<p>top 10 by what? that fake newsweek ranking? Come on there's much better ways to determine ur high school's ranking.</p>
<p>^^^ was he talking about High school rankings? Also was he saying if it isn't top ten it isn't selective or was he saying people here think that way</p>
<p>Acceptance rate is largely a misleading statistic to look at. Schools like Georgia Tech, Case Western, CMU are more "self-selective" than other schools. These schools are more specialized (and in the case of Case Western in a more obscure place). Therefore only certain students will apply there.</p>
<p>lol well I think illumin4tus was kidding. I think the acceptance rate-selectivity rate correlation is not 100%, but self-selectivity (of the applicant pool) can only take you so far. If Case's rate is really 71%, I wouldn't call it that selective.</p>
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If Case's rate is really 71%, I wouldn't call it that selective.
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Why not? Perhaps it doesn't have name brand prestige and most people give you a blank stare when you mention it, but the fact is that in INTELLECTUAL circles it is extremely highly regarded. When persuing a job it will be highly regarded. The fact is that it is a more specialized school in Cleveland and many do not want to go there, but more power to those who do because they are EXTREMELY generous with aid.</p>
<p>What is Case's yield?</p>
<p>ok, im hearing stuff about the bottom range of students... think about this. Outside of the cc fantasy world a 1200 is a fairly good SAT score and Case's 25%-75% Verbal is 600-700, Case's 25%-75% Math is 640-740, and even better Case's 25%-75% ACT is 27-31. Nationally those are VERY stellar numbers for even the 25%... there top of their 25th percentile scores a 27 ACT while the average ACT is only around 21, yeah argue with those numbers if you want but the fact remains that case's applicants are so stellar that even with a 70% acceptance rate it still qualifies as selective.</p>
<p>Why does it matter that their acceptance rate is high? It doesn't change the fact that case western is a good school.</p>
<p>doesnt really matter... i didnt even like case, i hated it... im just defending the fact that it should be classified as selective</p>
<p>I was just wondering how they maintained pretty good stats with such a high acceptance rate... and then the madness broke out lol</p>
<p>Case doesn't seem to play the enrollment management game that some universities do to 'protect' their selectivity rating. This is more or less the opposite of 'tufts syndrome' where high stats kids are rejected if the school thinks they are not likely to attend. This means they lose some to cities that are perceived as more desirable than Cleveland - and to colleges that are higher in the USNWR rankings. But it also means that they don't miss out on the very talented ones that want to attend.</p>
<p>I should point out that Case Western is a good school (even if selectivity isn't all that high) and, that "Tufts Syndrome" is largely a myth. Maybe a decade ago that was the case, but now it's quite different.</p>
<p>Case Western is more "self-selective" than other schools. There are 4 kids going to Case this year from my D's HS, they are all top 25 (out of ~550) in their class. They had been admitted to Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Washington U, and others. They choose Case because it fit their interests. Yes, my D is going to Case too (1530 SAT and 3.8 GPA).</p>
<p>1530 SAT (V+M), 3.8 UW GPA or 4.4 W GPA</p>
<p>No offense, but that's a mistake if it wasn;t free.</p>
<p>just wondering, but what are you refering to when you say "But that's a mistake if it wasn't free" ? Did you mean that for someone with those stats going to Case Western, that they should have been given a full ride, etc.?</p>
<p>illumin4tus, come on let's be nice now.</p>