why is Case Western NOT popular among private school kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible name. Same goes for Rice.

Vanderbilt was able to catch on bc better/cooler name.

Yes, college allure is that shallow. There is nothing inherently special abt Cornell or Dartmouth or Penn (which people still stupidly confuse w Penn State) but the Ivy League brand elevates them.

Vanderbilt is the name of a bunch of dead robber barons and a deceased heiress whose name is on jeans sold at Kohls (which I wear, btw). How is the name cooler?

Nashville is a more fun town than Cleveland, especially because of its entertainment industry. It doesn't have a Rust Belt decay side of it. Towns can get past that. Pittsburgh has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Case Western is highly recommended by the college office at our nyc private, particularly for bright kids looking for med size school and who need a solid target. Case has great academic offerings from stem, humanities, arts, and even undergrad business. The issue was that my kid wanted a more social school. However, I personally think it's an awesome school and made my kid apply. Case offers great merit, and does not have any supplemental essays. Plus, you can apply EA and get a response by early December. They do tend to bombard you with lots of email messages, and we did open/click through them in case they track. An early non-binding acceptance with great merit to a well regarded school was a great bonus. If my kid was premed or stem focused, I would have pushed iCase more. I see Case as similar to Hopkins (which my kid also didnt like). Very serious, academic student body with strong stem credentials, and a nerdy reputation (whether deserved or not).

Well stated and accurate.
Also accurate: Case does bombard you with tons of emails! They do value demonstrated interest so if the student is interested in CWRU, open those emails.

[Anonymous]

It's in Ohio, that's why. A lot of great top colleges in Ohio are very underrated and unliked for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's in Ohio, that's why. A lot of great top colleges in Ohio are very underrated and unliked for some reason.

Ohio has gone MAGA and it's struggled to retain and add national level employers.

There are many parts of America that have good qualities but small upper-end job markets.

[Anonymous]

It’s a bit of a turn off when Case defers an EA applicant but says they’d be admitted (sometimes with good merit money) if they switched to ED2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a bit of a turn off when Case defers an EA applicant but says they’d be admitted (sometimes with good merit money) if they switched to ED2.

In our experience, many schools do this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The NAME of the school is a bit of a turnoff.

Can you articulate why?

If a rich person told you they liked it and it was ranked #19, would you have a problem?

Can you pronounce Bowdoin correctly? Any issues about that?

WUSTL look like a lovely acronym to you?

There are too many good colleges out there to settle for one that you will be explaining for the rest of your life. If you have the patience for that, good for you. I have better things to do.

Wait, what - are you saying Bowdoin is "in" even tho it's hard to pronounce?