<p>My S is seriously considering CWRU for undergrad with the intent of being a pre-med.</p>
<p>Case is about 10,000 students with about 4,000 undergrad and 6,000 grad/professional students.</p>
<p>Does having this many grad/prof students adversely affect the undergrads in any way? Does it take away from the opportunities for undergrads to find research, internships, etc?</p>
<p>Case has been coined as a "research university", but I am wondering if this term mainly is because of the large grad/prof population at the school.</p>
<p>i would like to know this too.
bump…</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore in biomedical engineering-not premed, but some of my classmates are. I was able to find a research position directly in my field of study within two weeks after asking my adviser about opportunities in the fall, and I don’t know anyone who has looked for research but hasn’t found it. Mine is unpaid, but students with work-study in their financial aid packages can often find paid positions to fill that requirement. I think that rather than taking away chances for undergrads, having a large number of grad students means a large number of projects which they are looking for help with.</p>
<p>No, the number of grad students doesn’t really have an impact on the undergraduate experience at all. If anything, it increases the number of research opportunities for undergrads. Professors usually assign undergrads to a graduate student for mentorship and day-to-day guidance. The more grad students there are, the more openings and research projects are available to pick from.</p>
<p>I’ve honestly never felt like the number of graduate was affecting my education.</p>