UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION

What We Look For

We review each application for admission individually, carefully taking into consideration each student's academic background, life experiences and interests; there is no minimum test score or a GPA range used to gauge a student's potential for admission.

Rigor of Curriculum
In terms of meeting academic requirements for admission to Case, it’s not about simply having a set of required units under your belt—it’s taking the most difficult or challenging classes (such as honors or AP classes) that your high school offers in each subject. While considering your application, we evaluate your transcript against your high school’s curriculum.

Therefore, we recommend taking rigorous courses to fulfill the following units:

- Four units of English
- Three units of math
- Three units of science (two of which must be laboratory science)
- Three units of social studies
- Two units of foreign language

We recommend that applicants interested in engineering and the sciences have an additional unit of math and laboratory science. For students interested in the liberal arts, we recommend an additional unit of social studies and foreign language.

Enthusiasm for Learning
We look for students who are excited by education and take classes outside of those required for high school graduation or for college admission. Maybe you’ve taken all four years of French because you have a passion for the language. Perhaps you signed up for a semester-long robotics class at a community college—the first of its kind offered in your area—simply because you are curious about the subject.

Other areas of consideration:
- Willingness to contribute to school and community
- Academic promise, measured in part by standardized testing
- Distinctive achievements or talents
- Knowledge of self and appreciation for individual differences
- Demonstrated interest in Case