I am going to be a senior this year and I really want to get into Case Western Reserve University. My weighted GPA is a 3.5 (Unweighted 3.3). My ACT superscore is currently a 28 but I am trying really hard to take it up to a 30. I am planning to apply for early decision application.
My EC:
I have done 80 hours of volunteering at a hospital and have also volunteered at a public library.
I am also involved in a research project at CWRU and I am hoping this will help me get in.
Please let me know your feedback and if you think I have a decent chance of getting an admission at CWRU.
I think it’s going to be a stretch with your GPA but ED will help. Definitely focus on getting your ACT up!
The 25%tile of ACT composite scores is 30 for the last incoming class. So that means 75% of incoming students have a higher ACT than you currently have.
Spend the summer studying to increase your ACT.
Also figure out why you arent’ doing as well as you might like on the ACT…is it running out of time? Some find the SAT better for that.
It depends a lot on your desired major, gender, race, and family status. Case Western will ask that. You can change after you get to Case though. Nursing majors get in a lot easier than computer science hopefuls. So its not about those percents so much, its about what check boxes you fill. Are you interested in an undersubscribed major at Case Western? Are you a first generation college student? Are you an URM? Case wants to admit more African Americans today. its not just about test scores anymore. Its more about Case making a rounded class today than it used to be. Girls get in easier than boys do to certain majors at Case. Boys get in easier to a nursing major. But again, Case does not admit per major, or keep quotas, they are just trying to make a balanced freshman class, thats all. You can change majors at any time, and well into your second year in most Arts and Sciences majors, and still finish in four years.
But if you do that, make sure you are academically prepared for the major you mention as a proposed major. If you say you want to be a nurse but haven’t taken AP Bio, you may not look prepared.