Case Western VS Kenyon

[cobrat]

If she were pre-med or more decisively STEM-directed, I would have urged her to attend Case.

If this was between Oberlin and CWRU, it would have been a harder decision IMO as Oberlin’s reputation in the natural sciences departments among science academics is well-renowned.

However, due to self-selection and the orientation of those departments, vast majority tend to go on to PhD programs to become research scientists/academics or become science teachers in K-12. That doesn’t meant one can’t get a great pre-med education there…just that one will be in a tiny minority of folks who pursue that route due to self-selection.

One older college classmate who was a Double-Degree student(Viola/Chemistry) ended up attending the Chem PhD program at an HYPSMCC. A few friends in the Physics department at MIT noted that they had a few Oberlin alums as fellow PhD students in their department when my undergrad came up in conversation.

[sunshine1975]

Really appreciate all the input and advice from everyone. Helped a lot in the decision making process. Thank you all

[bopper]

There are hospitals at CWRU literally across the street…and Cleveland Clinic is very close. Also Case has a medical school so I am sure the health committed has a good idea of what is needed for med school.

CWRU has a One Door Admission policy…once you are in the Univ you can major in what ever you want…if you change from Engineering to Biology or Business you don’t have to “apply” to get into the schools.

CWRU is located in the University Circle that has the Cleveland Orchestra, Natural History Museum, Art Museum, Botanical Gardens, etc etc.

The WR part of CWRU was a liberal arts college…so you have a nice balance between the STEM and the Humanities at Case.