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

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (720 Reading, 670 Math, and 690 Writing)
SAT II: 730 Math II
GPA (out of 4.0):W 3.9 UW 3.4 (had some problems freshman year, mostly A’s since then.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis):Psych(5), US History (4), Chem (4), Lang & Comp (4),Calc AB (4), Enviro Sci (4), Gov & Poli (4)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:AP Micro/Macro Economics, Classes at a local college:Honors University Physics I & II , Calculus II and III, C Programming, Intro to Fiction & Drama
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honors Society, Environmental Club, Robotics Club, Model U.N., Varsity Tennis (captain)
Job/Work Experience: Researcher at the physics department at a local college. Taught tennis over the summer.
Volunteer/Community service:Volunteered at a science center for a couple years (200+ hours)
Summer Activities:Not much other than teaching tennis
Essays: I thought the main essay was pretty good. I was able to get an English professor to look it over and she said she loved it.
Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them. One of them was probably really good, the other was probably average.
Counselor Rec: Did not know my counselor very well, probably average.
[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
School Type:Middle of the run (used to be one of the top in the country)
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $50000-70000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): taking college classes while in highschool and being a Clevelander, maybe.
[ /list][ b]Reflection**[list]
Strengths: Courseload, extreme upward trend in grades
Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Ohio State, RPI. Waiting to hear back from others.</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2390 (800 Reading 800 Writing 790 Math
[</em>] ACT:Didnt take
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 800 Chem 800 Physics 800 Biology 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):UW 4.0 W 4.82
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):1/731
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Chem(5) Bio(4) Calc BC(5) Lang & Comp (5) U.S. History (5) Stats (5) Comp Sci(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics C, AP Lit & Comp, AP Chinese, AP Comp Gov, taking a Calc III class online, through Stanford.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemans competition finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Did some research for the Siemans stuff. Also math club (president), Physics club (treasurer), National Honors Society
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: I put in 300 or more hours volunteering at the homeless shelter
[<em>] Summer Activities: Was able to do some research with a prof at UCLA
[</em>] Essays:I thought they were pretty awesome
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they must have been pretty good I knew both of the teachers really well and they seemed to like me.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing. My counselor and my dad are like best friends so that must have helped.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[</em>] Interview: Nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Cali
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Oversized public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:something like $60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Stats, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: That last 10 points on the math portion of the SAT… SO CLOSE!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:because of my strengths listed previously.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted: Harvard, UCLA, Princeton, Caltech, UMichigan, URochester[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I think my admission kind of invalidates the comments you guys have made about “tufts syndrome”…</p>

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<p>@mattphy How did you get into both Harvard and Princeton? You could only have gotten into one of them with SCEA and the RD decisions aren’t out.</p>

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<p>And @mattphy spelled “Siemens” wrong…</p>

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<p>Haha so much for disproving Tufts syndrome</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>with 30.5k University Scholarship</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:
[</em>] ACT: 35 (34 English, 34 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: US History (760), Chemistry (720), Literature (730)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.78
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):50/673
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):WHAP (3), APUSH (5), Lang (5), Chem (4), Psych (5), Gov (4), Macro (5), Lit (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science II, AP Chinese IV, Basketball, Scientific Research and Design (I took Gov, Macro, and Literature as a junior)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Basketball 4 years (JV Captain 10th and 11th grade, varsity 12th), Junior Engineering Technical Society + Science Olympiad (vice president, senior vice president), Church youth group (bible study leader, worship leader, activity coordinator), taught English to Chinese immigrants through a church program for two years, National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Head Coach for youth rec basketball league (11th, 12th), various NHS stuff
[</em>] Essays: wrote about my perspective on leadership, and what i really think it means to be a leader
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: asked one of the parents of the kids whom I coached.
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, extremely competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:solid essay, consistency of activities, leadership positions
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA/rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall strength of application
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted - Washington University in St. Louis, University of Texas at Austin
rejected by University of Chicago</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: i originally only applied because they offered me a fee waiver and there was no supplement essay involved. didn’t really think too much about it. but with the university scholarship, i’m giving it a second thought, since it’s quite a bit of money. i’m just not sure what cwru or the city of cleveland really has to offer me</p>

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective

[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[ *] ACT: 35 composite, 36 superscore
[ *] SAT II: 800 Bio, 780 Chem, 740 Math II
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Word History (5), Bio (5), Chemistry (5), U.S History (4), Lang (4), Human Geo (5)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP physics C, AP psych, AP stat, Calc AB, AP Macro, AP Micro
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): two times Siemens Semifinalist, Intel ISEF finalist (3rd place category, special awards, etc), National merit, published papers

Subjective

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots of volunteering at hospitals, shadowing doctors, 700+ hours doing research at universities, varsity sports, club presidents.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: At many hospitals 300+ hours
[ *] Summer Activities: Research, Internships
[ *] Essays: Good. Not the best, but definitely above average
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: same as everyone else in my school
[ *] Additional Rec: Excellent. From research mentor who I worked with for 4 years.
[ *] Interview: N/A

Other

[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (ugh)
[ *] Gender: M
[ *]Income Bracket: 300k +
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college

Reflection

[ *] Strengths: Research background, siemens/intel awards, high test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA. Got a 2.9 freshmen year and straight 4.0 afterwards…guess that wasn’t good enough for Case
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea. I thought I would easily get in…
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted WUSTL and couple bs/md programs currently
General Comments
My friend who had 3.6 gpa and 32 ACT and nothing else (extracurriculars, awards, etc) got in. But he did show lots of interest in Case so I’m thinking Case is waitlisting lots of overqualified students and accepting their “match” students.

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@lboss1223‌

Lol dude I have similar stats and I got waitlisted this being I never responded to their e-mails for their interviews…lol

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Waitlisted Swagger.

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@katmain
i agree bro universities like case dont like wanna accept nor reject because ppl like us r overqualified thus we might not go there… ppl like ur friend tho migh go…

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