Caltech Class of 2030 Official Thread Colleges & Universities California Institute of Technology ohiohi1 , 8:03pm <p>To me, what made Caltech very difficult as a grad student was the focus on the math/derivations and less on developing a strong intuition and conceptual understanding of a topic. Hopefully we can create a community on this one, but I applied REA to Caltech RD and REA caltech people wya? Caltech Admissions posted a comment on their IG (under the 2029 admissions post) about saying they are aware of the problem, are working on resolving it and will send out an email shortly.
I started a new thread as I couldn’t find a similar thread on the topic. Here is an important update to admission practices that you may want to read: Caltech Announces Updates to Admissions Practices | www.caltech.edu Key update, in my opinion is, Caltech is REA now i.e. one can not apply EA to both Caltech and MIT. All the best!
Caltech Gpa, This is the official discussion thread for Caltech Class of 2030 applicants. Ask your questions and connect with fellow applicants. Caltech’s freshman class size each year is only about 200+, less than 1/4 of the size of MIT’s. Because of its size, it can’t afford to diversify the way MIT does. MIT’s admission is more holistic, similar to an Ivy, and has a wider range of student interest, capability, etc.
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