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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Case Western is big on yield protection.   At my kid's HS they waitlist all the high stats kids.  I'd almost want to say that with a 35/36 ACT its better to go test optional.  [/quote]

This admission cycle my NOVA kid chose CS at UMD ($10k merit per year) over Case engineering ($30k) as well as BU ($25k), Lehigh ($30k) WM ($0), Ohio St. ($16.5k), UMN ($25k) and Pitt ($0).  Really enjoyed our visit. He was deferred to RD from EA. He was bitter about the deferral.  He would have liked to get out of the DMV, but think he made the smart choice. [/quote]
I agree.  CWRU might have been an option for my kid too but the deferral crossed them off.  [/quote]

I don't understand the "deferral crossed them off"?  If you kid wanted to go and would have accepted in EA, what was the "better offer" from a RD school that swayed them? 
It's not like they were Waitlisted--that I can understand.  After May 1 most kids move on
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I was the first poster that chose UMD, with my kid it was an ego thing.  Thought he was being a bit sensitive. Oh well.[/quote](except nursing obviously because you must start on day 1 to get thru in 4 years).  [/quote]
Isn't that true for engineering as well?[/quote]

No.  You can switch to engineering later, but if not done by end of freshman year it would be difficult to get out in 4 years.  It would also be harder if you were not taking Calc/Chem/bio freshman year.  But I suspect many who switch to eng/CS are already stem majors so would be taking the basics like that freshman year. You can also take some engineering pre-reqs (calc/sciences/cs) over the summer to stay on track---nursing at case and most schools you literally have to be there fall of freshman year, if you fail classes you can be set back an entire year to get what you need.

Point is my kid at Case can decide to major in CS, BME, or any engineering or other field they want.  All it requires is changing their major.  No "applying and hoping you get accepted" and needing a 4.0 in classes to get a spot.  At the larger schools that is what happens.  You cannot just decide to switch majors and always get what you want.  Otherwise everyone would apply to UMD as a humanities major and switch after getting accepted.

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