If accepted chances of scholarships/aid

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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<p>Based on my stats if i get accepted what kind of scholarships/aid could i recieve if im planing to study chemE</p>

<p>GPA: 4.7w 3.99uw
SAT: old 620CR, 730M new 580CR 770M 580W (taking again)
Courses: so far I have taken 7 AP classes and passed all and this year I am taking 5 more plus other advanced classes. Taking calc II at local university.
Class rank: 1 of 360 in one of the best public schools in MO (probably not saying much)</p>

<p>ECs:
Soccer 9-12, V11-12
Track 10-12 V10-12
Baseball 9
Weight Lifting Club 9-12
National Honor Society 9-12
Foreign Language Honor Society 9-12
VP/CO-founder of senior technology assistance program where we volunteer at nursing homes and help teach computer use.
Eagle Scout
ROOTS 9-10 (student volunteer program)
probably some others...</p>

<p>thanks for the help.</p>

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<p>i think your chances are good for a high-level scholarship (ie, 20k and above), and very good for a mid-level scholarship (ie, 10k and above), you can look up exact values on the case.edu website.</p>

<p>overall, i believe the precentage of students who receive aid here is in the 90's, and that's extremely high, and that percentage is for my class, this year's freshman class, which is about 1100 strong. the sophomore class has only about 700 kids in it, and to my knowledge, they also carry a very high financial aid receiving percentage.</p>

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<p>Hey thanks for the info. How do you like it there? What is it like I havent had a chance to make a campus visit up there yet and do you know anything about the chemE program and campus life?</p>

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<p>i love it here, i had choices between umich, purdue, northwestern, and here, all costing me the same over four years, besides purdue(i'm in-state), due to financial aid, and of all of them, i loved case the most, and it was where i decided to go.</p>

<p>i strongly suggest that you make a campus visit, perhaps one before it gets cold, and if you'd like to, a second one when it is cold out(without a guide if you'd like a faster and non-repetitive walk).</p>

<p>most of the people i know in the chemE program are freshman, and they all take the general engineering courses. i myself am a BME, so i have classes when them. our largest class is the chem 111(chem for eng) that has over 400 kids. obviously the class is huge, and it's hard to have one on one with the teacher, but going to office hours and just hanging out with other kids, or even your friends, will help you get to know your teacher, and let your proffessor know you too(and this applies to all classes, which is very good for close-shave grades between two letter grades). every class that i have as a freshman all employ the 90-80-70-60 grading scale, but as far as i know, case lives up to it's reputation for having the second hardest workload for students in the nation, behind MIT, for i know tons of kids who work their butts off(and still have a social life), who still have trouble with keeping their grades up, and then there are those who do all of that and still keep awesome grades</p>

<p>don't let that scare you, the key is to have time management, and if you have that, campus life and studying can mix together very well.</p>

<p>campus life is good here, the freshman go out to their fair share of parties(off-campus and on-campus), and it all depends on how much you look for it. that's probably the different thing about social life here, you have to find it, rather then just having it happen and you knowing when and where it will be.</p>

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<p>i forgot to mention too, check out the chemE deparment's website....they do some crazy research there and whatnot, and you'll be able to find out what those professors actually like to do in their time here, and also the specific reqs for the courses.</p>

<p>keep in mind though, as a first-year, you are locked into a max-18 credit hour first semester, but i know you can obtain a permit for overloading(18+ hours), simply by just going to the undergraduate studies office and having a chat with our Dean, who is actually a really cool lady once you get started with her.</p>

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<p>Hey thanks alot, its usually difficult to get students views until you can get some time to go up and make some visits.</p>

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<p>This is slightly related. Does anyone here know if they are still doing the national merit and 1500 SAT (certainly changed for the new SAT) automatic scholarships? I had heard rumors of this in the past, but nothing concrete.</p>

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<p><a href="http://finaid.case.edu/Finaid.aspx?Types_of_Aid&Option=Scholarships&Level=004-001%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://finaid.case.edu/Finaid.aspx?Types_of_Aid&Option=Scholarships&Level=004-001&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>that's the finaid link for scholarships...who knows how up to date it is. that's what i'd go off of. i didn't even know that i had qualified for a scholarship until i got it.</p>