Official CWRU Class of 2017 Results Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2110 (710 CR, 740 M, 660 W)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Bad, didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: Like 3.4? 88/100 on the 100 scale.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English (4), Statistics (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Lit, Honors Calculus, Spanish 4, Economics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): No major awards, but received Philip Daronco Civic Leadership Award (local)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, Varsity Indoor Track, Model UN (Undersecretary), Environmental Science Club (Officer), Class of 2016 Senior Mentor, Chess Club, Ultimate Frisbee Club, Drama Club (Set Crew)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Xilin Asian Community Center in the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ Hours
[</em>] Essays: Probably pretty average, I didn’t spend much time on it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 2 recs, both of which I assume were pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor’s kinda dumb, but she could be a good writer who knows :slight_smile:
[<em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[</em>] Interview: None</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, need has been fully met
[</em>] Intended Major: Business
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Small Public School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Below average income
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Spent a summer in lab at Penn State Hershey Medical Center researching the effects of a tumor suppressing gene “Ikaros” on T-Cell Leukemia. Got a personalized note in my acceptance letter talking about how my lab experience would help me at CWRU!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Volunteer Hours, Sports
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and class rank, being an Asian male
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Came from a pretty competitive public school, active within both the school and the community, and had the test scores to back it up.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Got a 20k per year University Scolarship. Seriously considering! Just waiting to hear back from Berkeley and Michigan</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 35 (34 English, 34 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science)
SAT II: 760 US History, 740 Chemistry, 730 Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/673
AP (place score in parenthesis): WHAP (3), APUSH (5), Lang (5), Chem (4), Psych (5), Gov (4), Macro (5), Lit (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science II, AP Chinese IV, Basketball, Scientific Research and Design (I took Gov, Macro, and Literature as a junior)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Basketball 4 years (JV Captain 10th and 11th grade, varsity 12th), Junior Engineering Technical Society + Science Olympiad (vice president, senior vice president), Church youth group (bible study leader, worship leader, activity coordinator), taught English to Chinese immigrants through a church program for two years, National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Head Coach for youth rec basketball league (11th, 12th)
Summer Activities: summer school, basketball
Essays: wrote about my perspective on leadership, and what it really means to be a leader
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but chose teachers who I had for multiple years (chinese, physics) and with whom I had good reputations with.
Counselor Rec: most likely generic
Additional Rec: asked one of the parents of the kids whom I coached.
Interview: n/a</p>

<p>Other</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, extremely competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: upper middle
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Reflection
Strengths: consistency of activities, leadership positions, essay
Weaknesses: low GPA/rank, not much volunteer activity
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: solid essay, good activities
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UT Austin and WUSTL, rejected from University of Chicago</p>

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<p>Accepted; see stats (links directly to my post and nothing else): <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15588814-post34.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/15588814-post34.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Whose idea was it to make 2 threads…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>with 30.5k University Scholarship</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:
[</em>] ACT: 35 (34 English, 34 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: US History (760), Chemistry (720), Literature (730)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 3.78
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):50/673
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):WHAP (3), APUSH (5), Lang (5), Chem (4), Psych (5), Gov (4), Macro (5), Lit (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science II, AP Chinese IV, Basketball, Scientific Research and Design (I took Gov, Macro, and Literature as a junior)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Basketball 4 years (JV Captain 10th and 11th grade, varsity 12th), Junior Engineering Technical Society + Science Olympiad (vice president, senior vice president), Church youth group (bible study leader, worship leader, activity coordinator), taught English to Chinese immigrants through a church program for two years, National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Head Coach for youth rec basketball league (11th, 12th), various NHS stuff
[</em>] Essays: wrote about my perspective on leadership, and what i really think it means to be a leader
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: asked one of the parents of the kids whom I coached.
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, extremely competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:solid essay, consistency of activities, leadership positions
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA/rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall strength of application
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted - Washington University in St. Louis, University of Texas at Austin
rejected University of Chicago</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: i originally only applied because they offered me a fee waiver and there was no supplement essay involved. didn’t really think too much about it. but with the university scholarship, i’m giving it a second thought, since it’s quite a bit of money. i’m just not sure what cwru or the city of cleveland really has to offer me</p>

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<p>^ They offered you a fee waiver? There was no application fee.</p>