Test-optionalED + EA

Case Western Reserve University

OH · Private · Midwest · National university · Top 50 tier · 6,428 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate35.3%
ED rate25%263 of 1,053
Regular round (est.)†35.6%includes Early Action

How much of the class comes from ED

~16% of enrolled freshmen were admitted through Early Decision.

This is a share of the freshman class, not an admit rate.

† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted students − Early Decision admits) ÷ (all applicants − Early Decision applicants). It also includes Early Action, because the Common Data Set does not report Early Action counts.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision
0%30%60%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2527.4%30.3%30.2%27.4%37.8%35.3%39.0%55.8%35.8%32.3%25.5%37.1%25.0%

ED share of the enrolled freshman class (% of first-years admitted ED, not an admit rate)

ED admits ÷ enrolled first-years
0%15%30%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2519.7%19.8%22.7%18.4%15.8%no datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision I & II (binding) + Early Action (non-binding) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “Enrolling students will confirm their testing with official score reports.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡67%SAT 52% + ACT 15%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT52%
858 students
Submitted ACT15%
245 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1440–1530 median 1490
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
710–760 median 730
500800
SAT Math
730–780 median 760
500800
ACT composite
32–34 median 33
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%66.0%69.0%66.0%69.0%67.0%66.0%69.0%39.0%42.0%43.0%46.0%52.0%48.0%49.0%27.0%27.0%23.0%23.0%15.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600150014001300'19'20'21'22'23'24'251360–1480148013601350–1490149013501420–1520152014201420–1520152014201440–1530153014401450–1530153014501440–153015301440

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36343230'19'20'21'22'23'24'2530–34343031–34343132–35353232–35353232–35353232–35353232–343432

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 39% submitted SAT and 27% ACT (2021-22 CDS).

Sources