What Makes Case Western Reserve University

Distinctive

Learning without Walls

Living in a Learning Community

Connecting through Undergraduate Admission

Learning without Walls

University CircleSeverance Hall

Museum of Art

University Hospitals

Without WallsMusic Education

joint program with Cleveland Institute of Music

Art History joint program with Cleveland Museum of Art

Archeology (concentration in Anthropology) joint program with Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Art Educationjoint program with Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland

Jacobs Field

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Waterfront

Campus on the Move

• Endowment has tripled to more than $1.55 billion• Total full-time faculty and staff has increased

by 25 percent• Research and development awards and research space have

more than doubled• New buildings on campus include a $61 million Frank

O. Gehry building for the Weatherhead School of Management and acquisition of Mt. Sinai Hospital campus for a biotech park

At CWRU in the past decade:

State-of-the-Art Athletic and Convocation Facilities

The 60,000-square-foot Veale Athletic, Recreation, and Convocation Center houses a six-lane, 200-meter running track and four full-size courts for basketball, volleyball, tennis, and other activities.

Heart of Campus

The campus master plan calls for a new $33.2 million, 87,000-square-foot addition to the student union. The addition will feature an expanded bookstore and food service; more space for student organizations; a sports bar; game room; and banking, mail, and copy centers among other student services.

Living in a Learning Community

Personal Attention

67%

33%

Undergraduate Classes with Fewer than 30 Students

Academic Diversity

Majors of Recent Graduates*

Arts and Sciences 59.4%

Engineering 38%

Management 11.2%

Nursing 8.3%

*Percentages add up to more than 100% due to multiple majors

Academic ExcellenceApplications 4,695

Admitted 3,448

Enrolled 753

SAT (Mid 50%) 1250-1460

ACT (Mid 50%) 27-32

High School Rank (Top 20%) 91%

Total Undergraduates 3,500

Total Enrollment 9,222

One of the Best Places to Learn

• The best value in Ohio and #13 in the nation when academic quality and net cost are combined (U.S. News & World Report)

• #12 among private universities in federal funding for research

• #7 in the percentage of graduates who go on to earn doctorates (Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium)

Teaching with Technology• CWRUnet, the first comprehensive fiber-optic computer

network on any U.S. college campus

• Videotaping physics classes, then creating computer files of the recordings so students can access them anytime from anywhere on campus

• Wireless network in Kelvin Smith Library

• Bulletin boards, realtime chats, and syllabus/course documents posted (Blackboard)

• UCITE offers grants to professors for innovation in teaching

Unique Undergraduate Opportunities

75%

25%

CWRU Undergraduates Participating in Research and Independent Study

• Accenture• General Electric Company• Honda of America• IBM Corporation• Intel Corporation• Rockwell Automation• U.S. Department of Energy

Career ExperienceCWRU’s cooperative education program offers students in engineering, management, accounting, and the sciences paid work experiences with more than 600 companies, including:

Learning Community

• Campus housing is guaranteed all four years

• 80 percent of undergraduates live on campus

• Choice of small single suites or double rooms

• $20 million in renovations to all residence halls

• Live-in learning assistants

Educational Support Services“As a residence hall learning assistant, I helped promote the academic welfare of everyone living in my building. Sometimes new students can be uncomfortable asking for assistance. But if you’re a friend, you can show them the many learning resources that are available.”

Fulter HongElectrical Engineering,Pre-Med

• Brandeis University

• Carnegie Mellon University

• Case Western Reserve University• Emory University

• New York University

• University of Chicago

• University of Rochester

• Washington University

Student AthletesThe University Athletic Association:

• Adopt-a-Grandparent• American Heart Association• Bellflower Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse• Cleveland Orchestra• Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland• Habitat for Humanity• Peer Helpers• Project STEP-UP• Engineering 101

Service LearningCommunity service opportunities on and near campus:

Diverse CommunityCWRU undergraduates come from all 50 states and more than 20 foreign countries. Multicultural campus events throughout the year include the African-American Celebration, Salsa Fest, a Japanese Festival, and many others.

• Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections at the Museum of Art

• Symphonic Winds, Jazz Ensemble concerts • Into the Woods presented by the Footlighters• University Singers Chorale Music concert • Lectures by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, architect Philip

Johnson, and science writer Stephen Jay Gould• African-American Heritage Exhibit in Mather Gallery• The Misanthrope at Eldred Theater• Chocolat presented by the Film Society• George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic in concert

Cultural CommunityRecent arts activities on campus:

Connecting through Undergraduate Admission

Single Door Admission

Name: Anne Fligor

Majors: Nursing,Political Science

Minors: ManagementInformation Systems,Biology

Though courses take her to different parts of CWRU: “There are no problems because the faculty really work together for their students.”

• Strong record of academic performance• Enthusiasm for learning• Willingness to contribute to school and community• Academic promise in part by standardized testing• Distinctive achievements or talents• Knowledge of self and appreciation for individual

differences• Demonstrated interest in CWRU

Individual Consideration

• Interview on campus or off campus with an alumni representative

• Meet one-on-one with a professor

• Visit with a coach

• Spend a day with a student ambassador

• Stay overnight with a student host

Individual Connections

Financial Assistance

Freshmen Receiving Aid 90%

Total Financial Aid Awarded to Freshmen $12 million

Average Financial Aid Award $17,953

Average Family Income of Need-based Aid Applicants $90,624

Undergraduate Admission Connections

Office of Undergraduate Admission

103 Tomlinson Hall

Case Western Reserve University

10900 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44106-7055

(216)368-4450

Email: admission@po.cwru.edu

http://www.cwru.edu