Case Western and Merit Aid

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all of this helpful info. I’m wondering whether anyone who applied early was given merit aid?

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all of this helpful info. I’m wondering whether anyone who applied early was given merit aid?

Accepted RD with 25k after being deferred in the early round. SAT around 1550 UW GPA I think is around 4.2. Decent ECs and STEM heavy classes with 11 APs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Expect to get deferred.

Will let you know if a few weeks, but expecting waitlist perhaps due to yield protection.

Rough stats: 4.7 WGA, 4.0 UW, ACT 35

Might help if you visit to demonstrate interest. No idea.

yes it definitely helps. Case is a huge demonstrated interest school.

2022 DD 1500/3.95 UW, 8 AP (7 STEM APs)
Accepted with ~$33K/year merit.

Never visited, only did 1 online "visit", no interview, so did not really show demonstrated interest. Suspect if she had found it earlier and really showed interest would have gotten the $40K/year merit. Also suspect being female engineering helped with this

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Anonymous wrote:My dc has lower stats than those posting so maybe it'll be more relevant for you, op. W 4.45. UW 3.9 gpa. 1460 SAT, accepted with $28k merit. Visited the school but no interview.

Interesting. Honestly, I wonder if it would be better to not submit high ACT + SAT scores.

Good thought. There seems to be "something" with schools like Case and VA Tech. Like they can't stomach the though of being someone's 2nd/3rd choice. Despite all of Case's efforts to manage acceptances, I think there yield is STILLridiculously low. Something like 19%

Because they are always going to be most people's 2nd/3rd choice. Case is filled with kids who got rejected from their all of their T25 choices. Add in that it's Cleveland, which is not many kid's "dream location". They had one year 2020 (so basically pre-covid for the applications) where they accepted over 1600 kids from the WL. They only matriculated ~1600 that fall. So can't tell how many from WL actually matriculated, but it demonstrates that the yield was terrible.

[Anonymous]

URM 91.5 GPA UW (3.7 UW?) with 2 IB classes that run 2 years. Applied regular decision test optional. Received 36,000 merit this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm hoping people will share if their kids received merit aid from Case Western and what their stats/ECs looked like. We have a junior and are trying to gauge what could be reasonably expected as we are working on a college list.

Thanks!

Unhooked male from public school in NOVA showed interest in CS. Campus visit. Deferred from EA to RD. 3.98/4.5, 1560. NMF. Varsity athlete, leadership in 2 CS related clubs, CS related sumner intership at small non profit. PT retail job. Accepted $30k/yr merit.

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Anonymous wrote:URM 91.5 GPA UW (3.7 UW?) with 2 IB classes that run 2 years. Applied regular decision test optional. Received 36,000 merit this year.

He demonstrated interest. He did an interview. They fill up early in season, but he checked back daily until one opened up, probably from a cancellation. He explained in the interview reasons he was particularly interested in Case which include the ability to double major in 2 different schools at the University. He also attended a couple of online sessions, a student panel and one specifically on his area of interest. He did not visit in person. He opened every email and clicked on some links of interest.

After acceptance, I noticed that one of the areas they consider in admissions is social impact. His essay touched on this theme and they mentioned it is the ps of his acceptance letter. He is a “good fit.”

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Anonymous wrote:My dc has lower stats than those posting so maybe it'll be more relevant for you, op. W 4.45. UW 3.9 gpa. 1460 SAT, accepted with $28k merit. Visited the school but no interview.

Interesting. Honestly, I wonder if it would be better to not submit high ACT + SAT scores.

Good thought. There seems to be "something" with schools like Case and VA Tech. Like they can't stomach the though of being someone's 2nd/3rd choice. Despite all of Case's efforts to manage acceptances, I think there yield is STILLridiculously low. Something like 19%

Because they are always going to be most people's 2nd/3rd choice. Case is filled with kids who got rejected from their all of their T25 choices. Add in that it's Cleveland, which is not many kid's "dream location". They had one year 2020 (so basically pre-covid for the applications) where they accepted over 1600 kids from the WL. They only matriculated ~1600 that fall. So can't tell how many from WL actually matriculated, but it demonstrates that the yield was terrible.

FWIW, Cleveland gets rapped way more than it deserves. The University Circle area is great and the downtown is pretty decent for a midwestern city. Off course it is not NY, Chicago or Boston. I agree Case is often 2nd/3rd choice for kids applying to T25 and the yield needs to improve but it is a great school.

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We visited Cleveland and I could see living there for 30-40 weeks a year. There’s a lot to do.

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Anonymous wrote:My dc has lower stats than those posting so maybe it'll be more relevant for you, op. W 4.45. UW 3.9 gpa. 1460 SAT, accepted with $28k merit. Visited the school but no interview.

Interesting. Honestly, I wonder if it would be better to not submit high ACT + SAT scores.

Good thought. There seems to be "something" with schools like Case and VA Tech. Like they can't stomach the though of being someone's 2nd/3rd choice. Despite all of Case's efforts to manage acceptances, I think there yield is STILLridiculously low. Something like 19%

Because they are always going to be most people's 2nd/3rd choice. Case is filled with kids who got rejected from their all of their T25 choices. Add in that it's Cleveland, which is not many kid's "dream location". They had one year 2020 (so basically pre-covid for the applications) where they accepted over 1600 kids from the WL. They only matriculated ~1600 that fall. So can't tell how many from WL actually matriculated, but it demonstrates that the yield was terrible.

FWIW, Cleveland gets rapped way more than it deserves. The University Circle area is great and the downtown is pretty decent for a midwestern city. Off course it is not NY, Chicago or Boston. I agree Case is often 2nd/3rd choice for kids applying to T25 and the yield needs to improve but it is a great school.

I'm the PP. yes it is an amazing school. My own kid had it ultimately in their top 2 acceptances. Cleveland was much better than I expected. Was just pointing out that it will never be as impressive as Boston, Chicago, NYC, Philly or warm sunny CA to most kids. And that yes, majority of kids also applied to several T25 schools hoping to get in and had the resume to be considered, so the students accepted at Case are top notch, many go onto grad school at the elite schools they couldn't get into for undergrad. Not sure how they can increase the yield, simply because kids will always want to go to T25 schools. They do an amazing job of offering merit. Had we needed merit, my kid would be there (offered $33K/year last year) as most can't afford to turn it down, but my kid had a better fit at their other choice so they picked that.