Ideally nursing major should be declared before start of freshman year because there are some nursing specific prep processes before or at the start of first year (such as for clinicals). Case nursing class curriculum is quite defined and rigid, and most of the courses have to be taken in sequence.
That being said, I had known someone who switched to nursing major starting sophomore year, but that person had to catch up and took extra classes in summer.
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Read somewhere that some of the ED2 posted today so congrats if any of you or your children are joining my daughter next year. So far she has glowing reviews about CWRU during her first year.
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Accepted ed2! came in Saturday morning so I guess that counts for āthis weekā! hoping good news came for all of you, as well!
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Congrats! If there are any questions for my daughter let me know and I can reach out to her. She loves it.
Can I ask what date you submitted your ED2 app? They have rolling acceptances, so wanted to check for a friend who applied on very last day. Thanks in advance.
This is so helpful to know! My kid wrote his essay about being an engineer who loves the mechanics of words, so weāve talked about where heād might be able to study something like linguistics along with engineering.
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Nice. Almost all of them have a fascinating blend of study. Itās very CWRU.
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Jan 6 complete
Son was deferred EA. We elected to stay in for RD. Yesterday, he received an invite for an interview. Any information on who does the interviews (alums, AOs, current students etc.) and how to approach it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Same situation here!
I was told interviews are done by grad students.
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Thanks. I presume these are evaluative, not just informational?
I have no idea.
Case does these interviews but we missed the window when the spots opened up last Fall. These filled up quickly. I am guessing they are giving kids who applied but didnāt interview a chance to do so now. Are these interviews ever just informational? I thought even alumni ones were evaluative even if they donāt carry too much weight in decision process.
My son had an interview back in September (signed up for one on the web site). I donāt know all the details, but he thought it was pleasant to talk with the interviewer and he didnāt feel grilled. It was the first interview that he did for any school and he didnāt prepare in any way. He was accepted EA.
The answer is yes. Some schools have informational alumni interviews. Itās really for the applicant to ask questions. Years ago I had an interview with Case (1989-1990). The school called me because the Dean of Admissions was coming to Atlanta. I had an interview with him. At that time there was a scholars weekend and he told me during the interview he was moving my application from the regular pool to the scholarship pool. At least at that time the interview without a doubt served a purpose.
I did alumni interviews for Emory. They were evaluative and I had to submit an eval on each applicant I interviewed plus every year I had to take a class and test to make sure I knew what to do.
This year no evaluative Emory alumni interviews. Instead and I am waiting on the rest of the information to explain it to me - we are doing informational interviews to help admitted students decide if Emory is the place for them. ED students accepted to both campuses are contacted by students representing the different campuses to help them decide which one to choose.
All schools use interviews in a different way. I know when my daughter - at CWRU - had interviews last year (she did not have a CWRU one until accepted and that was part of a scholarship thing for theatre) depending on the school who did the interview was different. Lafayette was an alumni, Muhlenberg was an assistant Dean of admissions.
Alumni told my daughter she would be sending a report in on the interview but it would have little bearing on decisions. The assistant Dean from Muhlenberg told my daughter she would see her at an admitted student event later (she was RD and basically told after the interview she was in). So it just depends.
She was ED2 CWRU so the outcomes never mattered.
Iām thinking the interview requests for EA deferred to RD applicants (as opposed to ED2) are just another step for yield control to gauge demonstrated interest.
After getting some good EA acceptances with good merit ācouponsā, my son has decided heās not going to make the effort to interview at CWRU. Iām going to advise him to just withdraw his application.
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I would agree that yield control is probably a factor for all CWRU interviews, both early in the season and for deferred applicants.
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My daughter was deferred last year from EA. She hasnāt toured the school nor could she get an interview. We flew out and toured it. Thatās when she decided it was where she wanted to be and did the ED2. CWRU looks at demonstrated interest as part of their process. So yes if turning down the offer that wouldnāt hold well. Of course if he already has options he wants then withdrawing makes sense.
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Your son may have been deferred because his stats were so strong that Case thought he was using them as a safety. Did Case invite him to apply ED II?
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They did invite in our case to apply to ED2, but our CSS profile is twice our fafsa due to assets, so no way I could sign off on that.
Mine has 1550+ on SAT and correspondingly high scores, grades, etc. I honestly think Case is becoming a favorite destination for a lot of science kids. I think the only other school my DS would consider over it is JohnsHopkins.
My D23 (who was accepted EA this year) did a very friendly zoom interview with, I believe, a young woman who was in the 5th year of a combined bachelors/masters degree. If nothing else, itās good practice for kids to interview, and it definitely canāt hurt in the demonstrated interest department.
My D23 actually forgot to get the young womanās contact information (she was nervous, it was her first ever college interview) so she emailed admissions to find out and they were very nice about connecting them via email so my D could send a thank you.
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