2012-2013 Case Western Reserve University Application Thread

[chemsmith]

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By the way, my interview at Case was great. I loved Case. When the day was over I was left feeling like I had just met a hauntingly beautiful woman, for whom I would do anything to have a reunion. I have my fingers crossed!

 

[playmaker22]

UP II Today! complete 8/16 so excited! 🙂

 

[WWPWillis52D]

UP II Today! complete 8/16 so excited! 🙂

Just out of curiosity, did you apply to both UP and CP? Complete 8/10 and still nothing. 🙁

 

[feathr]

I LOOOOOOVED CASE! The curriculum is amazing (class from 8-noon), their problem-based learning/small groups I think will be a much more effective way of learning as opposed to sitting thru hours of lecture. Plus, the deans were so incredibly nice and funny, and everyone I interacted with (both the students and the interviewees) were friendly and seemed normal, phew. And Case is the only med school in the area, so aparently the students have great access to rotation spots and any type of research/organization/shadowing/etc they wanna get involved with!

Basically I fell in love with this school.

I felt the same exact way as well during my interview day. Case set the bar very high.

I think the earliest we can hear back is Oct 16.

 

[playmaker22]

UP II Today! complete 8/16 so excited! 🙂

Applied to just UP

aw 🙁 i was neurotic too! keep ur hopes up!

 

[gocalbears2010]

I felt the same exact way as well during my interview day. Case set the bar very high.

I think the earliest we can hear back is Oct 16.

YES, I totally agree! Case was my first interview and the others hardly compare! I guess "love at first sight" does exist. I hope October 16th will be the happiest day of my life 🙂 and yours too!

 

[deleted450549]

Hey guys, I'm currently an M1 at Case (UP). It was not too long ago that I was scouring the SDN boards as a pre-med hopeful. I thought I would stop back and see how things are going on the ol' Case board (anything to not study on a beautiful Thursday afternoon).

I've already hosted a couple of you bright-eyed hopefuls, and it has been a pleasure. Let me know if you have any questions for me, and I will check back to see what's what and give you the inside scoop on all things Case.

 

[Myuu]

Welcome back. 🙂

 

[soccerkid9]

how many people are interviewed in the lerner college track and how many are accepted? i cant find this information for the program.

 

[vc7777]

how many people are interviewed in the lerner college track and how many are accepted? i cant find this information for the program.

This year it will be around 250 +/- 75. We do not over-accept. We will accept 32 initially. If one of those 32 declines, we will accept another. Thus we will maintain 32 active acceptances at all times by the end of the interview season. So - in theory - if nobody declines it will be exactly 32. It will probably be in the high 40s. But now you are asking me to predict how 32 people will act. Which, of course, is impossible.

Source: Me.

I hesitate giving this information. Not that I want to hide it from you. But because I know what premeds do with this information. What they do is try and "predict" the "probability of acceptance" based on this past data. You cannot us this information to "predict" your own success if interviewed. I wrote about this logical fallacy in the past here:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=11381114&postcount=87

Note the ecological fallacy hyperlink in the link to a quote of me above, quoted above. Very relevant.

References:
Me.

 

[kaige333]

how many people are interviewed in the lerner college track and how many are accepted? i cant find this information for the program.

You can follow this link to download a powerpoint for the figures:

http://casemed.case.edu/admissions/profile.cfm

 

[kaige333]

Note the ecological fallacy hyperlink in the link to a quote of me above, quoted above. Very relevant.

References:
Me.

Hey thanks for the very useful info.

I have never looked into the college track seriously, but I did last night and thought it could be a good fit for me.

I am wondering if it's rolling admission? Specifically, if I apply now, am I at a much disadvantaged position already? Is there much interview spots left still?

Thank you very much and excuse me if I am asking for something you are not at liberty to give the answers to.

 

[nychila]

Hey thanks for the very useful info.

I have never looked into the college track seriously, but I did last night and thought it could be a good fit for me.

I am wondering if it's rolling admission? Specifically, if I apply now, am I at a much disadvantaged position already? Is there much interview spots left still?

Thank you very much and excuse me if I am asking for something you are not at liberty to give the answers to.

I have the same question as the above: I know sending in an secondary now, say Oct 1, obviously isn't early, but is it late (detrimental to interview/acceptance chances) or am I still in the middle of the pack for Case/CCLCM?

 

[Clumpofstuff]

Just had my interview
So exciting
Hope to hear good news oct 16!

 

[elevenses]

Just for all of your information, I sent an "in the area" email today (will be in Cleveland at the end of October) and the admissions staff was really nice about it. They responded within a couple of hours and told me they would try to get me a decision soon. Fingers crossed!

 

[romeosterp]

Soo I'm interviewing in a week and I have yet to hear back from any of the student hosts I requested :/ do you all think it would be weird to email them again just in case they were busy and forgot about the first email? or should I just start looking into hotels?

thanks!!

 

[zephrom]

II!! Complete 8/20 😀 Earliest date to be scheduled is early November now ...

 

[Myuu]

Soo I'm interviewing in a week and I have yet to hear back from any of the student hosts I requested :/ do you all think it would be weird to email them again just in case they were busy and forgot about the first email? or should I just start looking into hotels?

thanks!!

Please do email again!

 

[romeosterp]

Please do email again!

Thanks for your response Myuu!

But when I go to the student hosting page now, it says "you have already selected prospective hosts. We will contact you as soon as one of your hosts are available." So I can't send another email through that page. Do you think emailing the Student Committee on Admissions would be a good idea?

Thanks again!

 

[Myuu]

Thanks for your response Myuu!

But when I go to the student hosting page now, it says "you have already selected prospective hosts. We will contact you as soon as one of your hosts are available." So I can't send another email through that page. Do you think emailing the Student Committee on Admissions would be a good idea?

Thanks again!

Oh, man. Go ahead and send them a message. They'll get you taken care of. 🙂

 

[Woodchuck]

received hold letters from both programs in Aug, II from CP this morning, hope is a good thing...

To find a student host of CP, do I need to contact the people on the list individually or email a coordinator instead? There is no information about where they live, do most CCLCM students live on campus?

Thanks!

 

[elevenses]

To you folks in the college program: the university program was receptive to my "in the area" email, but I still haven't heard anything from CCLCM. Do you know if the CP pays any attention to these sorts of things? I would love to be able cluster my interviews, but it would also be nice to know if it will be impossible. I'm particularly concerned now that the only available interview dates are apparently in November, and I'll be in the area in a few weeks. Thanks in advance.

 

[basedbear]

Also got II today. complete 8/20. unreal! 👍

 

[are we ther yet]

Rejected (apparently on Friday) via iapply. No email, but I saw all the ii so I checked my status. Complete mid august.
😡

 

[stolen_biscuit]

Do you think emailing the Student Committee on Admissions would be a good idea?

I did this when I was in your position and heard back that day!

 

[Hypnotoad]

On Hold for both CP and UP…..

Does anyone know if either program is receptive to LOI or Updates????

 

[elevenses]

Interview invitations from both programs when I woke up this morning! Complete 8/1, but more importantly, sent an "in the area" email last Friday. OOS, but Case is my alma mater. Stats available via MDApps.

Unfortunately, the dates I will be in Cleveland are not available for UP interviews, though I managed to snag a CP interview for October 25. They put me on a wait list for UP interviews that week; hopefully they will be able to recruit some extra faculty for one of those days.

Hooray! I am so excited! I LOVE CASE.

 

[PJacqz]

Rejected UP 8/31

Complete 8/1; GPA 3.8+; MCAT 34

Never received an email. Just checked my status page and there it was. 🙁

Did the status show up under "University Track Correspondence" (or college track)?
Mine is just blank, and my stats aren't as good as yours...
:/
?

 

[PJacqz]

Will do! It totally came by surprise, so be ready for anything. 🙂

Would you mind sharing your stats? I also consider case oneof my reach schools...

 

[justhanging]

Interview invitations from both programs when I woke up this morning! Complete 8/1, but more importantly, sent an "in the area" email last Friday. OOS, but Case is my alma mater. Stats available via MDApps.

Unfortunately, the dates I will be in Cleveland are not available for UP interviews, though I managed to snag a CP interview for October 25. They put me on a wait list for UP interviews that week; hopefully they will be able to recruit some extra faculty for one of those days.

Hooray! I am so excited! I LOVE CASE.

I was complete the same day and still nothing. Maybe I should tell them that I'm going to be in the area soon as well. 😉

 

[elevenses]

I was complete the same day and still nothing. Maybe I should tell them that I'm going to be in the area soon as well. 😉

Haha. I can't say I'd recommend it unless you have legitimate travel difficulties, but hey, it worked for me. The admissions folk have been pretty sympathetic because I live in Alaska. I've managed to cluster six interviews into one trip, which is a huge relief. Flights from up here are expensive.

 

[Med1415]

Rejected from College program 10/2, II from the University Track 10/3

A little disappointed because I was really excited about the College program, but the University Track is still amazing!! Scheduled interview for beginning of December (Hope I can survive the snow!)

Submitted secondary 8/19, 33 3.8 OOS

 

[DAPI]

So submitted my secondary a long time ago and just have a question now.

In iApply it says my application has been marked complete and then says what day it was, but under that it says "Expected payment type? Credit Card". Does this ever go away? I mean, I have an email saying my credit card was accepted. Just curious if there is an issue with my payment.

Thanks!

 

[An MD Hopeful]

So submitted my secondary a long time ago and just have a question now.

In iApply it says my application has been marked complete and then says what day it was, but under that it says "Expected payment type? Credit Card". Does this ever go away? I mean, I have an email saying my credit card was accepted. Just curious if there is an issue with my payment.

Thanks!

It doesn't go away. My status page still says that, too.

 

[An MD Hopeful]

Listening to the presidential debate, and Romney and Obama keep mentioning Cleveland Clinic. 😀

 

[caritasc]

Soo I'm interviewing in a week and I have yet to hear back from any of the student hosts I requested :/ do you all think it would be weird to email them again just in case they were busy and forgot about the first email? or should I just start looking into hotels?

thanks!!

When I interviewed for the CP, I actually called the admissions lady to help me find a student host because none of the first years were available when I was there. She was super helpful and my student host was awesome! 😍

 

[caritasc]

Listening to the presidential debate, and Romney and Obama keep mentioning Cleveland Clinic. 😀

AMAZING shout outs!! lol! 👍

 

[Woodchuck]

When I interviewed for the CP, I actually called the admissions lady to help me find a student host because none of the first years were available when I was there. She was super helpful and my student host was awesome! 😍

Which admission lady you are talking about? I emailed a couple of students on the host list but haven't received any response yet. Thanks!

 

[2010CalBear]

Interviewing here next week. Anyone know how many CP applicants are interviewed per day? Thanks in advance!

 

[An MD Hopeful]

I'll be interviewing at CP in early November. vc7777 or any other students at CCLCM, do you know if the committee will already have met before then and already accepted people by then?

 

[5lippy]

Interviewing here next week. Anyone know how many CP applicants are interviewed per day? Thanks in advance!

When I interviewed, it was 5 total people. All guys haha.

 

[BigBear123]

I'm interviewing at UP/CP in early December.

CP sounds awesome, but... is it even worth interviewing at CP that late since it's rolling? I know they only accept 32-40ish.

And when does UP start interviewing for the waitlist (if they do that at all)?

EDIT: Just read on the last page it doesn't matter when you interview for CP in terms of your chance of acceptance?! Is that fo reals?!

 

[An MD Hopeful]

EDIT: Just read on the last page it doesn't matter when you interview for CP in terms of your chance of acceptance?! Is that fo reals?!

I must have missed that post. (That actually answers my above question.) I really hope that's true! 😳

Actually, I recall seeing on last year's thread that in December, only 8 acceptances were handed out. So I guess they're pretty careful about waiting until everyone is interviewed before filling the class. But please make me one of your 8 early acceptances, CCLCM! 🙂

I'll probably be carrying my phone with me everywhere after my interviews, lol.

 

[Samih]

Just got an II for both the University and College Tracks!!!

How many people interview on average for the College Track? As an F-1 Student, having a full scholarship would be AMAZING (considering I do not qualify for any FAFSA).

I was complete on 08/01. For stat-lovers: 4.0 GPAc, 38S MCAT. They took a whole two months to respond so I guess for the others just be patient!

Good luck to the rest!

 

[elevenses]

~250 interviews for the college track.

 

[justhanging]

Just got an II for both the University and College Tracks!!!

How many people interview on average for the College Track? As an F-1 Student, having a full scholarship would be AMAZING (considering I do not qualify for any FAFSA).

I was complete on 08/01. For stat-lovers: 4.0 GPAc, 38S MCAT. They took a whole two months to respond so I guess for the others just be patient!

Good luck to the rest!

What date did you schedule your interview, If you don't mind me asking? I got one today too.

 

[5lippy]

~250 interviews for the college track.

I heard 240 +/- 25.

 

[elevenses]

I think last year it was around 250. Anyways, I always round to the nearest 250 🙂.

 

[Donald Blake MD]

I was complete in 9/04 and waiting...

 

[lakersk8b]

For those of you who have gotten interviews, does the addition of "CWRU exploration guide" and the "contact list 3rd and 4th year" on the status page mean anything?