There have been students on here with Case that have mentioned 40s. Rochester - I never read anything aggressive.
I remember Case being aggressive - and looking at past threads, I’ve seen half off tuition, $43.5K University Scholarship (which on their website shows as merit), $15K, $28K - so it’s all over - including with kids like your getting deferred or asked to go abroad. But it seems like they can get aggressive. But someone like your son might speak to them with - he’s not going to choose us, he’s going higher.
It makes sense - their yield is really poor - I’m guessing they are aiming for those students going to the next level, so they have to pay to get them. Their non-ED yield is only 6%…it’s a school that gets a lot of love but for whatever reason, most aren’t choosing it. That might be why they waitlist everyone - because maybe they need to go deep. They didn’t publish on the 24/25 CDS but in the past, it was like 1/3 of all applicants.
Make sure you demonstrate interest if CWRU is on your list.
Also note some on this website have said their classes are large, not small - and I see examples of both in section I3 of the Common Data set - example more than 1 in 6 are 50+ kids.
Note - 1/4 of Rochester students are international vs. Case at 14%.
Very few comment on the Rochester threads. I don’t see anything about merit from posters - but the CDS says a bit less than 25% of students get $17.2K on average - but yes, no way to know the breakdown. The school’s website shows an average of $14K. That might be because - in the CDS, Eastman school of music is broken out in addition to being on hte "combined: page - it shows $42K whereas the other schools at $13K. So it seems like Eastman is getting the merit love.
Not exactly what you’re looking for but there is decent info on Case from past threads - up to mid 40s in merit but also deferring or trying to force into ED 2 kids like yours (over performers) - and Rochester has little contribution from posters but you can clean from the CDS, it won’t be a ton.
I would also note about Rochester, they don’t have ABET accredited Civil (ABET website) nor is it on their website. They do show Environmental Engineering on their website which I know some say can work for Civil - also not ABET accredited.
Good luck.