***CWRU Regular Decision Results Class of 2019***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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Choose One:
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendations:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
How much interest did you express?

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid?
How much merit aid did you get?
Major you put down:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:

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Son got dinged.

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[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 30
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Too many
IB (place score in parentheses): NA
Senior Year Course Load: Classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Job/Work Experience: Started my own company etc.
Volunteer/Community Service: lots
Summer Activities: lots of internships
Essays: 11/10
Teacher Recommendations: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: 8/10
How much interest did you express? decent

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? YA
How much merit aid did you get? NADA
Major you put down: IDR
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket: $120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: No clue, but clearly I have some. Accepted by more selective colleges then CWRU. They are missing out!
Weaknesses: Clearly something
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: No clue
Where else you are applying or have already applied: 20+ colleges. I’ve been on a winning streak; I have been accepted everywhere thus far. This is my first wl. But I’m still going to count it as an acceptance (sort of) since I wasn’t flat out denied :expressionless:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
good luck people. may the odds be ever in your favor

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800 CR 800M 780 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II: 800, Lit: 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.65/4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 APUSH, 4 Comp Sci, 4 Lang
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Statistics, Advanced Topics for Physics HNS, Advanced Topics for Comp Sci HNS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, 3rd place at National Tae Kwon Do tournament, Presidential Scholars Candidate (didn’t put)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): 2 years Tae Kwon Do, 2 years indor/outdoor track and cross country, 1 year chess club
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: Tzu Chi Humanitarian Foundation
Summer Activities:
Essays: Unique essay about rapping
Teacher Recommendations: Good but probably generic
Counselor Rec: Good but generic
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A
How much interest did you express? None

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
How much merit aid did you get?
Major you put down:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Essay, SAT
Weaknesses: GPA, lack of interest
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected:Definitely lack of interest lol
Where else you are applying or have already applied:

Accepted: Rutgers ($52,000), University of Vermont ($64,000+), University of Oklahoma ($120,000), UC San Diego
Deferred: Princeton
Waitlisted: University of Chicago, Case Western
Rejected: None yet, rejections coming April 1 lol

General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: DEFINITELY SHOW INTEREST! So many people from my school got waitlisted/rejected with extremely high stats because they did not show interest and Case knew they were applying to CW as a safety.

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Choose One:
Decision: Accepted
[ size=4][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted **[/color][/size]
[ size=4][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 800 CR, 730 W
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 M2, 750 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): N/A
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Physics 1, 2, AB Calc, AP Spanish Language and Culture, Engineering H, English H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMS Commended, National Spanish Exam Silver, John and Abigail Adams Scholarship

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Lot’s of sports, camp counselor, board on a nonprofit
Job/Work Experience: 1 political internship
Volunteer/Community Service: 300 hours
Summer Activities: Camp
Essays: 10/10
Teacher Recommendations: Dope
Counselor Rec: 7/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
How much interest did you express? Scheduled to go to President’s day open house, flight cancelled

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
How much merit aid did you get? 27.5k/yr
Major you put down: Systems Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large rich public suburb of Boston
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket:Tiny bit of fin need
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: Test scores, essay, legacy
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: SAT
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Rejected USC Iovine and Young, accepted McGill and U Miami (21k/yr) Waitlisted Wash U. Waiting on USC reg, Middlebury, Carleton, Northwestern, Northeastern, Cornell)
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Shoutout to CWRU for running the admissions process better than any other school I applied to. Free t-shirt + merit = vaults to the top of my list!

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Choose One:
[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 31 (34 Reading, 32 English, 29 Math, 30 Science)
SAT II (place score in parentheses):
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/408
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP World, 5 AP US History, 5 AP Psychology, 4 AP Euro, 4 AP Government, 4 AP Human Geography, 1 AB Calc (Shh…)
Senior Year Course Load: BC Calc (Got to redeem my AB Calc grade;-;), Physics C, AP Comp Gov, AP Micro/Macro Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction

Extracurriculars: (Varsity Water Polo: 2-time captain), (Founder of Debate Club), Model UN, Junior Olympic Water Polo Attendee
Job/Work Experience: 4 years at local diner, Referee Water Polo
Volunteer/Community Service: Assistant teacher at Elementary CI rooms, Assistant Water Polo coach
Summer Activities: Work, JO water polo, will be assistant coaching Varsity water polo this year
Essays: Common App was was probably of the two best essays I’ve ever written
Teacher Recommendations:
US History teacher (6/10
World History teacher (10/10)
Physics teacher (8/10)
Counselor Rec: None
Additional Rec: Header of Cognitive Impairment education at elementary school (10/10
Interview: Not done
How much interest did you express?
Attended a college visit, sat in on a few classes and talked with the head of the Weatherhead school

Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
How much merit aid did you get? How do I check? :open_mouth:
Major you put down: Economics
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation to college

Strengths: Essays, Class Rigor, Interest
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Waitlisted at UChicago which suprised me, Waiting to hear back from Northwestern. Pretty excited to hear back from CWRU which was in my top 3.

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 35 C Superscored and not superscored: (33 E, 35 M, 36 R, 36 S)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 760 M2 720 Bio M
Unweighted/Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98/4.64 I go to a highly selective magnet school that chooses around 2% of students that apply out of 9 high schools. So out of around 3100 applicants, 75 or so get in.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 3% 10/310
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, Orgo Chem, Bio Chem, Biomedical Science, IB History of the Americas, IB Spanish, Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd Place Best Midwestern High School Writing Competition twice in a row. 9th Place ACSL International Coding Competition

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, Research Team (at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Varsity Tennis for 3 years, 1st Violin in the Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Debate
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community Service: Over 200 hours at a local hospital, at summer science camps, a school for the mentally disabled, friends and I started charity that feeds elementary schools children on the weekends (they live in a bad part of town), I founded an interscholastic math competition for 5th graders, MATHCOUNTS coach for a local middle school.
Summer Activities: Gave talks at local hospitals to raise money for the charity I run, and why feeding poverty stricken children in elementary school is important.
Essays: Pretty strong all around. My English teacher said they were great.
Teacher Recommendations: Idk, but should have been good. One of the teachers asked me if he could write me a rec, and told me he would say I was outstanding.
Counselor Rec: She said there’s no doubt I’m one of the top kids at my school, so definitely should have been good.
Additional Rec: From the director of Lee Honors College at WMU. I worked with her to establish the math competition.
Interview: NA

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess they found some worth in me haha.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/list] Accepted: Wash U St. Louis, U Mich, U Miami, K College (full tuition)
Waitlisted: Case Western Reserve
Rejected: UChicago
Still Waiting For: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Northwestern
General Comments: I find it hilarious that they waitlisted me hahaha. I didn’t show interest though, and they thought I was applying to Case as a safety school (they were damn right).

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
Projected Concentration: Pre-med
State (if domestic applicant): MI
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public Magnet
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $150,000 +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None…

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** Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 640 M, 630 CR, 610 W
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II (place score in parentheses): NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 92 % (Converts somewhere around 3.8-3.9 i guess)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
AP (place score in parentheses): NA
IB (place score in parentheses): NA
Senior Year Course Load: (ISC Level) English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NA

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Event Organisation (Founder), Computer Club (Member), Publications (member)
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community Service: NA
Summer Activities: NA
Essays: Pretty Strong
Teacher Recommendations: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: No Interview
How much interest did you express? None

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
How much merit aid did you get? -
Major you put down: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -

Reflection
Strengths: EC
Weaknesses: SAT Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: SAT Scores
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Earlham, Babson, Wheaton (MA), Fordham
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:

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Waitlisted.
ACT 35. SATII: math2 800, chem 800, bio 780,
6 AP: all A’s and all 5’s
currently taking 3 AP senior year.
17 credits of college course
cancer research at Stanford, published a paper
NMF, NHS,
president/board member of several clubs
Gold medal of several national/state competitions
500+ community service hours

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

  • [] SAT I: 2360 (790,770,800)
    [    ] SAT II: 800 MathII, 790 USH, 790 CL, 750 Chem
    [] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
    [    ] AP scores: 5 Chem, 5 Lang, 5 USH, 5 Macro, Euro
    [] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs
    [    ] Awards: NMF, AP Scholar Distinction, Pres service award, state/school stuff

Subjective:

  • [] Extracurriculars: Research, + average typical school related stuff
    [    ] Volunteer/Community service: local volunteer organization, tutoring, hospital, HPA
    [] Additional Rec: Research mentor

Other

[ul]
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): negative[/ul]
Reflection

[ul]
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: numbers, research, demonstrated interest
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Rogel Scholar at Michigan, UCSD. Waitlisted: UChicago, WUSTL, and waiting for others[/ul]
General Comments: 30k merit. For future applicants, make sure to demonstrate interest. Visit campus, attend informational sessions, etc, Case seems to judge interest relatively greatly. Congratulations to those accepted! For those WL/denied move on to the next, there will be more opportunities. Case took 480 off the waitlist of 3000 in 2013, so there’s still a decent chance if you express your continued interest.

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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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Choose One:

Decision: Waitlisted

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): 1730. (CR: 580, Math: 550, Writing: 600)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t apply with ACT
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Physics (Did pretty bad…590)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3/3.4 unweighted on mid-year report
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/244 (really competitive school)
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 APs…
IB (place score in parentheses): Didn’t take.
Senior Year Course Load: 5 College courses, and 5 high school courses including 1 AP
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Film Club(Vice President), Journalism Club, Math Club participant, Sr. Activities planner, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: Tutoring math at school, Blood Drive Donor, Breast Cancer & Aids Walks
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Great
Teacher Recommendations: Pretty good
Counselor Rec: Not bad
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Didn’t do it
How much interest did you express? Well I applied for PPSP but wasn’t accepted. However, I did ask to be considered for regular admission… Kinda my fault that I didn’t show as much interest as I should’ve. But it’s okay! Everything happens for a reason. :slight_smile:

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?
How much merit aid did you get?
Major you put down:
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation and URM

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: My essay was really great and well written/revised. My recommendations came from awesome professors that I’ve had. I’ve also been taking classes at a nearby college since my junior year will be getting my associates degree soon.
Weaknesses: SAT score and GPA definitely, and my extracurriculars weren’t that great.

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Decision: Accepted
SAT I: R700 M740 W730
Unweighted GPA: 3.8
AP : 2D Studio Art/ USH/ MacroEco/ Psych
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): City Bowling Champion/ Table Tennis Champion (Winner of 9 tournaments)
Subjective
Extracurriculars: Captain of two varsity Teams/ President and VP of two clubs (respectively)/ International Volunteer/ Representative Player of top table tennis club in nation
Job/Work Experience: Managerial Assistant Apprentice
Volunteer/Community Service: Over 600 hours recorded from both international and domestic volunteering
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendations: 8/10
Other
Merit Scholarship: 22K/Year
Major you put down: Business/Finance
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Top 50 in USA (Public)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <50000
Hooks (URM, First Generation College, etc.): First Generation College

Reflection
Strengths: My extracurricular activities are slightly different from others (Table Tennis & Bowling Champ)
Weaknesses: Academic portion of my application is Weak (SAT & Course Rigor)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I signed up for Case Western’s Mailing List prior to applying. Given the unbelievable waitlists above, I believe this slight factor may have been the demonstrated interest the admissions officers searched for.

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**Decision: Waitlisted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
ACT (breakdown): composite-34, english-35, math-30, reading-35, science-34, writing-8
SAT II (place score in parentheses): didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): world history (5), literature (4), us history (4), psychology (5), chemistry (5)
Senior Year Course Load: ap calc ab, ap environmental, ap bio, ap us gov, latin, media literacy, basic theater, gym
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ap scholar, girls state citizen, several misc. school-level awards, national honor society, national spanish honor society

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): yearbook 2 years (editor), odyssey of the mind 9 years, cross country 4 years, language studies-spanish, latin, korean, and japanese
Job/Work Experience: server at a nursing home 2 years
Volunteer/Community Service: tutoring through national honor society and on my own
Summer Activities: empire girls state
Essays: strong, written about odyssey of the mind
Teacher Recommendations: all were strong
Counselor Rec: very strong
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: requested, but they never got back to me (still annoyed about this)
How much interest did you express?: just the interview request, so I’m guessing this is what’s hurting me

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
How much merit aid did you get?: n/a
Major you put down: biochem
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: public, in the 85th percentile for NY (153rd in state)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~75k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection
Strengths: essay and recommendations
Weaknesses: math section of ACT, wishing I had sent my SAT II scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: most likely didn’t show enough interest in the school because I only came across the school days before the deadline
Where else you are applying or have already applied: SUNY Stony Brook (accepted, full tuition scholarship), SUNY Binghamton (accepted), RIT (accepted), UChicago (waitlisted), Yale, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, University of Rochester, Boston University
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: It looks like I really should’ve attempted to show more interest in the school. I came across it randomly and decided to apply because there was no fee. While it IS one of the “easier” to get into schools I applied to, I was genuinely considering going there and was planning on visiting if I was accepted, so it’s unfortunate if the reason I was waitlisted is because they thought they were my safety school (RIT and the SUNY schools were; CWRU was not)

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[ size=4][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II (place score in parentheses): bio m (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3-3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parentheses): bio (4) english lang (5) apush (4)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, a few science electives, and then required electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): President’s volunteer service award?

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): lots of volunteering, in a few clubs with one leadership position (VP), did a research internship, NSLC in Medicine & Healthcare
Job/Work Experience: nope
Volunteer/Community Service: hundreds of hours
Summer Activities: NSLC, research, took 3 classes
Essays: very personal and apparently inspirational. they were “feel-good” essays
Teacher Recommendations: should be good. 8/10?
Counselor Rec: i’m one of the only students that knows her pretty well, so better than others, but still somewhat generic. 6.5/10?
Additional Rec: from my research PI. 9/10
Interview: nope
How much interest did you express? some. I went to a Case info session in my area (free snacks!) but that’s it

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
How much merit aid did you get? 22k/year
Major you put down: biology/pre-med
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: very low. Pell Grant recipient
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): unique history/family situation that drove all of my essays. It also explained why my GPA was so low freshman year (2.67 UW/2.75W) vs junior year (3.87UW/4.43W)

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: essays, ACT score?
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: I think Case is truly a holistic school. They were able to overlook my horrific grades from my freshman year (including multiple Cs and a D in freshman health) in light of my situation. Go Case!
Where else you are applying or have already applied: waiting on a ton of schools. Accepted to Rutgers, Uconn, UMD WL at WashU, rejected from Columbia and MIT
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: While all schools claim to have holistic admission processes, some schools really mean it. Don’t let a bad past prevent you from success

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[ size=4][ color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 - 800 CR, 790 writing, 770 math (single sitting)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t submit
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 800 math 2, 750 chem, 700 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92 (straight A’s in hardest available classes with a single B+ last year in honors history)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A but would be top 10^
AP (place score in parentheses): didn’t submit (3 in Calc AB and Latin)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: very strong (3 APs, 1 honors, 2 regs)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope

[ b]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): long-time committed in a non-school sponsored sport, founded a club freshman year and kept it going
Job/Work Experience: some small stuff
Volunteer/Community Service: minimal (didn’t report)
Summer Activities: nothing reported
Essays: it’s only the Common App and it was really good (9/10 at least) - FWIW, my acceptance had a P.S. saying how much they liked the essay (but as a cynic, I wasn’t sure if it was honest or just a marketing ploy)
Teacher Recommendations: really good I’m sure
Counselor Rec: acceptable at least
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: went fine…pretty short but nothing bad
How much interest did you express? Visited campus last summer, went to info session in town later that summer, did the interview, and went to the info session at my school

[ b]Other**
Applied for Financial Aid? nope
How much merit aid did you get? $30k/year for 8 semesters
Major you put down: math
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small private
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: male
Income Bracket: $100k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[ b]Reflection**
Strengths: good student, above the stats for this university
Weaknesses: none
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: I’m just a strong candidate I think to Case
Where else you are applying or have already applied: rejected Caltech (early) and MIT (deferred early and rejected), accepted U of Illinois with scholarship, UChicago accepted, waiting to here from a bunch including Ivies and Stanford
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I want to know if other people got a note about their essay in their admissions decision or if it really was a personal note to me. Please let me know. Next to no chance I attend Case but it’s good to feel wanted and get the scholarship. It was nice to get in a little after I got rejected from MIT (my 1st choice). I really did think Case was a really good school when I visited and even had a bit of an MIT-esque feel.

One last thing: I know it says this is my first post but that’s a glitch since I made my account in November and posted a bunch back around EA/ED time.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (750 CR/800 M/800 W)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800), Chemistry (800), Molecular Biology (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/189
AP (place score in parentheses):
-Sophomore year: Stats (5), World History (5)
-Junior year: Bio (5), Cal BC (5 - Cal AB subscore (5)), Chem (5), English Lang/Comp (5), Human Geography (5), US History (5)
IB (place score in parentheses): Didn’t take/not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Macroeconomics 1st sem/AP US Government 2nd sem, AP Computer Science A, AP Physics 2, AP Psychology 1st sem/JHU CTY Multivariable Calculus 2nd sem, AP English Lit/Comp, mandatory health science thing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
(More common awards: National AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist on app - now Finalist, state-wide math competition honorable mention, 1st place school science fair, school-wide top all-around student recognition thing)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Multiple leadership positions in each of All-State orchestra (9-10), All-Region orchestra (9-11), award-winning youth orchestra with large time commitment (9-11); 2nd chair first violin on youth orchestra’s national radio performance (9); top marks in state-wide music contest (9-10); 2nd place in state-wide special talent competition (10); Beta Club school chapter president (12); 2nd place HOSA state for Medical Spelling (11); NHS member (11-12)
Job/Work Experience: Didn’t list any on app
Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours food bank (10); ~100+ hours hospital (11); some stuff with NHS that I didn’t list hours for specifically (11-12)
Summer Activities: Organic chemistry research through full-scholarship 5-week program (12); merit scholarship to invitation-only chamber music festival (11)
Essays:
-Common App: My life story told in a ~deep, creative, metaphorical~ way, turned out decently, 8/10 or so
Teacher Recommendations:
-AP chem teacher - likes me, known for writing good recs, 8.5-9/10
-AP English Lang teacher - see above, likes me more than AP chem teacher does, 9/10
Counselor Rec: Due to my former counselor leaving I got a new counselor last minute, so 5-6/10, probably really generic
Additional Rec: Violin teacher sent in a rec - I actually teared up after reading it, 10+/10
Interview: Meh, it was probably evident that I hadn’t done my research and was BSing, 6/10
How much interest did you express? Like none other than the interview

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
How much merit aid did you get? Nada
Major you put down: Chemical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public magnet, <1000 students total
Ethnicity: Korean-American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~120k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Academics, test scores, essays, recs, focused ECs
Weaknesses: Lack of national/international anything
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: Didn’t show interest, didn’t research the school which led to a not-so-good interview
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
-Accepted: Cornell (likely), Wellesley (likely), UT Austin (accepted to Engineering Honors with scholarship and Plan II Honors)
-Deferred: Princeton SCEA
-Rejected: Nowhere yet, thankfully
-Waiting: Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Stanford, Yale
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
Don’t really care about this, got likelies to Cornell and Wellesley, I’m much more than happy
If you’re applying to a school that likes interest, then actually show interest
It was pretty obvious that I was applying as a safety.

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**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 31
SAT II (place score in parentheses): bio (760), chem (760), math (770)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parentheses): bio (5) english lang (5) physics (5), am history (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Enviro, AP French, AP Stats AP English,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): a bit of volunteering, nothing special
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community Service: bit of volunteering over last 3 years
Summer Activities: none
Essays: personal reflection on travel
Teacher Recommendations: no idea
Counselor Rec: no idea
Interview: none
How much interest did you express? none. personal visit - the admissions folks have no way of tracking

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? yes
How much merit aid did you get? 22k/year
Major you put down: biology
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: lots of AP, Honors
Weaknesses: middle of the road GPA, ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: no idea. was pleasantly surprised
Where else you are applying or have already applied: waiting on fin$ from Pitt. waitlist at WashU
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: :slight_smile:

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** Deferred --> Accepted! **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 32 Composite/33 Superscored (35E, 32S, 30M, 35R)
SAT II (place score in parentheses): US History (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3? Ish? We use a 100 scale, and on that my GPA is 89.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 161/400-ish (Top 40%) (rank isn’t weighted)
AP (place score in parentheses): US History, European History, English Language
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Regents Biology (long story hahaha), Precalc, French 6, SUPA Economics, AP US Government, Holocaust through Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar? Not sure how “major” that is, though :smile:

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Dance (teacher for younger students), Softball, Hiking, Cycling
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community Service: ~50 hours recorded, mostly with American Red Cross
Summer Activities: Nothing that colleges would care about!
Essays: Common App essay was great (They had a little P.S. on my acceptance that referred to it, which I’m really happy about :blush: ), they also sent me a little supplement page sometime in Jan/Feb because I got deferred, but I did well on that too, I think!
Teacher Recommendations: Both probably 9 or 10 out of 10, one from APUSH teacher, the other from chem teacher, both of whom I have really good relationships with
Counselor Rec: Probably good, also was likely to explain poor freshman/sophomore grades (Junior GPA was about a 95, senior year so far has been 96-ish, but 9th and 10th bring my GPA down a ton)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
How much interest did you express? Not as much as I could have. We couldn’t afford a trip to go visit, but I have been on mailing lists and I think the supplement thing they sent me showed that I really am interested in Case.

Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yes
How much merit aid did you get? None (as far as I can tell!)
Major you put down: History (more specifically, American Studies, but that can only be declared as a second major!), Geological Sciences
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Very good public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~85k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, at least as far as I can tell!

Reflection
Strengths: I think my application overall really let my personality shine, my nerdiness/love for learning especially. ACT score and recommendations also may have helped.
Weaknesses: GPA/Rank, extracurriculars could have been a lot better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: The strengths listed, although I think lack of interest/rough grades may have been why I was deferred.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: UVM (14k/year scholarship), Geneseo, and still waiting on Macalester, BU, and St. Lawrence. Rejected from Tufts ED.
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I’m really excited to have been accepted!! I don’t think I’ll be able to feasibly attend because even with the generous financial aid, I’d still probably have needed some merit aid to be able to afford it, but we’ll see :slight_smile:

Future applicants who are serious about Case should be sure to show interest because (as this board shows) very qualified candidates seem to get rejected or waitlisted without doing so. Good luck!

Congrats to everyone else accepted, and everyone else will do great wherever they end up :smiley:

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Received a likely back in February, got accepted with University Scholarship. I didn’t “show interest” and didn’t have an interview or anything.