CWRU Class of 2020 RD Results Thread

NicolasCageAf
Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:12:05 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **
With a 31k/yr merit scholarship

Objective:[ul]

[]SAT I and/or ACT (breakdown): 2260 (800 CR, 760 M, 700 W)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 2400 (chem, math 2, bio e)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NA
[]Rank/Percentile: NA
[]AP (place score in parentheses): NA
[]IB (place score in parentheses): NA
[]Senior Year Course Load: NA
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NA

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[]Job/Work Experience: Summer internship with doctor (they even mentioned it in my letter!)
[]Volunteer/Community Service: a couple of hundred hours (hospital volunteer + rotary)
[]Summer Activities: 150+ hours shadowing a doc (he even gave me a rec)
[]Essays: Common app was good 8/10, supplement was crap 5/10
[]Teacher Recommendations: average to good prolly 7/10
[]Counselor Rec: didn’t know her, so probably very generic
[]Additional Rec: Doctor wrote a really good rec 8.5/10
[]Interview: NA

[/ul]Other:[ul]
[]Applied for Financial Aid? Nope
[]Projected Concentration: I don’t know!
[]State/Country: International
[]School Type: Private
[]Ethnicity: B
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: NA
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection:[list]
[]Strengths: Def SAT scores, transcripts and ECs
[]Weaknesses: My mid terms were really bad and they were sent (2Cs) and my ECs were not that unique compared to some other applicants.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Showed interest, good SAT
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Some ivies and random colleges. Already got into Tulane (32k/y merit) UCSD

General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I applied to PPSP with the hope of getting an interview. I did not get one. 1700 people applied and only 70 people got one, so that’s understandable. What I didn’t expect was getting a 31k/year university scholarship from Case after that rejection! Just keep your hopes up, and demonstrate interest! Also Case is NOT a good backup for anyone with high stats, as they do yield protection and waitlist high stat students.