How selective is Case?

<p>case is an awesome school. it seems utterly stupid that people don't like (low yield, supposed student discontent) it beacuse it's not selective enough for them. damn elitists</p>

<p>shouldn't an applicant only be concerned about selectivity only if it's low. these concerns should, in an ideal world, be posted on an ivies board. an open school like case is good thing for its applicants. ugh i don't understand---again damn elitists</p>

<p>Are sure you got wait listed vardhan616, or did you get put on the alternative list or did you apply early decidsion and get deffered to regular decidesion? You shouldn't have gotten waitlisted yet, our RD letters don't go out until April 1st. The alternative list isn't exactly a wait list. You still get a yes, no or waitlist on April 1st. Its just sorta a heads up that you ming not get in,due to the amont of applicants this year</p>

<p>Case isn't an open school. We do have a fairly high application rate, but as it’s been said on many times on this thread, that’s because we have a pretty good applicant pool. There just aren't that many people who can't get into Case applying. But we just don't let anyone in, and we've been denying more people than ever.
It has nothing to do with elitism. We're a small campus with limited faculty and resources; we can't support a class much over 1000 students. Also Case is a hard school and we only accept student who have shown the aptitude to deal with that.</p>

<p>I think I got the same thing vardhan616 got. It definately sounds like a waitlist letter if it is the same thing. I got it a week ago and I applied for Regular Decision. I really expected to get into Case... although I guess I still might?</p>

<p>Yeah a freind of my got that letter too, so maybe it is a just a wait list. We both thought he would get in too. I think the only reason he might not is due to the amount of applicants. It really sucks, but i'm still holding out hope for him cause i think that people on that list still have a chance.</p>

<p>The acceptance rate at CWRU is unusually high for such a great school... I don't know why that is really, but I do know that it is not that bad to get in... Though almost everyone I know here has an ACT of over 30 (old ACT) which is amazingly high. I also know that our average ACT and SAT are in line with or higher than schools such with much bigger names. Good luck! Hard decisions.</p>

<p>the reason why case's acceptance rate is so high is because many of those who apply at case also apply to schools in the next tier up, using case as somewhat of a backup school. Case has to have a high acceptance rate to ensure a high enough yield. Also, case is a heavily math and science oriented institution with a conspicuous lack of any substantive sports programs, which would perhaps explain the high test scores.</p>

<p>My understanding of the 71% acceptance rate is that the school, until just a few years ago, was almost completely graduate students. There was a decision to increase the undergraduate program and to do so required admitting more students and expanding programming plus extensive advertising. It seems to have worked as last year about 900 or so undergraduates entered as a class. This will likely taper off as the school reaches its enrollment goals.</p>

<p>My daughter was admitted with a 1280 SAT and 3.69 GPA. We were impressed with the school when we visited, except for the greek system which is not important. She is weighing Case against Georgia Tech, Syracuse and University of Washington.</p>

<p>issymom, what is your daughter's major / course of study? My S is looking at Case, Illinois (Champaign Urbana), Syracuse, GTech right now. (He was admitted to others as well, but I think that's the short list.) Just wondering what department you're looking at and how you think the schools compare.</p>

<p>Case is at the top of the list for me right now. Thinking of biochemistry (which case is quite good at). It also fits my paren'ts idea of an in-state school and me wanting to go to a private, small university. I'm 70% gong to case right now. Unless I get a ton of money from miami university or I get into one of my three super reaches with money.</p>

<p>issymom,
What didn't you like about the greek system. Did you not like that Case has a greek system, or was it something about the sytem itself?</p>

<p>The actual houses for the greeks at Case looked very run down and in some cases just like old dorm buildings that have been converted. I have seen nicer facilities plus they don't seem to be preferred at Case by the students. They could be fine however.</p>

<p>My daughter is looking at biomedical engineering. She received no scholarship from Case and I think its 6th place ranking in this major has to be weighed against less cost at 4th ranked GIT. She likes swimming and both have nice pools although at GIT, it was the pool used during the 1996 Olympics and it is really nice.</p>

<p>Not sure yet, my daughter liked them both, just wish CWRU had offered some money. Sometimes I wish she could just go to a great school in our state but the choices are very limited with projected funding by the state not looking great. Decisions, decisions!</p>

<p>Well I hope she goes with Case, I like it, but I understand that it’s expensive.</p>

<p>As for the Greek Housing it’s no older than the rest of the housing on campus, except for the new upperclassmen dorms that were built last year. I believe that they are not actually converted dorms but in fact they were built for Greek organizations, and they might look a little worse for ware as they've probably never had RA's to keeping destructive activity at bay residing in them, like the dorms have had. All the Greek that I know that live there like it fine. They are very much comparable to sophomore housing and better than the freshmen dorms as they're singles and have a kitchen where you can cook your own meals. In many cases they're also cheaper as the room rate is set by the Fraternity or Sorority as opposed to the University. I'd live in my Greek house but my parents don't approve of that for religious reason. So instead I live in the upper classmen dorms for almost twice as much.</p>

<p>I actually just got accepted to Case, and its down to Case and University of Michigan ..
Just out of curiosity, what is this 'alternative list'? and how is it different from a waitlist?</p>

<p>I got accepted to Case, but absolutely would not go unless I hadn't been accepted to any of my other schools. Yes, it has great academics - especially in engineering. However, the kids there are essentially dead. Everyone seems so depressed. In the long run, you will be fine if you go there. You will get a very good education and have a relatively easy time finding a good job. However, what are supposed to be some of the 4 best years of your life will be a miserable experience in which you have no fun, just study and try to make the best of an 'uncomfortable' situation.</p>

<p>And how do you know all of this about Case?</p>

<p>Same Q to taw19.</p>

<p>Oh my Gosh I'm dead. Thanks Taw. For the last 4 years I never realized that I was dead and depressed until I read your post.</p>

<p>Dude, where are you getting your info from? My fellow students and I are very much in the world of the livening and most of us are happy. Yes there are some that choose Case as a safety but there are others who turn down much more popular schools to go to Case. </p>

<p>I turned down the University of Michigan because Case was a better fit for me. How did I know it was a better fit for me? I spent the night there. I would suggest you do the same before you write off our student body as a bunch of zombies. If you did do an overnight and it really was miserable then I 'm really sorry. I wished you would have stayed with me. I would of shown you how fun Case is.</p>

<p>hmm i got placed on the alternate list...but i didnt see how that was any different from the waitlist.</p>