Good Luck with your interview... we look forward to seeing you also! One thing you will note is that next monday, both the first years and second years have interim exams in the morning so you may see some stressed students... normally we are a little more relaxed!
The school is required to admit 60% of the class as Ohio residents since we receive funding from the state of Ohio. Additionally, there are many pre-professional scholars students here. There is a decent population of URM students are here, although the Latino population is fairly small.
Cleveland is okay. There are things to do if you look, much like many other medium to large midwestern cities, it was very industrial and has undergone some urban renewal to bring nightlife and business back to the city center. Chicago or New York, it is not. You will appreciate having a car here as public transportation is not perfect. Cost of living is reasonable compared to Chicago, Detroit, Ann Arbor, most east coast cities. Our faculty is approachable, our curriculum is solid, and allows room for exploration of personal interests. There are many resources available to students, like school-paid tutoring. I find the environment to be supportive and collaborative for the most part. Our professors are approachable and seem to want to teach, although we have a few not-so-great lecturers also (all schools have the occasional brilliant researcher who can't teach for anything...) We also get a decent amount of early patient contact.
Our teaching hospital situation is currently in flux. We do not regularly rotate through Cleveland Clinic as a previous poster stated. University Hospitals, Metrohealth Medical Center, and the Cleveland VA are our primary sites as well as various ambulatory care centers in the Cleveland area, although we have elective available at CCF, and ObGyn rotations. We also used to rotate at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, although currently that relationship is questionable. The CCF and HFH relationships may change though.
Good Luck, have fun, and remember that Case interviews tend to be incredibly laid back... don't be nervous...
If you have more specific questions, please feel free to pm.
pcl
MSII
CWRU SOM
Originally posted by xaelia
From what I've been reading on the web it seems awfully nice; I'm looking forward to seeing it. Their class doesn't seem terribly diverse, though; lots of CWRU undergrad and even more Ohio residents.