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marsh swallow Dec 21, 2025, 2:21 AM

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I go to a boarding school in the Midwest.
Location: US. Pref Northern US
Major: Physics/Engineering
GPA/Standardized Scores:
4.11/4.33 unweighted GPA. Perfect ACT Score Composite (36)
15 CL Courses (School offers a different curriculum)

Curriculum: Specializing in one field. Preferably less liberal artsy.

Size: Medium-Sized?

Cost: Doesn't matter.

Schools I'm looking at: JHU Physics, Rice Engineering, Vanderbilt Engineering

Applied (ED1): Cornell COE (Deferred)

Applied (EA): UChicago (Deferred), CWRU(I got deferred but i think it's yield), UMich, USC, Georgia Tech, UCs, and some other state schools

upper harbor Dec 21, 2025, 2:51 AM

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This would be better asked as a #954425230896545792 post

low crag Dec 21, 2025, 3:23 AM

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idt you got yielded from cwru tbh ur stats are like avg for an admitted student

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a lot of people get deferred then get in RD

marsh swallow Dec 22, 2025, 2:11 AM

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low crag idt you got yielded from cwru tbh ur stats are like avg for an admitted student

Um isnt the median sat like a 1450

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My friend w 1570 and published research w isef finalist got deferred

mellow marten Dec 23, 2025, 9:40 PM

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marsh swallow Um isnt the median sat like a 1450

yes

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its yield protection

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spam open their emails and email an AO asking questions about cwru if you really wanna get in

low crag Dec 24, 2025, 8:23 PM

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marsh swallow My friend w 1570 and published research w isef finalist got deferred

Call it what you want but nearly everyone I know here got into t20s lol

low crag Dec 24, 2025, 8:23 PM

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mellow marten spam open their emails and email an AO asking questions about cwru if you really...

They dgaf about this, I read my admissions file

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Your stats are comparable to the avg student here

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I got deferred with similar stats & they let me in RD

marsh swallow Dec 26, 2025, 2:39 AM

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low crag Call it what you want but nearly everyone I know here got into t20s lol

then why did they go to cwru over t20

marsh swallow Dec 26, 2025, 2:40 AM

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low crag Your stats are comparable to the avg student here

The median (or average) ACT score for Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is around 32-33

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idk if that is true

gaunt horizon Dec 26, 2025, 7:16 AM

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SAT isn't everything. Very unlikely you got yield protected; after all, CWRU awards highly selective merit scholarships to top applicants: https://case.edu/admission/tuition-aid/scholarships

Undergraduate Admission

Scholarships | Undergraduate Admission | Case Western Reserve Unive...

, Funding your future. We want to make your education affordable. So at Case Western Reserve University, we evaluate all first-year applicants for several scholarships, while offering more for which you can apply. Plus, we offer need-based aid and meet 100 percent of demonstrated need for admitted students. , Our Office of Undergraduate Admiss...

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UWisconsin, OSU, Cornell, Stanford, and Colorado School of Mines have degrees in engineering physics if that interests you

marsh swallow Dec 26, 2025, 10:20 AM

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gaunt horizon SAT isn't everything. Very unlikely you got yield protected; after all, CWRU awa...

I know but I know so many people at schools like yale and uchicago who got deferred from uchicago

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im not saying stats is everything

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i have a heavy olympiad background in the us physics olympiad and usaco

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/m4hadn/which_universities_yield_protect/