Anonymous wrote:Case western is a good school but the location is not appealing.

As a Rust Belt resident, agree that the Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, etc are all going to have cultural amenities, Whole Foods, yoga studios, etc., But the lack of growth makes being in these places, especially for college, depressing. Plus it cuts down on networking and internship opportunities.

Case is a very good school but, for whatever reasons, not very well known in DMV area - unless you follow schools.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughters first choice for for nursing and got into it. Tuition is very expensive and stingy with merit aid. She was pissed she could not go.

In general, don’t expect merit aid from “name” schools.

Depends on the student. My son got $30K/year in merit aid from Case Western.

I went there in the late 90s with the guy who went on to invent Gmail. It’s small. It’s super nerdy but North campus has enough CIA and CIM students to keep it weird. It’s also big on Greek life. For some kids that’s an awesome combination. Film Club and WRUW radio are both still big campus activities as far as I know. University Circle has really stepped up and been redeveloped since I lived there - I left CLE for DC in 2009.
Great museums, great orchestra, easy to get downtown, enough decent restaurants for when parents visit, not too hard to get to the lake, rent is cheap compared to DC metro.

The male to female ratio used to skew heavily male.
The guys say “there are 6 pack girls, 12 pack girls and then there are CASE girls.” To which we would answer “the odd are good, but the goods are odd”.
It’s like the best of a big city as far as amenities- but without the traffic or the costs.
I would only encourage my kid to attend if her major was engineering, nursing or pre-med. it’s a pretty expensive school if you aren’t STEM.

Case western is a good school but the location is not appealing.

Know a number of Case grads for a variety of reasons and recent/fairly recent grads from other schools.

Unis/Colleges have 3 different approaches to CS -
1) Engineering School
2) Separate CS School
3) Arts & Sciences

Plus other degrees like IM.

For CS -

The Engineering Schools all tend to have an ABET certification, so the first couple semesters look like typical Engineering - lab sciences/continuous math through Diff Eq. and a strong emphasis on software engineering and some hardware engineering though not nearly as much as electricals would.
Separate CS School tend to be more discrete math/algo/etc.
Arts & Sciences more flexible than either. Won't be ABET certified, but, if more interested in CS applied to other areas or data science, etc. this or IM/IS may be a better fit than the others.

CWRU has two degrees - BS from the Engineering School, BA from Arts and Sciences. The recent grads I know took the BS route. Strong in software engineering. Ask the right questions, good developers, testing, etc. Tend to be Java/OO. Projects often have a bio/med slant given the Med school.

vs. VTech - CWRU students more consistently good. Some Tech grads equivalent, but know some real clunkers from Tech... Wife knew one she called "X the Ditz" who had gotten her boyfriend to write all her software...
vs. CMU - CWRU students more software engineering, less pure hard core algorithms, etc. Java, not functional languages like ML. CMU more brilliant, but, depending on the problem...
vs. a couple Ivies known for CS - Not sure where I'd rank CWRU students. Ivies have had more years under their belts. With more years, I suspect there wouldn't be all that much difference.
vs. MIT - God forgive us for ever letting MIT'ers do anything, but they sure know they're right.

That said, around DC, whether they should or not, most people would hire from the other listed places first.

didnt go to Case, but got accepted in 2000. grew up in the suburbs of cleveland.

always loved visiting university heights, coventry rd, and little italy. all near by Case. Its like the most charming neighborhoods the CLE has to offer.

always wonder what my life would have been like if i had gone to Case and not school in DC....

Anonymous wrote:Love Case Western. Both my husband and I went to graduate school there. Toured with oldest daughter a few years ago and was very impressed. She ultimately chose a different (larger) school, but we would have been thrilled if she had gone there. I agree with the nerdy vibe but not competitive comment. It's a fantastic school. My daughter also received a generous merit package, but it wasn't nursing. The campus is surrounded by some seriously amazing cultural opportunities: multiple museums (including modern art) and the Cleveland Orchestra. They are essentially part of the campus.

The Cleveland Art Museum is one of my all time favorite art museums. It's wonderful.

Love Case Western. Both my husband and I went to graduate school there. Toured with oldest daughter a few years ago and was very impressed. She ultimately chose a different (larger) school, but we would have been thrilled if she had gone there. I agree with the nerdy vibe but not competitive comment. It's a fantastic school. My daughter also received a generous merit package, but it wasn't nursing. The campus is surrounded by some seriously amazing cultural opportunities: multiple museums (including modern art) and the Cleveland Orchestra. They are essentially part of the campus.

We loved it. Has a reputation for smart, hardworking students.

I was initially excited about the school for my DS, but he was very turned off my their aggressive email marketing. I'm not sure if Tulane or Case Western is worse in their shady emailing and recruitment language.

PP here—I also hoped Case would be my youngest DD’s choice (she’s graduating from college in December), but she opted against it because of its small size. But I’m still sad that nobody selected it