Yeah i hope so
My D just got this email:
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 Reserveās 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 CWRUās 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.
Iāve 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
So an offer for fall 2019 AND the regular option to say whether or not she wants to stay on this yearās waitlist. What I find curious is why is Bob defining what a gap year is? So if my D wanted to go next year, she would not be able to take classes at community college or a close-by 4 year college of which there are many? A gap year is not automatically travelling the world or working full-time. It can be a combo of any such things including taking some classes. Scratching my head on that limitation.
^ I got the same email
@Winky1 I canāt believe that Case can limit what your D chooses to do on her own during the gap year. Perhaps this is a way of saying Case will not accept any attempt to get college credit for anything done during the gap year.
My son got the same emailā¦ Iām wondering if they let anyone in or denied anyone in addition to sending these emailsā¦
I got that email tooā¦ But my friend received an update on her portal and she got denied..
Yes, I agree, @ny2ohio . Iāve heard of Guaranteed Transfers, but this is not a GT. Itās acceptance for fall 2019, but donāt take college credit anywhere.
I think the only way this is appealing is:
- Student is hell bent on going only to Case.
- Because of the crazy admissions cycle this year, a student only got WL offers and truly has no where to go as of now. OR, they only have an unaffordable option and student would pursue what Case's financial aid package would be for fall 2019.
Our family is fairly new to the admissions game but Iāve surely never heard of a restriction such as this before. I never quite understood the option for offering admissions the following cycle. I know Cornell offers this for a few of their colleges. Most kids are set and excited to head off to college in four months and another 12 months is an awful long time to wait. However, this option may be palatable for some students. Also, if the student takes the gap year at another college they often decide to stay at the original college. This may relate to Caseās thinking? Also Case usually takes a lot of students off the waitlist. Iām assuming there were a lot of people accepting Caseās offer due to the lower acceptance rates at the top tier colleges this year. Iām glad we came off the waitlist a couple weeks ago.
Did anyone get an acceptance for class of 2018??
Did you get the crazy email @Jenbio101 ?
@OJJJJJJJJBK , thanks for letting us know that. That means that Case cleaned their WL and tightened things up a bit.
Also, think about the ramifications long term if GT offers and ānext year admissionā offers become more prevalent. Schools would be filling classes a year ahead of time, thus making things even more competitive because fewer spots are available then. Also, students themselves would adapt and plan for such possibilities. āWell, I am applying to School X now, and if I get in Iāll go, but if I get an offer for next year (or a GT), then I will try to get a lab job at the local hospital and will just start a year later.ā
I can totally see kids making better plans for a Plan B. āOh, Iāll join this humanitarian agency instead and travel to Guatemala.ā OR āI will save money by working for a year for college next year.ā OR "Iāll to go a non-credit college in Italy and learn Italian. "
I think this is a clue things may be changing even more than we thought they would. I can see it working, too. Colleges adapt and work the system, and students do the same, and vice versa.
My D will not be taking the offer to start in 2019. I am not sure she is going to stay on their WL any more either. Weāll talk. She is getting more excited about attending her present school.
@Winky1 yes, but I think Iāll decline the offer. Iām wondering if anyone at all was accepted for this yearās class.
I think I will decline this offer and attend my present school which is the University of Washington Seattle campus.
I am curious if you are going to stay on their regular WL @Jenbio101 and @OJJJJJJJJBK . Anyone else? Or are you totally getting off of their WL and moving on?
@Winky1 Iām gonna stay on the WL and email the admission to see if there is a chance I could enroll as class of 2022. If they said no Iām just gonna go to UW Seattle.
I think what Case is saying is that they want any 2023 students coming in as true freshman (not as transfers) and thus would include them in the statistics for freshman (.e.g, SAT scores, 4 year completion)ā¦as opposed to some colleges that have spring admits where they deliberately donāt include those students into stats in the Common Data Set because they are more academically shaky..
I imagine they will see how many students take advantage of this opportunity to see if it is a continuing thing.
Iād imagine a very small percentage would find this their best option @bopper. But, your point is that Case really does value these students overall stat-wise and fit-wise. I have never seen an option spelled out like this. Itās not a GT. Itās an acceptance with no college credit before hand. What shall we call it? The Delayed Freshman Option. I like it. lol
@Winky1 Nope I wonāt be staying on the waitlist, itās just more waiting after waiting.
Denied ā¦
My S got that email. I just donāt like CWās behavior. My son had so many emails and letters we want you blah blah, no fee to apply. Deferred, EA waitlisted, then now take a gap year and yes when colleges offer this you cannot take college credit. He wrote a very good LOC.
This wasnāt a safe school I donāt want a lecture on that. He didnāt know where he wanted to go to for ED either.