<p>Accepted to Case with $27k!
2120 SAT/32 ACT
800 Math II
760 Bio M
Top 4%</p>
<p>What is the Tufts syndrome? Is it wait listing kids they think picked CW as a safety college and do not actually have a strong interest in attending?</p>
<p>@colldid- it may be because he did not “show interest”, which is deemed important… Did he visit, interview, attend any case info sessions at his school or have contact with his regional admissions counselor? I don’t know for sure… But Case seems to have some sixth sense about people applying because it’s free and those who truly have it at the top of their lists… Go figure! I like the “Harvard of Cleveland” - maybe that will stick! </p>
<p>I don’t understand why they would waitlist kids they think may not be truly interested in their school. In my sons case CW was not one of his top picks but as everyone knows the money is so important that CW could very easily be a top choice depending on the offered aid.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>I wonder how many high stats students who were rejected by PPSP but are accepted by regular CWRU college admission at this point. (Northwestern waitlisted many HPME applicants last year, but admitted the similar or lower stats students who didn’t apply the program).</p>
<p>It’s time for writing a love letter to Case ……?</p>
<p>2190 800 770 4.0 waitlist… disappointed</p>
<p>OK, I am renaming it Case Syndrome, though my theory is that it is financial-aid related. According to Wikipedia, Case Western is in the following category: “U.S. institutions that are need-sensitive and do not meet full demonstrated need”. I made a new thread for wait-listed only to see stats and whether waitlisted student needs financial aid.</p>
<p>Son waitlisted in computer science
SAT: 2200 SAT2: 790 Chem 760 Math 2
GPA: 3.8UW 4.2W 11 APs top 8%
CS Internship at multi-national company
Varsity Sports, community and school-related volunteer.
Location is diverse (not near Ohio)
Accepted at RPI ($21k merit) and Rochester ($14k merit).
Financial Aid Needed: Yes</p>
<p>Thanks for the response SDgal2, you are correct, he did not visit, talk to anyone or do anything except fill out the application. If they are wait listing kids they think are not truly interested, he would have fit that profile. But as I wrote earlier, if the money was good CW might have shot to the top of his list. Cheers! </p>
<p>@Colldid, I believe their financial aid is terrible – at least it was on their aid calculator. I think they are trying to get mostly rich kids to attend, then they give them merit aid to make it cheaper for full-pay kids than more competitive schools. I think they waitlist all the high-stat, moderate-income kids, and those who show real interested can work themselves off the waitlist (as long as their financial need isn’t TOO high). So if you really want to attend, go for it. On the other hand, if you were about financial aid, they weren’t going to be a good option anyways. Son applied because it was free and had no essays, but it still cost me for the CSS profile and test scores, and he and I could have had dinner out for that :-)</p>
<p>waitlisted BME:</p>
<p>2230 SAT
95/100 GPA
top 10%
lots of college credit through dual enrollment
visited campus (Case is one of my top colleges)
Great ECs (leadership, diversity, ability etc.)</p>
<p>I don’t really understand why I was waitlisted, but life goes on. On the plus side, I was accepted at Georgia Tech!</p>
<p>edit: I really wish there was a writing supplement for Case. If there was, it would be much easier to weed out those who aren’t interested in the school. I wouldn’t even mind an application fee.</p>
<p>The financial aid they offered us ($18K EFC) was better than WPI or RIT. Out of state. 29 ACT. Personal comment on the acceptance letter to BME talking about son’s summer internship in a chemistry research lab.</p>
<p>I was wait listed…35 ACT, 2360 SAT, excellent research background, etc. I was accepted EA into Stanford and RD into WUSTL and am waiting to here back from a number of other elite institutions. </p>
<p>@jlee4001 well gratz on getting into stanford!</p>
<p>Case accepted me with a $15,000 merit scholarship! </p>
<p>GPA: 3.7 Unweighted, 3.9 Weighted
SAT: 1950 (670 CR, 670 M, 610 W)
ACT: 28 (did not send)</p>
<p>My acceptance letter included a short note on my essay, so I guess that must have helped! Case is well-known for its STEM programs, so being a prospective Political Science or Japanese Studies major might have given me a boost as well.</p>
<p>Case hasn’t visited my high school recently, and I live too far from Ohio to visit Case, so demonstrating interest was more difficult for me. I requested an alumni interview twice but never heard back.</p>
<p>I have little doubt that Case has a bad case of Tufts Syndrome, seeing that they waitlisted many of my more accomplished peers here. Seeing that some of you were accepted to the likes of WUSTL and UChicago, they correctly assumed that you would go to a better school.</p>
<p>I doubt that I can afford Case, but I’ll find out for sure in a few more weeks! </p>
<p>@hfeiruwnhwg thanks man</p>
<p>@federalconman14 I wonder how common these personal notes are. Anyone else get one?</p>
<p>@superstarlala I got a personal note referring to my common app essay</p>
<p>@jlee4001</p>
<p>Congrats on getting into Stanford and WUSTL, by the way! </p>
<p>@jlee4001 - I hope someone knocks the bad attitude out of you, wherever you end up attending. You can whine about not being accepted, but insulting someone is not appropriate. </p>
<p>@Leicester you sound mediocre as well. Was Case your “shoot the moon” school? </p>