CaseWestern Reserve University Class of 2020 EA Results Thread!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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**Decision: Accepted ($31,000 scholarship) **

EARLY ACTION

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): None
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 Math, 34 English, 35 Reading, 36 Science)
    [] SAT II: Math II (790)
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 3.86
    [] Weighted GPA: 4.64
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None (probably top 5%, informally)
    [] AP (place score in parentheses): Euro History (5), Calc BC (5), English Lang/Comp (5), US History (5), Music Theory (4) (self-studied Theory)
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Band, PE, AP English Lit/Comp, AP Chem, AP Comp Sci, Multivariable Calculus (dual enrollment)
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major, just ones like NHS, AP Scholar with Distinction, scholar-athlete certificates for track and XC.

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Cross Country (varsity), Track (varsity), Marching/pep band (Section Leader), Math Team, Scholastic Bowl, GSA
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Worker at a concession stand
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Math/Science tutoring, assistant teacher at religious school
    [    ] Summer Activities: Cross Country camp, marching band camp
    [] Essays: Explored my lifelong fascination in astronomy; I think it is very good and polished
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: I assume they are very good (my chem teacher is my XC coach; he knows me well)
    [] Counselor Rec: No idea, probably good
    [    ] Additional Rec: None
    [] Interview: None
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): None

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
    [] Country (if international applicant):
    [    ] School Type: Public
    [] Ethnicity: Caucasian
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket: Over $100k, not sure how much over
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Does being an interest of their XC coach count? I think it helped.

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: Scores, activities, rigorous course load, clear passion in interests, grades (not perfect but still very good)
    [    ] Weaknesses: Limited leadership
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m a high-end student, all boastfulness aside; I expected the acceptance
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred at UChicago, no other decisions as of yet.

**General Comments: **
Some very generous aid! It certainly helps, as it is one of my safety/value schools. I’m certainly excited to be accepted somewhere, as this is my first!

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Decision: Accepted with $26,000 Scholarship

Early Action

Objective:

[ul]
[]SAT I : 1710
[]ACT : 27
[]SAT II: 570-chem 620-math 2
[]Weighted GPA: 4.0
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/423
[]AP (place score in parenthesis):
[]IB (place score in parenthesis):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Lit and Comp. , AP Calc BC, Engineering Design (Dual Engineering)
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Minor: National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars[/li][/ul]

Subjective:

  • []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council ( Panther Pride Officer), Mock Trial

    [    ]Job/Work Experience: Waitress
    []Volunteer/Community service: Pocono Mountain West Youth Basketball Association, Toys for Tots, Rising Above Obstacles
    [    ]Summer Activities: PASC Leadership Workshops, Engineering Experience at MIT
    []Essays: My Common App essay was on Student Council
    [    ]Teacher Recommendation: Student Council adviser
    []Counselor Rec: idk
    [    ]Additional Rec: History teacher
    []Interview: I didn’t have one
    [    ]Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): none

Other

  • []Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ]State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
    []Country (if international applicant):
    [    ]School Type: Public
    []Ethnicity: Hispanic
    [    ]Gender: Female
    []Income Bracket: idk
    [    ]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

  • []Strengths: My GPA as well as my student council experience.
    [    ]Weaknesses: SAT and ACT scores, they aren’t the greatest
    []Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know
    [    ]Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: They say time’s suppose to heal you… I ain’t done much healing

General Comments:
I’m visiting Case March 24th and I’m soooooo excited!!

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Does the scholarship $ which accepted students are positing on this thread include just merit or need-based as well?

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@guppie I am pretty sure the scholarships posted here are all merit based. I don’t believe the FA offers have gone out yet.

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from reading this thread and others, I believe everything posted here is Merit based… but if you completed the CSS profile and you click on the second (or third letter) listed in the portal it will list all the financial aid you are eligible for… Student Loans, grants, PLUS Loans, etc. But, only if you completed and submitted the CSS profile when you applied.

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Am I correct in thinking that might evolve when FAFSA is submitted?

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I got my need-based aid in my letter

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I turned in my CSS profile with my application and I also got need-based aid in my second letter.

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@porcupine98 If I understood everything correctly at the open house we attended, the CSS profile is used to determine aid during early action (and maybe regular decision too?) but the FASFA is also required to be completed when it becomes available in the spring. I believe the financial aid amounts could be adjusted if the FASFA and CSS profile numbers are different, but the CSS profile does ask you to project what your year end income will be so it sounds like most of the time they lineup similarly.

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Yo guys, I didn’t submit CSS Profile in time. If I complete FAFSA, will I still be eligible for a FA package from case? Or is it too late :confused:

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@AtharvaLarva I would contact the school either via email or phone call and ask them directly.

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I read on their website that you can definitely still apply for financial aid. The CSS profile helps them to project the amount of Aid you might get when you apply EA/ED, but everyone applying for aid- including those who already received the letters with the ED/EA admission and others applying RD-- will need to complete the FASFA and the brief CWRU application for fincial aid form in the coming weeks. But I think Smokinact is correct, contacting CWRU financial aid office is a good idea.

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Decision: Accepted
Early Action
Scholarship: 10k/semester

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): 33 C (33 E, 36 M, 29 R, 32 S, 8 essay)
SAT II : Biology E 700, Mathematics II 780
Weighted GPA: 4.36
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1%
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP Microeconomics, 4 AP Macroeconomics, 5 Chinese
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics I, Honors English, Chinese, Visual Arts, Current Events, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Japan invention gold medal, igem (host by MIT) gold medal, Ukraine invention gold medal, fourth place of national chinese calligraphy, AMC 10 top 5% and AMC 12 excellent award, APCYS (Asian Pacific Competition of Young Scientist) Gold medal etc…

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): founder or cofounder of several clubs, including rotary club, mun, reading club, WSC
Job/Work Experience: Taiwan Business Bank, Title - Assistant of Investment Department; College Consulting Institute, Title - Math Teaching Assistant; Kuan Tong Industrial Co., Ltd., Title - Financial Assistant
Volunteer/Community Service: cleaning our district for more than 180 hours (2 hours a week for consecutive 4 years, been to China to deliver jackets and took care of the orphans, volunteer to be librarian of the school etc…
Summer Activities: Philips Academy Andover, internship, volunteer works
Essays: writing about my transition from childhood to teenage age, and also about how Chinese culture influences me
Teacher Recommendations: pretty good, from an English teacher I have known for 5 years and a dean who guild me to participate in science fairs
Counselor Rec: Probably good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: no

Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Major: Applied Mathematics
Income Bracket: ~100k/
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, extracurriculars activities
Weaknesses: ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: extracurriculars most likely
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: do more extracurricular activities, write essays beforehand

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This happened a while ago but I forgot to post till now.

**Decision: Accepted **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): C: 34, M: 30, R: 36, E: 35, S: 34, W: 29
    [] SAT II:
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 3.73
    [] Weighted GPA: 4.03
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis):
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
    [] Senior Year Course Load: IB Chemistry, IB Biology, IB Spanish, IB Literature, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Math SL 2, IB History, Theory of Knowledge, IB Exam Prep
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Co-Leader of Spanish Honor Society, Member of NHS, Science Olympiad, High School Freshman/JV soccer grades 9-11, Club soccer grades 9-10,
    [    ] Job/Work Experience:
    [] Volunteer/Community service: Various volunteering positions, at least 50+ hrs since 9th grade
    [    ] Summer Activities: Trip to Spain, High school soccer camps
    [] Essays: I’d say the Common App was 7/10. Good story but the writing probably could’ve been better.
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: Both 10/10, they love me.
    [] Counselor Rec: 8/10, She doesn’t know me that well, but she writes great recs for everyone.
    [    ] Additional Rec:
    [] Interview:
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.):

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): MI
    [] Country (if international applicant):
    [    ] School Type: Public
    [] Ethnicity: URM
    [    ] Gender: M
    [] Income Bracket: > $200,000
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: My ACT score was pretty great. I think I was lucky, I moved from 32 to 34 without even studying.
    [    ] Weaknesses: GPA definitely, rough sophomore and junor years. I have a lack of interesting and unique ECs, and not many volunteering hours.
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I really don’t know. I originally decided to apply to this place as a safety school after seeing what sort of scholarships they gave out. I only found out after doing some research how high caliber this place was. I thought I was going to be outright rejected, but I was surprisingly accepted with at 28,000 scholarship.
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Michigan State, Wayne state. Deferred: University of Michigan. Applied: Northwestern, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia.

**General Comments: **

In all likelihood I will go to UM if I get accepted. I applied to this place as a second thought, so I apologize if my application edged out applications of people who really want to go!. Good luck to those who were deferred!

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Decision: Accepted, Michelson-Morley Scholar ($31,000)

EARLY ACTION

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (780 CR, 800 M, 780 W, 10 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 E, 36 M, 35 R, 36 S, 34 W)
SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, Chemistry, Physics
Unweighted GPA: 4.00
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on all - Chem, Physics B, Physics C Mech, Physics C E/M, Calc BC, Lang, Music Theory, Stat, World, US, Bio,
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP CompSci, AP French, AP Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat’l Merit Semifinals

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team (Captain), Science Olympiad (President), Business clubs (VP), Newspaper, Model UN (Chair), Music
Job/Work Experience: University summer intern
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at hospital
Summer Activities: Internship, volunteering
Essays: Pretty good
Teacher Recommendation: probably decent/good
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: Very good
Interview: alright
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.):

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: don’t know
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, test scores, EC’s, rigorous schedule
Weaknesses: didn’t visit prior to applying, potentially rec letters
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: grades/scores, strong math background and took college classes, strong schedule
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Penn defer

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Decision: Accepted
(Early Action)
Scholarship: roughly half tuition

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (CR: 740, M: 740, W: 720)
ACT (breakdown): - 
SAT II: Biology 720
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.16
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn't rank
AP: Biology (4), AP Psychology (5), APUSH (4), AP Language and Composition (5)
IB: -
Senior Year Course Load: Honors Organic Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP French, Ceramics, AP Calc AB
Major Awards: -

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: NHS, NFHS, Team Unify Secretary, Playing violin for 12 years, Founding a nonprofit
Job/Work Experience: Founding a nonprofit, teaching violin to kids
Volunteer/Community service: Fouding a nonprofit, at least 100+ hours volunteering at the local temple
Summer Activities: Violin camps
Essays: My Common App essay was probably 8/10. It could have used a bit more sophisticated language in    hindsight but the content was good. 
Teacher Recommendation: One is 10/10, another is probably 7/10.
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: My violin teacher, 10/10
Interview: hehe I forgot about the interview
Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): I submitted a piece of my violin concert

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: > $200,000
Hooks: none

Reflection

Strengths: My extracurriculars beyond a doubt, my essay, and the reasons I chose Nursing as a profession -- I had a rough time dealing with a chronic illness from sophomore-senior years. 
Weaknesses: Grades!!! B/c of that chronic illness I couldn't go into school and was home-bound, so that really affected my grades.
Why you think you were accepted: No idea! I think probably my essay was good, and my extracurriculars. 
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: UPitt, Rutgers, TCNJ, UMich, Case, Deferred: UPenn, Waiting on: USC, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
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**Decision: Accepted (23.5k/yr scholarship) **

b**

Objective:

  • [] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800 M 740 CR 680 W)
    [    ] ACT (breakdown): DNS
    [] SAT II: 790 Math 2
    [    ] Unweighted GPA: 92/100
    [] Weighted GPA: 93/100
    [    ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
    [] AP (place score in parenthesis): BC Calc (5, AB: 5), USH (4), Physics C, Econ (Micro+Macro), Stats
    [    ] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
    [] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Econ, Stats, Spanish, other stuff
    [    ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Eagle Scout, Baseball, Tutor, Recycling Club, NHS, Math team, not much leadership,
    [    ] Job/Work Experience: Worked at McDonalds
    [] Volunteer/Community service: No specific number of hours
    [    ] Summer Activities: Baseball
    [] Essays: common app was about an 8
    [    ] Teacher Recommendation: 7-8
    [] Counselor Rec: 8-9
    [    ] Additional Rec: N/A
    [] Interview: N/A
    [    ] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): N/A

Other

  • [] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
    [    ] State (if domestic applicant): IL
    [] Country (if international applicant): N/A
    [    ] School Type: Catholic
    [] Ethnicity: White
    [    ] Gender: Male
    [] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle
    [    ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

  • [] Strengths: Test scores, maybe ECs
    [    ] Weaknesses: grades
    [] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Test scores
    [    ] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Alabama (Presidential Scholarship), Illinois-UC, Case Western. Deferred from UChicago, Boston College. Denied from Notre Dame. Waiting on Miami (FL), USC, Penn, Northwestern, Texas-Austin

**General Comments: ** Generally really happy with this result. Case is a great school, and I’d be happy to attend if the rest of my decisions don’t turn out so great.

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