: not allowed to see
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: You can easily tell
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>]Income Bracket: 100k-150k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Academics
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT Score, Perhaps lack of interest
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: luck
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: tba[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I was perhaps lucky enough not to fall into the Tufts Syndrome category, but now that Im accepted, I am seriously considering CWRU.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>ACT: 35
SAT II: all 800’s
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 with all A’s this first semester also
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): maybe top 5%?
AP (place score in parenthesis): all 5’s</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: almost all APs and one college class
Major Awards some regional awards–multiple school top student awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): reasonable
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: yes–moderate
Summer Activities: not much
Essays: pretty good–no “dead dog” essays</p>

<p>Interview: did that
Other–sports–but not team captain</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Ethnicity: not a minority applicant
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing special
Reflection
Strengths: Academics
Weaknesses: not a special applicant
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: high GPA and scores and interest in the school
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Tulane
General Comments:
I am seriously considering CWRU.</p>

<p>They gave me a 30K a year merit–which makes Case competitive with the State schools </p>

<p>(I see one other person with the 30K merit? anyone else?)</p>

<p>I actually saw some $55,000/$54,000 (not on CC).</p>

<p>No interest demonstrated, 2400 sat, 2400 sat subject tests and</p>

<p>accepted with a $30,500 scholarship!</p>

<p>Anyone else not heard? I am afraid it means rejected … :(</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1540/2260
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 800 chem and 780 math 2
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5s
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A high school is not an IB school
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pretty rigorous
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP scholar with distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Pretty good, some leadership but not outstanding
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Quite a bit of this
[<em>] Summer Activities: Competitive summer camp
[</em>] Essays: Really, really good----
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 great, other okay
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: I didn’t even know they had them
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Mid sized state
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Definitely my essays. My scores were pretty good
[<em>] Weaknesses: No demonstrated interest, ECs not that great
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays…
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted Umass and Umish[/li][/ul]General Comments: got a 30500 scholarship. Really surprised as case isn’t my first choice and I showed no interest other than submitting the app…</p>

<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Applied to business school</p>

<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): Reading (800) Math (760) Writing (740)
[ *] ACT: Not Submitted
[ *] SAT II: Biology-M (800) Chemistry (800) Math II (780)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Weighted is 4.22, unweighted is probably 3.85 to 3.9
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 out of 227
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Stats (5), Chem (5), Bio (5), US (5)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Lit/Lang, AP Physics, AP Spanish, AP US Gov, Health, Adv. Photo
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross-country (captain), Math Honor Society (president), Academic Challenge (captain), debate (treasurer), Science Olympiad (lots of top 6 finishes, including 1st at States), National Honor Society
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Administrative Assistant at a local clinic (2 years)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local hospital (close to 200 hours total)
[ *] Summer Activities: None?
[ *] Essays: Pretty good, according to people I showed it too
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Probably good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good
[ *] Additional Rec: None
[ *] Interview: Didn’t do one</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public Suburban
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: Highest
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars/leadership and SAT/GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: Not much business experience?
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I have no idea; I was kind of shocked I didn’t get in…
[ ] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at OSU, UPitt ----Waitlisted at Washington in St. Louis ---- Deferred at Georgetown ----
[ /list][ b]General Comments:
This makes me really nervous for the other schools I applied to (all of which are harder to get into than Case…)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 660 reading, 800 math, 720 writing (10 essay) total–2180
ACT: Didn’t send
SAT II: 710 BioM, 740 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): unweighted is 3.51
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unavailable to students
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) APUSH (5) Ap english (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: Ap chemistry, AP gov, ap calc AB, honors physics, english, honors thesis, chemistry lab
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MODEL UN best position paper at yale…best position paper at hershey as well with delegation
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): started my own literary magazine since freshman year, science club prez, MODEL uN prez (this year), newspaper layout editor and staff writer, blue key society
Job/Work Experience: internship at UPenn this past summer to research neuroscience
Volunteer/Community service: went to india and volunteered for 5 weeks. also at my local library.
Summer Activities: internship at penn, publishing my magazine
Essays: Bob Mcullough wrote in my acceptance letter that he “loved one of my essays”…i thought they were decent
Teacher Recommendation: I think that they were both amazing
Counselor Rec: Same, I think that it was amazing
Additional Rec: from my internship…good
Interview: Went well
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private, coed
Ethnicity: indian
Gender: girl
Income Bracket: Highest
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my own magazine…:slight_smile:
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, ECs, interest, recommendation
Weaknesses: GPA, scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good ECS,lot of interest
WHERE ELSE ACCEPTED: nowhere…this is my first!!!</p>

<p>:) yay–also RECEIVED A 23000 DOLLARRR SCHOLARSHIP</p>