What are the academics like at CWRU?

<p>Hey CWRU,
I'm a prospective student here and I wanted to know what the academic rigor is like at Case.
I went to a very rigorous and well-resourced high school and attained a 3.9 by working my ass off!
I don't want to have to do that at college; considering how much I'll be paying for CWRU, I want to have a good time!
I'm prepared to work hard for you but not psychotically hard.
How hard is it to maintain a 3.7? I am a prospective Biomedical Engineering major.
Thanks for any help!</p>

<p>Skip CWRU then…oh and you’re only working hard for you…</p>

<p>Unfortunately, Sdgal2 is right, at least on the first part.</p>

<p>Case academics is extremely rigorous, especially for biomedical engineering. Maintaining a 3.7 can be very difficult as some of the smartest BMEs I know only have around a 3.5.</p>

<p>However, I would go out on a limb and say most top BME programs (or any engineering for that matter) will be extremely challenging and need “psychotically hard” work. If you don’t want to pay for that kind of school and you want to have a good time simultaneously, it sounds like a state school might be a better fit. </p>

<p>Hey, don’t rag on state schools! :)</p>

<p>I’m an incoming freshman, and I’m also wondering how difficult Case Western’s academics are because I’m trying to figure out what classes I want to take (as a prospective math major). In high school I took several college math classes at a non-flagship state university, and I wonder how Case Western’s academics would compare. Is math popular enough that they try to weed people out of it, or does that happen more in pre-med/engineering classes? How much grade inflation is there?</p>

<p>Not exactly sure how saying state schools are better value and potentially mean a better time constitutes as ragging on them, but that’s outside of this topic.</p>

<p>Math would be challenging, about or potentially more so than engineering classes. Actually, the math curriculum shares many courses with the engineering core. I’d say “weed out” classes exist for any STEM major. For math, it might be the linear algebra classes. In terms of grade inflation, honestly, the only STEM major I think has it consistently is (surprisingly) chemical engineering.</p>

<p>Sorry ChiGuy, it was a failed effort to lighten the mood. Didn’t mean any hostility. :)</p>

<p>STEM majors will need to work harder than the humanity/social science/business majors. It’s true in all the colleges.</p>