Case Western Reserve University Top Questions

The social scene is a little frustrating to me. It is not the kinds of people but rather the lack thereof. There are only about 5000 undergraduate students here, so it can be difficult to find something to do on a Saturday night.

The first couple years of attending the university there was not enough academic planning activity to help me in the long-run planning to make a more efficient collegiate academic career.

The school pride is also the most frustrating because people should feel proud for attending their university and want to tell others about their school. However, Case Western Reserve University is often looked down upon as a second choice school and labelled as a geeky school with not many social activities. This is not true, for Case Western Reserve University offers a great education and there is a good mix of people that are not all geeky.

The workload and drive to succeed is intense here, certainly more than most colleges. Everyone was brilliant in high school, but didn't make the Ivy cut or couldn't afford it. It's still expensive, but high merit scholarships that are available to almost everyone allow people to rationalize coming here. It's a fantastic school with great programs- and you WILL learn to be one of the best, but be prepared to have not only your brain tested, but your emotional strength as well. Most of the depression on campus is from the workload.

Tuition prices are a little extreme. Though Case does try to help it students out. It does not have any other faults other than cost. It is a really good college to attend.

All the work.

The campus is kind of spread out and the dorms are quite a ways from the academic buildings.

I would say the most frustrating aspect of Case is the difficulty in getting bookkeeping or other, non-academic activities done. Case is trying to go totally digital for all their admissions and such, but it's not well implemented and very confusing.

workload

The most frustrating thing about Case is the higher standard that the professors hold you too, there is definately no room for goofing off or by-passing class. Attendence is essential but it often has its rewards.