Case Western Reserve University Top Questions

no

For some people

No! Case is a challenging school and you do have to work to get the gradee that you want, and while there are people who lock themselves in thier rooms, there are just as many who have a life. And as to being geeks so what we are proud of it, and if you had gigabit fiber-optic internet you would be on just as much as we are.

Yes, very

While some students are unhappy, I believe Case is what you make it. If you sit in your room and do nothing, then of course you will be unhappy. However, if you go out, join a student group and make some friends you will be happy and make the most of the opportunities Case has to offer its students. Case is definitely not a state school in terms of partying, but if you want to party there are parties out there you can find. As for having nerdy students, yes there are some, but if you come to Case, you are a determined hard working student so that just goes with working hard.

It certainly is somewhat geeky, and the humanities do often get looked down upon.

To some extent, yes. But for many of the students here, no.

The vast majority of the stereotypes are not accurate. Case is, indeed, ranked highest for its engineering and medical schools. But it also has an outstanding management school and law school. Case's graduate theater program has been called the "Julliard of the Midwest" for its successful collaboration with the Cleveland Playhouse and the undergraduate theater program has tacked onto the graduate program's success. Case has a very beautiful campus - it tends to surprise people visiting here for the first time. We are located right next to the Wade Lagoon, a beautiful little park overlooked by the neoclassical Cleveland Museum of Art. The historic Mather Quad part of the campus has these huge flower beds that burst with color in the spring time. The architecture is eclectic and interesting. Lastly, there are some Case students who do nothing but study (generally pre-meds). But, most student at Case aren't like that. Case students are very involved on campus and throughout Cleveland. We have great intramural sports and a strong Greek life presence. And I, personally, have never been bored here. There's also things to do, things to get done, things to experience. People who complain about there being nothing to do at Case tend to be oblivious and self-sheltered.

Case was recently ranked the 19th unhappiest campus in the United Stated by the Princeton Review. It made the front page of the student newspaper, The Observer. No one was surprised.

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