<p>Hello - I am just starting my senior year high school and and want to see what my chances are of getting into CASE. Here are my stats up through Junior yr:
Weighted GPA - 3.933
Unweighted GPA - 3.802
SAT Math - 690
SAT Reading - 520 (worried about this)
SAT Writing 490 (worried about this)......taking SAT and ACT again Oct '10
ACT Composite 25 (Math 31, but English 22....)
Class Rank - top 20% (24/118)
Eagle Scout with 3 palms; counting senior year :
5 AP classes, 7 Honors Classes.
2 years Cross Country - Captain, PIAA States finals last year, 1 letter
3 years Soccer; 1 letter,
4 years Track, 4 Track letters,
National Honor Society,
German Honor Society,
Math League,
College Strings Orchestra, bi-yearly performances
High School String Ensemble; various school shows
Church Usher volunteer weekly,..and a few other minor things...
** ** ====>>>>> *** ====>>>>>>>>>>>>I think my chances are pretty LOW ***
Please let me know your opinions!! Thanks....</p>
<p>Your qualifications look great, but you are right to be worried about your reading and writing scores. Have you taken or plan to take a prep course? Have you been working on your vocab and taking practice tests? Read up about the essay. There are a few tricks, and examples (even made up) are important.
Good luck!</p>
<p>To answer your question, I’d put your chances at one in three. But if you could get those test scores higher, not only would you be a lock, you would probably get offered decent merit $$.
What are you thinking of majoring in?</p>
<p>My SAT 1700 is actually a 330 point improvement from May 2009 - March 2010 (10 mos). …started up with the tutor again focusing on grammar (ACT and SAT) and reading. Math is not a problem at all. I want to major in BioMed engineering; also though I am having 2nd doubts about CASE - I do not know if I could keep up with all the academic geniuses that go up there. and I might be setting myself up for failure…plus it is SOOOO expensive…</p>
<p>The great thing about a small private like Case is that there is a lot of “Supplemental Instruction” sessions led by T/As and the professors are very accessible. Case also has great Coop programs and research opportunities galore. Most privates are expensive, but Case is much more generous with non-need based (merit) aid than most. Note the <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/case-western-reserve-university/992933-merit-money.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/case-western-reserve-university/992933-merit-money.html</a> thread and the links within it.</p>
<p>OK - thanks for that info… gives me some hope… I will check out the Merit $$ link that you sent… anxious to see that because I had heard CASE is bad with $$ unless you are a super genius…</p>