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

Colleges and Universities A-Z Case Western Reserve University
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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $32,500 ($27,000 University Scholarship; $5,500 Federal Unsubsidized Loan)

Objective:
SAT : 1410 (700 M, 710 CR)
ACT : 34 (34 M, 33 E, 31 R, 36 S)
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 740 Math Level II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry, 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB, Honors Physics, Honors Organic Chemistry, Spanish IV
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Heavy athletic involvement and success
Job/Work Experience: Part-Time Farmhand
Volunteer/Community service: Local Youth Football Team Assistant Coach
Summer Activities: Travel Basketball
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State: PA
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1000 Pt Scorer in Basketball

Reflection

Strengths: ACT Score
Weaknesses: SAT Score
Accepted- RPI, Penn State - University Park, Shippensburg University, Juniata College
Waiting: CMU, Penn, Cornell, Bucknell, Drexel, Lehigh

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Financial Award: $20,500

Objective:
SAT : nope
ACT : 34C (34E 35M 33R 32S 23W)
SAT II: nope
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13th percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), Spanish Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, Biochemistry, AP Calculus- BC, Research and Debate-HN, AP Spanish Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tennis (Four years, 1x JV Captain, 2x Varsity Captain), Cross Country (1 year)
Job/Work Experience: Tennis Camp Counselor (2 years), Hebrew School Teacher (5 years)
Volunteer/Community service: The Valerie Fund (6 years)
Summer Activities: Georgetown University Medical Institute (2014), Belize Wilderness Emergency Medicine and Public Health (2015)
Interview: nope, but I went to the info session at my school (if that counts?)

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology or Biochemistry (Pre-Med)
State: NJ
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, essay, recommendations, work experience
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, Class Rank, GPA could be better too
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got in after being deferred. I was expecting to get in originally, but I’m glad I got in now!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Miami (FL), Miami (OH), Elon, SUNY-Binghamton (Honors) all accepted. I was waitlisted at Grinnell.

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $17k

OBJECTIVE
SAT : 1410 (Reading/Writing: 700, Math: 710)
ACT : none
SAT II: none
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.34
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank: n/a
AP: none
IB: none
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Brit Lit, Contemporary Math, Journalism, East Asian Studies, Drawing II, Drama of Social Issues, Personal Finance (Honours)
Major Awards: none

SUBJECTIVE
Extracurriculars: Badminton (Captain of school team + Competitive player), Piano, Drawing/Painting Class, GSA, Social Justice Club
Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
Volunteer/Community service: Co-Counselor, Special Olympics, Do-Something Campaign (Teens for Jeans)
Summer Activities: Playwriting intensive, Counselor (originally volunteer, later hired)
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English, possibly Political Science
State: MA
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Taiwanese-American
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks: LGBT…and yeah thats about it

REFLECTION
Strengths: “Upward trend” with grades, strong SAT, personalized recommendation letters, lots of extracurriculars, top public school in the state, interesting essay??
Weaknesses: low GPA, no APs + honours, no solid idea of what profession I want to do
Why you think you were accepted: Honestly don’t know–I applied on a lark, and didn’t expect to get in.

Accepted: Drexel, Willamette, Fordham, Sarah Lawrence, Puget Sound, Simmons (honours program)
Waitlisted: Marist
Rejected: BU, Northeastern, Clark (still very ??? about this)

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Financial Award: $29.5

Objective:
SAT : 2330/2400 (760 cr, 800 math, 770 writing)
ACT : didn’t take
SAT II: 780 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
Weighted GPA: ~4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/220
AP (place score in parenthesis): world history (4), comp gov’t (5), us gov’t (5), bio (4), english language (5), us history (5), bc calc (5, subscore-5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: ap chem, ap english comp, ap stat, ap euro, ap macro, ap micro
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: spanish club (secretary/ executive board), Asian culture society (co-president), 200+ hours of shadowing (radiologist, pediatrician, optometrist)

Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: co- founded English program at Senior Citizen home, hospital volunteer (~250 hours), Big Brothers, Big Sisters (3 years, 200+ hours)
Summer Activities: Columbia research
Interview: none

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: nursing?
State: NJ
Country: USA
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 200,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: good sat and gpa, community service
Weaknesses: not a lot of leadership positions
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: northeastern (accepted), rutgers- honors college (accepted), university of the pacific (pre-dental program)- (accepted)

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** ^Summer Activities: Research at Columbia University on the Tau Hypothesis

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $20k

ACT: 31
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 AP classes my junior year
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing :frowning:

Extracurriculars: Internships and robotics and a few leadership roles
Volunteer/Community service: A lot of STEM stuff, a lot of stuff for the clubs I lead
Summer Activities: Internships
Interview: Nope

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: BME
State: Somewhere on the west coast…
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k-150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): My dad makes below minimum wage and never graduated, but my mom makes six figures so idk how that weighs out.

Strengths: I got a college internship where the other intern was an Ivy League student, but Case didn’t know that.
Weaknesses: I’m mediocre.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m surprised.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Cal Poly. Waitlisted at Georgia Tech.

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $58,000

Objective:
SAT : 1420 (730 M, 690 CR)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), BC Calculus (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Statistics AP, Multivariable Calculus, Government AP, Environmental Science AP, Graphic Imaging IV, Floral Design I, Art I (yes, I know), and English 12
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing really

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Technology Student Association President, NHS, Anime Club, Art Club
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: SPCA, Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Helping other local community groups (theater and pet rescue)
Summer Activities: More tutoring
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Applied Math
State: VA
Country: US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 35~40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LGBT

Reflection

Strengths: Excellent Essay, GPA
Weaknesses: GPA (my school did not offer AP classes until junior year and many classes did not have honors counterparts (ex. Chemistry)), extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied a month in advance and my essay was excellent; Honestly, I was not expecting this because I just seemed like a rather average applicant
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted into CNU and UM Twin Cities; waiting to hear from other colleges (WM and URoch)

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $20,5k per year

ACT: 34
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): idk
AP (place score in parenthesis): like 6, two 5’s and rest 4’s
Senior Year Course Load: 7 APS
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):national merit commened ap scholar couple more
Extracurriculars: Internships and captian of MOCK TRIAL- they even said that it was a reason I got in on my acceptance letter. DECA, and a lot of extracurriculars
Volunteer/Community service: A LOT of community service
Summer Activities: Internship at State Farm agency
Interview: Nope

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Business
State: Ohio
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k-150k +
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Anti hook of being asian …

Strengths:a lot of extracurriclars with my major and also REALLY strong rec letter and Strong extra
Weaknesses: I’m asian.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to NEU, Miami, OSU, IU

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@oscarmom1 It’s fairly high, it’s about 50% acceptance off the waitlist.

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@etibbs. @oscarmom1 …no, last year there was 7% acceptance off the waitlist.

See https://case.edu/ir/media/caseedu/institutional-research/documents/pdfs/2016-2017-CDS.pdf

and
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/case-western-reserve-university/1974204-cwru-waitlist-faqs.html

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**Decision: Accepted/b

Financial Award: $55,670

Objective:
SAT : n/a
ACT : 32
SAT II: Biology M (610), Math 1 (670)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
Weighted GPA: n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang and Comp (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: French 4, AP Lit and Comp, Government, Economics, Psychology, AP Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Created a start-up this summer
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Translator at church and primary school in Hong Kong (150+ hours)
Summer Activities: Entrepreneurship summer program
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Business Management
State: CA
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lower class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college

Reflection

Strengths: Essays, community service
Weaknesses: GPA, lack of extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essays were pretty well written, and my answers from their EA deferral to RD were not bad. Also, being a first generation college student also helped.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Northeastern, UC Irvine, UCSB, Babson College, Santa Clara University ; Waitlisted- UC Davis ; Rejected- USC, UCSD, Boston U, Emory, CMU

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

SAT: 1450 (780 M; 670 R)
ACT: 33 (35 M; 35 S; 31 R; 30 E; 24 W)
SAT Subject Tests: Math II (710); Physics (720)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.728
Weighted GPA: N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 46/347
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP classes out of 7 classes a day
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: School Emergency Response Team (SERT), FBLA, Science Olympiad, FIRST Robotics, NHS
Job/Work Experience: Work at a makerspace/CNC remanufacturer
Volunteer/Community service: Elementary coding club mentor, School board facilities committee.
Summer Activities: None
Interview: None

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Unknown Engineering
State: WI
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: About $50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Dead father

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, workplace, and extracurriculars
Weaknesses: 650 words was not enough to capture the things that make me who I am, also English scores, lack of more classes due to school, and GPA

Why you think you were waitlisted: My essay and lack of language left much to be desired, but other strong showings allowed me on the waitlist.

Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted: N/A
Waitlisted: Case
Rejected: Harvey Mudd, NorthWestern, Rice, WashU, NorthEastern, CalTech

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As I scroll down the list, I see that a lot of qualified people get rejected from Case. This is really common. Case is well known for wait listing or even rejecting top students with the intention of lowering its acceptance rate, which helps with the rankings.

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Financial Award: $33500

Objective:
SAT :didn’t submit
ACT :32, 33 superscore
SAT II: didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA: 4.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Ap chem, ap lit, ap french, multicalc, social science survey, anatomy and physiology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: swimming, leadership club, yearbook editor
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: hospital - 250 hours
Summer Activities: NSLC
Interview:

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

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: grinnell, loyola, slu, miami oh, marquette, UIUC
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award:
Need-based: $0.00
Merit-based: Full tuition (Treuhaft scholarship)

Objective:

SAT : 1520
ACT : 35 (36 superscore: 36 English | 36 Math | 35 Reading | 35 Science)
SAT II: Math II - 800 / Physics - 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.877

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis):
World History (5) / Comp. Sci. (5) / Physics 1 (5) / Statistic (5) / Calculus BC (5) / Physics C Mech. (5) / Physics C E&M (4) / Biology (4) / English Lang. (4)

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load:
Senior Seminar (college planning thing) / AP English Lit. / AP Psych / Engineering / AP Spanish (kms) / Linear Algebra & Discreet Math / Anatomy & Physiology / Symphonic Orchestra

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: FIRST Robotics, Research, Lots of programming (game-dev, MATLAB, website, etc.)
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Governor’s Scholar Program, Hospital volunteering, shelter volunteering.
Interview: Alexander Treuhaft Scholarship finalist interview

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

Reflection:

Strengths: GPA, test scores, focus on research and comp sci.
Weaknesses: Could’ve done more community things.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Case has a heavy focus on undergrad research!
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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Relax guys. Case randomly wait lists people they think are a good fit, but probably won’t go here. You’re better off to go to another school rather than Case. I’m a current Case student, and I have to say where you study engineering or hard sciences does not matter at all. You guys are probably better off by saving money by going to a state school and using the money for graduate school.

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Decision: Accepted

Financial Award: $5,000

Objective:
SAT : 1310 (660 CR, 650 M) - didn’t send
ACT : 30 (34 R, 32 E, 28 M, 28 S)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not report rank, but top 15% ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Chemistry (4),
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Spanish, AP Economics, AP Physics 1, Honors English, Calculus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Varsity tennis (3 years, 1 year JV), Girl Up Club (4 years - 1 year Treasurer 1 year President), Peer Mentoring Program, Peer Plus for Special Needs Students, Senior Internship Program, Johnson & Johnson IT Program
Job/Work Experience: Dunkin Donuts (2016 - present)
Volunteer/Community service: Homeless shelter volunteer, Senior home volunteer, Girl Scout
Summer Activities: All-day tennis camp, Girl Up Leadership Conferences
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Studies
State: NJ
Country: USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~$140k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Extracurriculars - the dean of enrollment wrote a note on my acceptance letter about them
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted - American, GW, Northeastern NUin, UConn, Temple
Waitlisted - NYU, U of Richmond
Denied - Brown, Barnard College

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@reformedman I’m you posted a while ago, but I was wondering if your award was all merit or was part of it need based? I have similar stats so I was wondering what I might be able to get from Case

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@gopgal
From what I remember CWRU was 29k in merit award with 0 need based. That left 37k out of pocket. That’s way too far for us and I don’t know how people can do that. Truthfully, I’ve learned a lot this past year applying to all these schools and researching. I found that in the end the school is about 20% and the energy of the graduate is the other 80%. You can graduate from just about any stem college and get the same pay as someone with an degree from MIT, no joke. It all depends on the energy.

If you want proof, go to any lower tier college and look at their ‘early salary graduate outcomes’ and it will list accepted salary ranges for each major.
Better yet, here’s a link:
http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-type/bachelors/engineering-schools
Hit the LOAD MORE button on the bottom.

Good luck!

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thanks so much! @reformedman