College list: What to cut, what to add

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<p>Since I haven’t ruled out grad school for the future, I’m hesitant about taking any loans as an undergrad if there are other good, affordable choices. I love Case, especially for the music opportunities (non-major), but I see that many high-stats students were deferred/waitlisted this past year (yield protection?). Thanks for the heads-up about Pitt, @ClassicRockerDad. Do you know how hard it would be to change out of Pitt’s school of engineering to the arts and sciences (if I change my mind about engineering)? </p>

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<p>Sorry, I don’t. My own daughter was looking at ChemE, and their program seemed difficult to just “try”. She liked Pitt but punted when she decided to go ChemE. </p>

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<p>Whoa, that is new. I verified, and indeed they started this practice. It used to be an automatic admit for high stat kids. Nobody in our school who was waitlisted accepted a place on the waitlist (or reported that they did). But I agree it can no longer be considered a safety. </p>

<p>You seem to have all the bases covered. Other schools that are close to being in your range are NC State and SUNY Buffalo. </p>

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<p>CWRU considers “level of applicant’s interest” to be “important”, according to <a href=“Case Western Reserve University Acceptance Rate | CollegeData”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=966&lt;/a&gt; . So don’t consider it a safety, but consider doing the things discussed here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1626043-ways-to-show-a-high-level-of-applicant-s-interest-p1.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1626043-ways-to-show-a-high-level-of-applicant-s-interest-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;