Case Western 2023 RD

Colleges & Universities Case Western Reserve University
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@bopper How do we know that? Currently only 2017 common dataset is available for public in their web site and was wondering what is wrong with Case.

Per 2017-2018 common dataset

25,380 applied
8,405 offered admission (33% acceptance rate, including ED,EA,RD) (8,405/25,380)
1,308 joined (15% yield rate) (1,308/8,405)
7,178 offered waitlist (28% of total applicants) but only 4,252 decided to be in waitlist
586 joined from waitlist (14% acceptance) (586/4,252)
45% of class of 2021 is from waitlist (586 / 1,308)

I never saw any other high ranked school like Case with 45% class filled from wailist and with 15% yield rate.

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@DSOF20192023 If you look in the CWRU Waitlist FAQ you will see a letter that students got last year.

"Thank you for your patience and continued interest in Case Western Reserve University. I am writing with an update regarding the wait list. Upon evaluating our enrollment numbers after the May 1 deposit deadline, we anticipate making only a very small number of offers of admission from the wait list this year.

Despite our current space limitations, the admission committee believes you are the kind of student who could excel in Case Western Reserve’s rigorous learning environment and contribute to the Case Western Reserve community. We would like to offer you an opportunity to be among the first to join the class of 2023. If you were to take advantage of this opportunity, you would take the upcoming academic year as a gap year, and enroll at Case Western Reserve as a first-year student in the fall of 2019.

Students who pursue a gap year do not take for-credit college courses, but instead explore interests beyond the traditional academic structure. This can take the form of work, community service, travel, or even mentored research. These would be excellent options for students interested in joining our class of 2023.

If this option is of interest to you, please complete this form to secure a place in CWRU’s class of 2023. Please note that pursuing this option does not necessarily preclude you from admission via the wait list for the fall of 2018.

As I indicated, we foresee very little wait list activity this year, but we do want to know of your interest in remaining on the wait list, should we have the opportunity to utilize it. If you are still interested in Case Western Reserve, we will continue to be in touch should there be any spots available.

Please indicate your level of interest by choosing a link below:

I am still interested in Case Western Reserve. Please keep me on the wait list.

I’ve made other plans. Please remove me from the wait list and close my application file.

I know that the wait list extends the admission process beyond what is ideal, and we truly appreciate your continued communication with us. Thank you for your interest in Case Western Reserve, and please be in touch with any questions you may have. You can reach the admission office at 216.368.4450 or admission@case.edu. Should you decide to pursue other plans, please accept our best wishes for your future.

Best regards,
Bob"

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Thanks for sharing the stats. The 15% yield is very surprising. Does anyone know when Case typically starts making offers off the waitlist? Soon after May 1? Seems like the consensus is confusion over the outcomes. Anybody else slightly annoyed at the delays in announcing decisions/status, as with EA, and with RD - weren’t those decisions supposed to have come out on 3/15? Really left D19 feeling indifferent about final word from Case. Left overall with impression that Case is trying to pump up its stats by drawing more applications…

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@bopper thank you but it does not give any stats :slight_smile:

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@DSOF20192023 Actually I will follow up…I agree that what was happening last May and what the CDS says seem to be different.

@IL2023 Have you read http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/case-western-reserve-university/2065949-cwru-waitlist-faqs-p1.html ?

It says: Starting April 15, but offers are often extended in the final week of April and throughout the month of May.

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Interesting on the gap year “offer”. I would think that would make lots of parents lose, ahem, their stuff over that one.

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@bopper thanks so much for the additional information. S19 might be interested if they offered a gap year again this year. It will depend on the rest of his decisions. It’s good to know that there might be other options.

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S19 deferred in EA and waitlisted in RD:

3.7 UW
1510SAT/33ACT (both single attempts)
NMF
9 AP (4/5)

He has two other very good options, so this is probably goodbye for us. Good luck to all!

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Just got word that every single kid that applied from my kid’s school got waitlisted. That’s just weird. Some of those kids have perfect SAT scores, internships with cancer researchers. etc. So, in addition to yield protection, I wonder if Case just does not get/like/appreciate charter schools?

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@sheerluckholmes I disagree. I was an eagle scout with 1520 sat and 3.7 unweighted and got in with 25k a year. I think when it comes down to it college admissions is 50% luck these days.

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Keep in mind that Case, like all colleges, have to fill up a class. If there are 4000 Biomedical Engineers applying but they want about 150 in a class, then many awesome people will not be accepted.

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Accepted, OOS, not the most perfect test scores/GPA, but I think they really considered my application in a hollistic context. However, financial aid does not cover everything and still leaves me with about $10,000 left to pay either through loans or on my own, so not super enthused about that.

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1550, 4.0UW waitlist, don’t understand

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Accepted with University Scholarship :slight_smile:
1400 SAT
3.895 UW/5.05W/Top 7%
11 APs
19 Honors
3 DE
Applied as an engineering major

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rejected PPSP, waitlisted RD…not feeling it right now

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waitlisted with a 35 act, 4.6 gpa - keep in mind i was admitted early with regents at a number of UC’s (davis, irvine, sb, riverside) which are much more competitive to get into…just a surprise is all it would have been a great fit for premed

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Son wait-listed RD, deferred EA, rejected PPSP
35 ACT / 36 super scored
Chemical Engie with Pre-Med
11 AP’s with all taken tests at 5’s
GPA 4.2

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Son admitted RD MechE international

1520 SAT
4.22/4.3 GPA

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Universities try to admit students who have a high chance of enrolling. that’s why many OOS students with high scores get rejected. For example, If you are a Cal resident with a superior academic record, you will likely go to a UC with instate tuition and shorter drive/flight to home.

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@CaseDad17 try to see it from this perspective. If my 1550/4.0 kid can’t get in to the Ivies or the tier below that and is then yield-protected out of the next tier, you have a crop of kids with no where to go. Not every OOS kid has a state school to go to (if that is your answer for where they belong).