Cornell vs. Case Western

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m applying to:</p>

<p>Stanford
Cornell
USAFA
Case Western
U of Michigan
Alabama
Michigan Tech (accepted)</p>

<p>I am wondering if I should apply to Cornell or Case Western EA. My #1 is Stanford, but I was told not to apply to their EA because most of the applicant pool in EA is “super-students” and I wouldn’t get accepted. I was wondering if it’s the same way with Cornell.
If not, I’ll apply EA there. If so, I’ll apply EA to Case Western. So, do I have a better chance of getting into both schools if I apply to Cornell EA, or Case Western EA?</p>

<p>Info:</p>

<p>Plan to pursue engineering (environmental, maybe? chemical, physical? i have no idea)
Best ACT’s:
ACT1: 30 composite, 35 math
ACT2: 32 composite, 36 science, 32 english, 30 reading, 9 writing
GPA: 4.07
Rank: 5 of 280
AP: US History (3) Lang (4) Lit (current) Chem (current) Calc (current)</p>

<ul>
<li>Football: Varsity Letter 2 years. Selected by coaches to participate in senior leadership meetings. Meetings consist
of hand-picked seniors (captains) to discuss priorities/goals required for successful season </li>
<li>Track: Varsity Letter 4 years. Captain for 2013 season</li>
<li>Band: Equipment manager–2 years
Drum Line Captain
Sophomore selection to Symphonic band</li>
<li>Church: Creative Planning Team–organized group bible studies and various church events
Civics:</li>
<li>Member of National Honor Society since 2010</li>
<li>Leads a team that teaches 5th graders about the dangers of drugs and ways to refuse them</li>
<li>Volunteer coach for Hershey track clinic–help elementary students with various field events</li>
<li>Supports education foundation fundraiser race–set up/tear down and record participant times</li>
<li>Blood drive contributor–set up and provide refreshments to participants–donates blood</li>
<li>Plow/shovel elderly neighbor’s driveway/sidewalk, cut and weed lawn
Work:
-June - Current: GreenRock Landscape Supply–grounds keeper and general labor
-April - Current: Farm and garden maintenance work
-June - Current: Landscape maintenance</li>
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<p>Okay, I applied to Case Western’s EA because Cornell’s EA is binding.</p>

3

<p>Cornell: Reach
Case Western: Low match (good use of EA)
Stanford: Reach
USAFA: Reach
UMI: Low match
UAL: Safety (honestly, even Michigan Tech is harder to get into than UAL)</p>

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<p>levi – you are correct Cornell is an EarlyDecision school (which is binding). Stamford, I believe is a Single Choice Early Action (meaning you can’t apply to any other early action or early decision program. I assume Case Western is Early Action (not binding and you can apply to more than one)</p>

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<p>Why are case western and u of m low matches? do you have any medium or high match suggestions?</p>

<p>Alabama is on my list…but its a true, true backup, but tuition is free (I qualify for the guaranteed full tuition scholarship)</p>

<p>Case Western is not binding or single choice.</p>