***Official CWRU RD Results Class of 2021***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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SIMPLY REMOVE THE “x” IN THE FOLLOWING CODE

[xB][xsize=4][xcolor=#00aa00]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
[xB][xsize=4][xcolor=#aaaa00]Decision: Deferred[/color][/size]**
[xB][xsize=4][xcolor=#aa0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**

Financial Award: $

Objective:
SAT :
ACT :
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Weighted GPA:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars:
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Interview:

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State:
Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

There is another thread for discussion, please keep this thread as concise as possible for future students.

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Just for future readers’ information, we were notified on 3/14/17 that decisions would be released 3/15/17 at 8pm ET.

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On 3/15/17 we were notified that NOTIFICATION RESULTS date will be moved to Friday 3/17/17.

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It took me forever to find this thread, so I just thought it may be helpful to use “Case Western Reserve University” as opposed to CWRU … just a thought :slight_smile:

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT : 1430 (did not submit)
ACT : 35 (35 M 35 W 35 S 34 R)
SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Weighted GPA: 7.19 (my county does it differently. Additional 0.08 per honors course and 0.16 per AP course)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 99th percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AB Calc 5 APUSH 5 AP Euro 4 AP Stats 4 AP Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): Not available yet
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Physics HL, IB Chem HL, IB Eng HL, IB French SL, IB History SL, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta (6th individual Precalc in math bowl, 13th individual precalc math bowl, numerous team trophies), Officer in 11th grade
FBLA ( 1st district computer game simulation programming, 6th district computer problem solving) Science national honors society (3rd astronomy)

Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: IB requires 75 services hours. I’ve finished 100 service hours total.
Summer Activities: None
Interview: None

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Computer Science
State: FL
Country: USA (but I’m not a permanent resident, unsure of how this affected my decision)
School Type: IB
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~100K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First in my family to study in the USA

Reflection

Strengths: I don’t think I had any strengths. I guess my test scores were good but I should have retaken the ACT and SAT
Weaknesses: Horrible EC’s. I should have focused on F=MA or some olympiad, or even programming. That, and I feel that my international status (I’ve had to pay international app fee everywhere) put me in with the other international kids to compete for the limited slots due to the quotas.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Bad EC’s, not enough officer positions
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected by Georgia Tech, rejected by MIT (obv) rejected by JHU. Accepted by UF.

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Waitlisted, I had an error with my midterm grades that led to them being sent today, which was probably the issue.

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $29.5k/year

Objective:
SAT : 1550
ACT : 36 (36 M, 35 W, 35 S, 36 R)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none
AP (place score in parenthesis): 11 APs - all 5s except one 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, APUSH, AP Spanish, AP Lit, Band, Health, TA
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Qualified for AIME 4x and National Merit Finalist if those count

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Mu Alpha Theta (Officer, numerous state-level awards), Band/Instrumental Music (Drum Major, All-State Musician), Science Honorary (President but we don’t really do much), Show Choir
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer, private tutor
Summer Activities: BAND BAND BAND
Interview: Requested but wasn’t granted one

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: BME
State: Appalachia
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Female in engineering?

Reflection

Strengths: Good test scores, strong in math, commitment to music.
Weaknesses: Not enough STEM ECs, no research, didn’t visit campus, generic rec letters.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably test scores and demonstrated interest. Though I didn’t visit campus, I emailed the AO a few times.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Pitt, Cornell (LL)
Rejected: WashU, Northwestern :frowning:

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My daughter got accepted with a $20,500 university scholarship.
2130/2400 SAT;
3.68 unweighted; 3.8 weighted;
national merit commended scholar;
NHS; robotics; orchestra; micro business creator/owner;
intended major - statistics

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT : 1480 (750 CRW, 710 M)
ACT : 34 (35 E, 34 M, 32 R, 33 SCI) (superscored)
SAT II: 730 (Math II)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.50 (3.62, when factoring in mid-year grades)
Weighted GPA: 3.95 (4.13 when factoring in mid-year grades)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Tests are in May for us.
Senior Year Course Load: IB Biology HL Yr. 2, IB SL Mathematics Yr. 2, IB SL History Yr. 2, IB HL Psychology Yr. 2, IB Theory of Knowledge SL Yr. 2, Health and Medicine III, IB SL German Yr. 2, IB HL German Yr. 2, Symphony Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 3rd Place at 2015 HOSA Regional Competition for Medical Photography, National Commended PSAT Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Political Club (position as club secretary), HOSA, Speech and Debate, Orchestra, Tennis (JV), Coding Club, Junior Achievement Program, Student Council General Assembly, NHS, Statistics Club
Job/Work Experience: Practicums at a biomedical engineering company and a software company, job at an SAT/ACT preparation place this past summer.
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club, school UNICEF chapter, hospital volunteering
Summer Activities: SAT/ACT job and hospital volunteering
Interview: Yes.

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Business Management
State: PA
Country: USA
School Type: Public magnet
Ethnicity: Asian-Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: x > 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: GPA, ECs (lot of them were joined in my junior and senior years)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hard to say; won’t be bothering anymore though.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: Penn State University Park, Drexel University, University of Pittsburgh (Honors), Ohio State University - Columbus, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, North Carolina State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Maryland

Rejected: UNC Chapel Hill, Georgia Tech, Northwestern

Waitlisted: RPI, Case Western

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So proud of my DS

Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $29,500

Objective:
SAT :760m, 390cr
SAT II:710m2, 670phys
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.89

Applied for Financial Aid?:y
Intended Major: Compuer Engineering
State:NJ
Country:Murica
School Type:private
Ethnicity:Hisp
Gender:m
Income Bracket:<100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation

Strengths:mathematics
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: maybe quota for NJ, unsure
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
accepted Rpi, Rutgers, Njit honors, Rit.
rejected Cornell earlydecision, Northeastern
waitlisted no schools have waitlisted him yet.
waiting still for Lehigh, Rowan, ND, CMU, Stevens

Reflection
I really think our list of schools was very well balanced for a stab in the dark early decision which you only get once in a lifetime to blow $80 bucks on, well worth the try.

Basically just waiting on Lehigh and ND and their price point.
We changed our mind with CMU and Stevens.
Depending on price points NJIT beats all with 30 minute commute home and full tuition scholarship to honors college.
With that in mind, it’s ND>RPI>Case>Lehigh>Rowan>RIT>Stevens>CMU>Rutgers

Any thoughts?

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $28,000

Objective:
ACT : 33
Weighted GPA: 4.17
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo: 5; Chem: 4; AB Calc: 5; European Hist: 5; Bio: 4; Literature: 4.
Senior Year Course Load: Lots APs, an IB, and an engineering class.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction; National Merit Commended

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Marching Band (Drum Major), other musics (Lettered) ; High School Swimteam (Lettered); Writing Coach; Swim Club.
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: Writing Coach, Volunteer ACT Tutor
Summer Activities: Swimming, Marching Band, Lifeguard
Interview: None

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian/Caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.

Reflection

Strengths: Lots of leadership ECs, strong academics.
Weaknesses: Not a lot of volunteer hours,
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Lots of strong leadership, well rounded in arts, academics, and athletics. I think my essay on growth and leadership was pretty good.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Iowa State University, Marquette University (Honors), University of MN Twin Cities,
Waitlisted: WashU in St. Louis.

Really like Case Western. Would love to go, but the money is pretty tight.

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Decision: Accepted
Financial Award: $49,000

Objective:
SAT : N/A
ACT : 29 (35E 25M 30R 25S 8W)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/125
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 in Math Studies, 4 in Chem SL
Senior Year Course Load: IB History, English, Art, and Spanish (all HL) as well as some religion and artistic classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): In school award for respect, state scholar, leadership scholarship for high school

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Sci-Fi Club Officer, Anime Club Officer, National Art Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society Treasurer, Drama Club President, International Thespian Society Treasurer
Job/Work Experience: summer fast food job
Volunteer/Community service: teaching STEM to middle school girls, haunted house scarer, nursing home
Summer Activities: National Student Leadership Conference (Theatre)
Interview: I didn’t interview, but I auditioned for the theatre scholarship, which included a mini interview and overall went really well

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Theatre and Business Management or Political Science
State: IL
Country: USA
School Type: Private, single gender
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Leadership, essay
Weaknesses: ACT for sure, probably GPA too
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my theatre audition played a major role in my acceptance. The professors liked me very much and it was just a good experience overall :slight_smile: If you’re considering theatre, definitely try and go to Theatre Weekend (especially since my stats are below average for CWRU)! I also have a very good relationships with the teachers who wrote my recommendations, so although I waived my FERPA, I’m sure they wrote strong essays. Seriously though, and I don’t want to sound conceited, but I’m pretty sure the reason I was accepted was my audition and interview!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected Northwestern, waitlisted at Emerson (theatre and performing arts major), accepted at University of Tampa and King’s College, still waiting on Drew University, Muhlenberg College, Vassar College and Emory University

Congrats to all and good luck!

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Decision: Accepted
Financial Award: $32,500

Objective:
ACT : 34
SAT II: Literature 800, Spanish 720, Biology 710 (didn’t study for any… oops)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted GPA: 4.356
AP: AP Euro (5), AP Lang (5), APUSH (4), we don’t speak about AP Physics I (canceled)
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Bio first semester and some easier stuff second.
Major Awards: … National Spanish Exam golds? idk man

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Newspaper editor, Spanish Honor Society exec board, tennis, Modeling a Protein Story (like SMART team), etc
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Regular public library volunteer, but mostly do stuff through volunteer clubs.
Summer Activities: … not much
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: no… I applied to Case on a whim because they kept emailing me
Intended Major: Bio
WI, USA
School Type: Public, “nice” part of the state
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: F
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic female in science (??)

Reflection

Strengths: I had fixed up my common app essay by Case’s deadline, so I was actually pretty proud of it. I think I also made it clear how much each of my ECs meant to me. They mentioned I should work on their school newspaper, although I don’t know how many people they said that to haha
Weaknesses: Despite how much I like my ECs lol, I know they’re pretty average. My SAT subject test scores were also kind of blah.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Northwestern, UW-Madison, Minnesota Twin Cities, & University of Missouri. No rejections/waitlists, still waiting on NYU and Ann Arbor.

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Decision: Accepted
27K/Year scholarship
White Male

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 800/800/710 on old, 800/800 on new
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): only took once each
ACT (breakdown): 35S/35E/35R/36M/22W (didn’t send)
ACT superscore (breakdown): only took once
SAT II (subject, score): 800 Math 2, 730 US History, 710 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 by my own calculation, my school only reports my weighted
Weighted GPA: 4.56 as of end of junior year, higher now
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC (5), Stats (5), USHist (5), Eng Lang (5), Physics 1 (5) World Hist (4)
IB (place score in parentheses): no
Senior Year Course Load: 7 classes, the max at my school, 5 APs, one fine art, 1 post-AP
Number of other applicants in your school: 1 that I know of
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): Won some state-wide and local academic contests, NMSF

Extracurriculars: Lots with plenty of leadership but nothing THAT execptional - I don’t feel like going into detail.
Essays: Good I think, definetly no typos or grammar errors since I proofread well and pretty good content.
Letter of Recommendation: From my Physics teacher, should be super great.
Other apps: Deferred Princeton SCEA, Accepted Georgia Tech EA, Rejected MIT RD, Waitlisted UChicago RD haven’t heard from Harvard and Carnegie Mellon.

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $23,500 merit scholarship. Total FA: $63,052

SAT :----
ACT :28
SAT II:------
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.2 (bad sophomore and freshman year) 4.0 junior and senior year.
Weighted GPA:4.52 senior year overall about 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):----
AP (place score in parenthesis):Currently taking my first AP class AP chem, haven’t taken test but I have a 96 in the class.
IB (place score in parenthesis):----
Senior Year Course Load: Government, AP Chem, Hon Calc 1, Hon ENG (College Creddit though taken at a local university), Religion 12 (I go to a Catholic school), Hon PHY
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):-----------

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Football, and some other crap that I CBA listing lol
Job/Work Experience: Worked since Sophomore year
Volunteer/Community service: Over 200 years of volunteering/community service
Summer Activities: Only have time for football
Interview:-------

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Not sure something w/ science though and doing Pre-Med
State: Ohio
Country: US
School Type: Catholic Priv
Ethnicity: Black and White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths:Upward trend
Weaknesses:Low test scores. Only have a 28 ACT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably because of my interesting essay and my upward trend in grades, and great LOR. My essay was about how love and hate can be indistinguishable because of an abusive mother and blah blah yea w/e.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: U Pitt, Boston U, U Dayton, Miami U. Waiting on Vandy

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $47,070 (Cleveland Scholars)

OBJECTIVE
SAT : N/A
ACT : 32
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1765
Weighted GPA: 3.2353
Rank: 28/95
AP: N/A
IB: N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, Statistics, American Government, Playwriting, Senior Seminar
Major Awards:

SUBJECTIVE
Extracurriculars: Writing, Videography, Performance
Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs, quit all three to focus on my art
Volunteer/Community service: Did a lot in freshman/sophomore year, as I honed my interests I stopped at junior year.
Summer Activities [Junior Year]: Competed in Brave New Voices, College Tours, Performed for local writing troupe/program
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English w/ Film Concentration
State: OH
County: Cuyahoga
School Type: Magnet
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, possibly LGBT, youth performer, YouTuber

REFLECTION
Strengths: I applied early, had good test scores and a good essay.

Weaknesses: I didn’t really give Case too much interest until I got the aid package.

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was a good Cleveland student and they wanted to bring in some locals who they thought could be successful in the college… but maybe it was just the YouTube, you know, “millennial appeal”.

Where else were you accepted: Tulane University, Ohio University, New College of Florida, Central State University, University of Illinois - Chicago, University of San Francisco (I applied to a lot of places so I just put the ones I was accepted too)

Hopefully I can do more research into CWRU and find it the best place for me, I’ve been teetering with whether I want to stay in the community and family I’ve built in Cleveland or move out & start over.

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Decision: Waitlisted

OBJECTIVE

SAT : 1300 (Math 700) (CR 600)
ACT : None
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: Don’t Know
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 2%
AP (place score in parenthesis): None
IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL, Physics HL, Business HL (Scores available until May)
Senior Year Course Load: Math SL, Physics HL, Business HL, Chinese, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Elective (Finance)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

SUBJECTIVE

Extracurriculars: Student Gov. (President), Economic Affairs Club (President), Robotics Team (Chief), Soccer Team (Captain), Swim Team.
Job/Work Experience: 2 Internships + Tutoring Job
Volunteer/Community service: Founder/President of a Non-Profit Organization and currently assisting 4 others.
Summer Activities: Intensive Internships (More than 40 hrs of work per week).
Interview: None

Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
Intended Major: BME
Country: Mexico
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Latina
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 60-80K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Minority (Female + Latina)

REFLECTION

Strengths: Strong GPA, President of Several Clubs, Student Athlete, REALLY involved in community service.
Weaknesses: Low SAT scores, generic recommendation letters, financial aid applicant.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My SAT scores did not showcase my full potential. I also believe the economic factor is a huge deal breaker.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Syracuse (Accepted), Lafayette (Deferred), still waiting on other universities.

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Just find this too. Any chance for someone on wait list to get in Case Western? Thanks

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@reformedman I think Lehigh is more expensive than some you’ve already rejected, but it’s a very good school.

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@SpacemanEd sad to hear, still trying to figure out what to do about rpi, researching all possible avenues to try to make this work and lehigh would have been a nice alternative.