Since I now know I will be enrolling at Case in the fall, I just wanted to know if anyone could explain why the yield rate is so low at CWRU; I assume that many applicants want to go to JHU/CMU/GTech and end up enrolling at one of those schools if admitted. Anyone else have any other thoughts?
It looks like their acceptance rate has dropped a lot over the last 5 years; and their yield rate has increased. Basically they have become increasingly more selective. I wonder if it has a lot to do with a really great school having a lot of urban renewal around the campus that has made it even betterâŠalong with better computer modeling on who to admit, and using âinterestâ as a factor now. I will be very curious to see what the acceptance rate ends up being this year. There does not appear to be a large number of students admitted off the waitlist. I suspect it will fall again.
And even more is on the wayâŠ
http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2016/05/cwru_announced_bold_plan_for_a.html
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I think they have not organically increased their application rateâŠthey offer a waiver of application fees to lower the barrier to applyingâŠso you get more âwhat the heckâ applicants, which raises their selectivity levelâŠbut are all those students really wanting to attend if they get in? That is why interest is âimportantâ as part of the admissions processâŠbut I think over time the selectivity/scores will rise and yield will come with it.
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@bopper of course, I would agree. I think the national reputation of the school will continue to rise.
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Case competes for top students with Ohio State, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue and Michigan as well. The midwestern state schools are very highly ranked for engineering, science and mathematics. Case is also very strong in the same subjects, and offers a smaller and more urban environment than most of the better midwestern state schools. One reason the yield is somewhat low at Case, but coming up, is that strong students may get very good deals to stay in state, at these top ranked midwestern state schools, all close in distance to Case Western.
We felt the smaller environment makes Case a better undergraduate experience than Michigan for instance. But not every student will want to give up Big Ten football for ready access to Cleveland Orchestra, fine arts museums, music ensembles with CIM , and neighborhoods of Cleveland.
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My daughter applied to Case because her counselor thought it was a good fit and place where she would be challenged.
CWRU gets a fair amount of applicants from California - especially students from Silicon Valley. The admitted students reception in San Jose was packed! I didnât feel âwooedâ - but the only other reception I have to compare it to is UPenn. It was early in the admission season, and I think 95% of the students there were waiting for UC notifications. Knowing this, I think Case wisely budgets adequate resources for the Northern California reception.
That being said, I believe CWRU is a diamond in the rough. Iâve heard it described as âjust as difficult as an IVY without the name recognition.â With that, I believe there is more of a welcoming attitude there as well.
My daughter always gets âwhere IS that?â âCleveland?â when she says she is going to Case. I suppose locations such as New York, Boston, Los Angeles, etc are more alluring than Cleveland.
Actually, âClevelandâ has only become more relevant in m daughterâs circle of friends because of the NBA finals.
Iâm really excited for my only child to go away to school that has great students - those willing to forgo the big ticket schools in exciting cities for an excellent education!
@wildcatmom16 so she will be a freshman?
Yes - nursing 
@wildcatmom16 congrats to her! I will be entering as a transfer.