What is Case Western like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a hidden gem. Academically rigorous and beautiful city campus with Cleveland Orchestra and Museum of Arts right on campus. I wish the admin knew how to market itself better outside Ohio.

+1

It’s been this way for generations. To their credit, Case’s attitude seems to be if you find us, we will give you a world class education, but we aren’t focused on making it easy for you to find us.

My kid routinely gets multiple mailings from Case Western on the same day. Their marketing is out of control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a hidden gem. Academically rigorous and beautiful city campus with Cleveland Orchestra and Museum of Arts right on campus. I wish the admin knew how to market itself better outside Ohio.

+1

It’s been this way for generations. To their credit, Case’s attitude seems to be if you find us, we will give you a world class education, but we aren’t focused on making it easy for you to find us.

That seems to be contradicted by the volume of marketing materials they are sending out. Perhaps they just know Cleveland isn’t an easy sell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to brainstorm a list of "likely" schools for my son (a junior). He's very strong academically, will probably have stats for a top school but I know many of the are just a lottery at this point and we need some likely schools to take a look at. He doesn't want a huge school but also does not want to be isolated, would prefer in or close to a city. Undecided about a major: maybe poli sci or econ but also likes math/physics. We want to look at Pitt, Oberlin, Washington U.

Has anyone here seen both Wash. U. and Case Western?

I went to Wash. U., and my instinctive advice has been, “Focus more on Case Western than Wash. U.; it’s just like Wash. U., except that regular good students can get in,” but I’ve never been anywhere near Cleveland.

For a good student who could major in biology but could slide into English or biology, is there any reason to favor Wash. U. over Case Western?

Well, your own written English is terrible, so I'm not sure how to interpret this.

NP. I'd rather make some grammar mistakes than be a POS who insults a well-meaning person asking for help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a hidden gem. Academically rigorous and beautiful city campus with Cleveland Orchestra and Museum of Arts right on campus. I wish the admin knew how to market itself better outside Ohio.

+1

It’s been this way for generations. To their credit, Case’s attitude seems to be if you find us, we will give you a world class education, but we aren’t focused on making it easy for you to find us.

That seems to be contradicted by the volume of marketing materials they are sending out. Perhaps they just know Cleveland isn’t an easy sell.

How is Cleveland any different or worse than Pittsburgh or Indianapolis or Ann Arbor or any other mid western town/cities where some of the good colleges are located?

[Anonymous]

The school DEFINITELY needs a better name. If it was Case University, it would be far more attractive. What's with Western? And how about Reserve? Odd. This school deserves a better name.

[Anonymous]

OP: is it strongest for engineering/computer sciences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The school DEFINITELY needs a better name. If it was Case University, it would be far more attractive. What's with Western? And how about Reserve? Odd. This school deserves a better name.

It is historic. The land area was called western reserve (western most part of the US) before it was Cleveland. Northwestern gets it name for similar reason. They did try to brand it as Just Case but that failed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a hidden gem. Academically rigorous and beautiful city campus with Cleveland Orchestra and Museum of Arts right on campus. I wish the admin knew how to market itself better outside Ohio.

+1

It’s been this way for generations. To their credit, Case’s attitude seems to be if you find us, we will give you a world class education, but we aren’t focused on making it easy for you to find us.

My kid routinely gets multiple mailings from Case Western on the same day. Their marketing is out of control.

Marketing is not just mailing out fliers, they need to be better at recruiting.

[Anonymous]

My DD looked at both WashU and Case. Case gave her a lot of merit aid. WashU gave her 0. If you have a strong student 4.0+ and SATs above 1400, you will likely get offered a decent amount of merit aid. At WashU, 4.0+ and 1550 on the SAT gets you accepted with no merit aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD looked at both WashU and Case. Case gave her a lot of merit aid. WashU gave her 0. If you have a strong student 4.0+ and SATs above 1400, you will likely get offered a decent amount of merit aid. At WashU, 4.0+ and 1550 on the SAT gets you accepted with no merit aid.

Where did she end up going to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to brainstorm a list of "likely" schools for my son (a junior). He's very strong academically, will probably have stats for a top school but I know many of the are just a lottery at this point and we need some likely schools to take a look at. He doesn't want a huge school but also does not want to be isolated, would prefer in or close to a city. Undecided about a major: maybe poli sci or econ but also likes math/physics. We want to look at Pitt, Oberlin, Washington U.

Has anyone here seen both Wash. U. and Case Western?

I went to Wash. U., and my instinctive advice has been, “Focus more on Case Western than Wash. U.; it’s just like Wash. U., except that regular good students can get in,” but I’ve never been anywhere near Cleveland.

For a good student who could major in biology but could slide into English or biology, is there any reason to favor Wash. U. over Case Western?

Well, your own written English is terrible, so I'm not sure how to interpret this.

NP. I'd rather make some grammar mistakes than be a POS who insults a well-meaning person asking for help.

No one can understand what your post meant. It's word salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trying to brainstorm a list of "likely" schools for my son (a junior). He's very strong academically, will probably have stats for a top school but I know many of the are just a lottery at this point and we need some likely schools to take a look at. He doesn't want a huge school but also does not want to be isolated, would prefer in or close to a city. Undecided about a major: maybe poli sci or econ but also likes math/physics. We want to look at Pitt, Oberlin, Washington U.

Has anyone here seen both Wash. U. and Case Western?

I went to Wash. U., and my instinctive advice has been, “Focus more on Case Western than Wash. U.; it’s just like Wash. U., except that regular good students can get in,” but I’ve never been anywhere near Cleveland.

For a good student who could major in biology but could slide into English or biology, is there any reason to favor Wash. U. over Case Western?

Well, your own written English is terrible, so I'm not sure how to interpret this.

NP. I'd rather make some grammar mistakes than be a POS who insults a well-meaning person asking for help.

No one can understand what your post meant. It's word salad.

Perhaps a she/he speaks a different language better and English is not her first language. There is no reason to be an AH and mean. Besides, your antics are not relevant to the question asked by OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD looked at both WashU and Case. Case gave her a lot of merit aid. WashU gave her 0. If you have a strong student 4.0+ and SATs above 1400, you will likely get offered a decent amount of merit aid. At WashU, 4.0+ and 1550 on the SAT gets you accepted with no merit aid.

Where did she end up going to?

DD ended up at WashU. It was hard to turn down the merit aid, but WashU was where she wanted to go. WashU's campus is beautiful. St. Louis weather is similar to DC. Easy flights to St. Louis - American and Southwest several times a day. Little concerned about St. Louis from a safety perspective, but the campus seems safe and well patrolled. The people are really nice and very collaborative which is what she was looking for and why she chose WashU. She also liked that kids from all over the US and the world attend WashU.

I can't say that there was an academic reason she did not select Case - it was really that she preferred the vibe at WashU and that Cleveland has cold, snowy winters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a hidden gem. Academically rigorous and beautiful city campus with Cleveland Orchestra and Museum of Arts right on campus. I wish the admin knew how to market itself better outside Ohio.

75% of students are from outside of Ohio per cds

Per navience it’s 66%.Regardless, better than I thought. But that is just one part of the marketing. It’s ranking stuck in the 40s doesn’t really reflect the school’s weight.

What do you think their ranking should be, and how would marketing help it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is a hidden gem. Academically rigorous and beautiful city campus with Cleveland Orchestra and Museum of Arts right on campus. I wish the admin knew how to market itself better outside Ohio.

75% of students are from outside of Ohio per cds

Per navience it’s 66%.Regardless, better than I thought. But that is just one part of the marketing. It’s ranking stuck in the 40s doesn’t really reflect the school’s weight.

What do you think their ranking should be, and how would marketing help it?

At least 25-30, transform its regional image