California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (2023-2024)

[limber warren]

100%

[low holly]

cal poly is 600 seats and I believe 25 seats and 75 seats for two cs related majors

so assuming we scale it

down

nah i cant do these calculations

lol

imma search up number of cs caltech student

ok so its 83

more than my approximation of 60 so students

damn

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 students earned a bachelor's degree in compsci from Caltech. About 36% of these graduates were women and the other 64% were men.

CS?

[limber warren]

Yes

[vale swallow]

same

[low holly]

Looking at the stats

[vale swallow]

why is cs so competitive though damn

[low holly]

like a big chunk are cs students

I bet other majors have less seats

[limber warren]

It is time I get rejected

[low holly]

but obv cs students are gonna be more cracked

[low holly]

https://tenor.com/view/it's-joever-frog-it's-frover-it's-over-meme-gif-297867383892280262

[vale swallow]

be hopeful, its not frover till we all open our letters

[low holly]

lol there's this site called caltechrejects.com

it redirects to MIT

[limber warren]

Another T1 school what

A T1 school being a reject of another T1 is a whole different level

[low holly]

avg caltech student activity

they hate on MIT with all their energy

[steep ferry]

https://www.stanfordrejects.com

ok it doesn't work now but it used to redirect to Berkeley

[low holly]

yeah i know this one 😭

[low holly]

yeah

[limber warren]

It is time to get rejected

[low holly]

Caltech or Cal?

if u get in

[steep ferry]

Cal

oh me

i didn't apply caltech

im here for a friend

[low holly]

oh lol

Lol

bro caltech's small student body is a good thing tho

for research especially

but people usually say its a negative

tbh yeah i'd hate if they're the same people but it has its pros and cons

[limber warren]

It’s like my dream stem school now because all my tech institutes rejected me except for FloridaTech

[low holly]

FloridaTech is rlly good

but yeah

not GaTech level but like i hate any school that rejects me so I'll more than happy to hate it for u aswell (idk my gatech results yet but we'll see)

[limber warren]

I got rejected instate

With a nasa internship

Brah

[low holly]

did u get it through connections?

[limber warren]

No

I literally

Spam emailed

[low holly]

or did u explain how u got it

[limber warren]

NASA employees

[low holly]

then u should've included that

[limber warren]

No I just explained what I did

[low holly]

it helps them see

that u didn't get it from connections

but yeah its not the reason for rejection

maybe they were too saturated

[limber warren]

Welp CalTech is gonna reject me now cuz I didn’t include that

Sad

[low holly]

maybe not tho

chill

wait what was the order of ur tech schools

like decision releases

[proud basin]

Caltech doesn’t admit by major

[limber warren]

Ah

[low holly]

explains why like a good chunk is Cs 😭

83/269 is crazy

[limber warren]

Will CalTech auto reject me for having one c

I added my additional explanation to it

[low holly]

NO

ofc not

[limber warren]

AP Language

[low holly]

I had a C in one of my subjects

all the unis as of rn did not care

but just dilute them with other classes

[limber warren]

Somehow got into UMiami with that one c but still Ohio State overtook it cuz cheaper

[low holly]

I think people here think a C is gonna be the end of it all

not rlly

I don't think they care

especially for AP lang

when ur going for a Stem school

[limber warren]

Welp

It was nice knowing CalTech

[low holly]

😭 no negative energy

Ur gettin in

im vouching for u

actually Ill pray for u aswell

[proud basin]

Just realised they dont consider religious affiliation

And one of my ECs is to do with my religion 😭

[low holly]

that's different

they mean as in they don't car ur "insert religion here"

but they care that u did a project or contributed

in it

[proud basin]

Oh kk

[low holly]

for a cause

[proud basin]

Idk how strong it is tho

I basically memorised my holy book and teach it to loads of ppl etc.

[low holly]

I wrote about two strong ones and one weak one to show more into my personality

Ur muslim too

?

[proud basin]

Yes

[low holly]

ah

I had quran certificates of hifz

[proud basin]

Taraweeh in a week

[low holly]

but I didn't have a place to add them on the common app

[low holly]

inshallah

[proud basin]

U can add em on portal

But i didnt

My certificates are in arabic

[low holly]

aint no way caltech decisions before ramadan 💀

[proud basin]

💀💀💀

[low holly]

same aswell

[proud basin]

When did u finish hifz

[low holly]

no I didn't hifz all of it unfortunately

but i competed in smaller competitions

[proud basin]

Still a bit is still significant

[low holly]

yeah

[limber warren]

Apparently got a FloridaTech full-ride-

[proud basin]

Its 614 pages its hard 😭

[low holly]

CONGRATTTTTTS

[proud basin]

W

[low holly]

flip gatech

[limber warren]

But I still want my CalTech >:[

[low holly]

hopeully u will 😄

bruh

[proud basin]

I really want caltech cuz its close to my cousins who live in orange county

[low holly]

discord changed the chars into an emoji

[proud basin]

I got rejected by harvey mudd tho 😭

[limber warren]

If I get accepted to CalTech I will celebrate my personally sharing my knowledge by travelling to FloridaTech to collaborate

[low holly]

yeah i have my aunt there so it'll be a good option

[low holly]

fr fr

guys imagine if all 3 of us got into caltech

lol

[proud basin]

Inshallah

[low holly]

irl meetup 💀

a2c meetup

[proud basin]

💀

[limber warren]

Here’s my prediction: one of us will

[low holly]

difficulty: rishab jain

[low holly]

inshallah

[limber warren]

Let’s hope it’s March 9th

I will cry in joy

[proud basin]

March 11 is my bday

[limber warren]

If it is

[low holly]

I have to stay up at night

[proud basin]

And same day ramadhan starts

[proud basin]

Fr its like 2 am for me 😭

[low holly]

nicee

maybe 10 tho we might not know

[proud basin]

Yh true

[low holly]

or even 9th 💀

[proud basin]

Depends

[low holly]

but uncertain

[proud basin]

Imagine the 9th

[low holly]

same

wait u live in the ME

?

[proud basin]

No no

[low holly]

oh

[proud basin]

I meant when decisions come out

Its usually 2am

Although

[low holly]

ah

[proud basin]

I used to live in saudi

And my dad works in riyadh

[low holly]

same with me It comes out at 3 usually

[low holly]

alot of my uk friends live in the uk and their dad works in the ME

bro Uk wages are absolutely terrible

[proud basin]

IKR

Horrible

[low holly]

The professor I worked with recently moved to the uk

[proud basin]

And u get taxed on it 💀

[low holly]

he legit is the senior fellow of surgery in the NHS and has a research position at UCL

[proud basin]

Oof

[low holly]

gets payed barely anything

like good ig

[proud basin]

One of my uncles is in blood cancer research

[low holly]

but not asgood as he used to in the middle east

[proud basin]

And he gets paid 300k in uk

Which is crazy

But he has like 25yrs experience

[limber warren]

I’m totally 100% friending y’all because we’re the only three active members who applied 🎉😂

[low holly]

private definitely

[proud basin]

Yes

Some american company

Which works with nhs

[low holly]

😭 fr

[proud basin]

😭

[low holly]

yeah

americann company pay is good

uk companies are eh

public uk employers

are absolutly terrible but its probably stable for him to get his residency

like permanent residency

[proud basin]

I wanna go us cuz it has good pay early on

Then move back to ME after i got experience

[low holly]

yeah and I don't have any relatives in the uk who I can be trusted with

[low holly]

exactly the same thing

actually my cousin graduated from a normal public uni in egypt

he rose up rllyquickly

he's a cs major

he worked in egypt then went to saudi for a few months

and that company offered him a retrn offer in their branch in the uae

and he gets paid alot

[limber warren]

Wait I have a theory, doesn’t our acceptance rate already cut in half because REA passed.?

[low holly]

he legit graduated a year and a half ago

[proud basin]

No idea

[low holly]

the ME is rlly good rn for top companies that want CS majors but people haven't realised it yet

its a cheat code

[proud basin]

Because not everyone who gets in goes

[low holly]

eh

[vale swallow]

😭😭im ghost riding

[low holly]

my school didnt have a common app

by then

[proud basin]

Neom in saudi is money overload for ppl in AI

[low holly]

only ucas

so cba

[low holly]

exactly

[proud basin]

Ucas 😭

Did u get shortlisted by ucl cs yet?

[low holly]

and also there's this abu dhabi company paying 600k for grads from europ/north america

[low holly]

no

lol

[vale swallow]

does anyone know how many people got into caltech rea?

[low holly]

UCL is different i told yall

[proud basin]

One my friends got into imperial jmc with no step

[proud basin]

4A*s REJECTED 😭😭😭

[low holly]

he probably did the mat

[proud basin]

Last yr was a massacre

[proud basin]

He didnt

Idk i think they just liked him

[low holly]

yeah UCL has different priorities that they dont discuss its crazy

its usually language stuff and they look very carefully ar ur personal statement

[proud basin]

I havent got rejected yet waiting to get shortlisted for this weird test 😭

[low holly]

like u should have written it perfectly

[low holly]

damn

[proud basin]

He got 6.5 in TMUA but imp doesnt know that

[low holly]

I didn't include my research on ucas

cuz the paper I did under the professor

[proud basin]

And then he got rejected from Cambridge

[low holly]

was published on december

[low holly]

damnnnnn

niceee

[proud basin]

Cambridge cs is different u need to basically get an 8 on tmua to get an offer

[low holly]

bruh i dont like cambridge

[proud basin]

Same

I like the mosque there tho

Only reason i applied

Yk they do their programming tests on paper 💀💀

[low holly]

cambridge i sfull of muslims yeah but Idrc about the whole community thing cuz like I don't like social segregation get me? like people always say apply there cuz ull find people from the same country etc but like I always keep myself in a diverse group cuz it gives u a much better insight into life

[low holly]

yeah

actually good practice

[proud basin]

Yh i agree

[low holly]

google interviews

are on google docs

I write programming notes on paper

[proud basin]

😭

[low holly]

I have a whole react.js book 😭

like notebook that has react code

if ur familiar with it

bascally a js framework

and there are lots of rules (hooks) u can combine to achieve things

[proud basin]

Nice

[low holly]

glorified and annoying javascript basically

Anyway

Enough about react is

Umm Caltech

pls accept me I’m rlly good I swear

Trust me bro

[proud basin]

Caltech is my number 1 choice

Socal weather and family 😍

[low holly]

Any top uni that accepts me is good

like top us uni

I’m thankful for my uk ones

just wanna have that Stem opt tho

😂

[low holly]

Wait sushi

Do u do calligraphy

Arabic calligraphy?

[proud basin]

No no

[low holly]

oh lol

[proud basin]

Its just a quote from a show 😭

[low holly]

LMAO

[proud basin]

Lol

[low holly]

bro wait I gotta share with u smth

Add me

[limber warren]

I would continue talking but I gotta do my Calculus II homework

[low holly]

we on that Caltech grind 🤫🧏🧏🦫🦫

[limber warren]

I agree…

[low holly]

Fr

Based beaver

🦫

I changed my name let’s see

Someone gotta break the chain first

nvm it loaded

[limber warren]

I hope a March 9th

Please

[low holly]

The Caltech Beaver told me a very wise thing

[low holly]

If u day the beaver emoji thrice h will gain automatic acceptance

[steep ferry]

bro is dedicated

fyi there are two people in this server whose nicknames usernames pfps everything was for a specific uni but neither ended up getting into those unis

so uh

[low holly]

Damn

third time is the charm

🦫🦫🦫

[low holly]

Caltech beaver won’t let me down 😤

[stark wharf]

the curse of a2c

[steep ferry]

LOL valid

[steep ferry]

i swear

everybody was so hyped up then they didn't get in like....

[low holly]

I just hope that I can live close or with my aunt

and not somewhere idk

or atleadt in the same country or state of relatives to have someone to lean on

🦫🦫🦫

[limber warren]

CalTech I need

Gimme

👀

[median blade]

Caltech****

No capitalized “t”

[limber warren]

March 9th

Gimme

CalTechy-Kun

[stark wharf]

bro did not get the memo

[median blade]

fr

Imagine writing CalTech in ur essays

That would be bad

(Not really)

[limber warren]

I did not I’m just not formal in Discord

[stark wharf]

luckily i paid attention while writing my essays <3

[limber warren]

I wrote California Institute of Technology

[median blade]

🤓

[limber warren]

Nah but fr is it march 9th?

[stark wharf]

bro how would we know

probably but there's no way to be sure

[limber warren]

I wish they would post a riddle like they did with REA

[low holly]

Put the beaver emoji thrice

ur wish will come true

[limber warren]

Ok

[low holly]

🦫 🦫 🦫

[limber warren]

Wait question did I do it correctly? Because someone said I blundered and it’s supposed to be a 4.13/4

I thought out of 5 means it’s weighted?

I am so confused.

[low holly]

I don’t have a gpa

Cuz I’m not in a curriculum that does

but I bet u they look at ur counselors entry

Not urs

[dry gorge]

do the optional short answers not show up on the common app pdf or did i just forget to submit them 😭

[silk quiver]

I can see them on mine

[dry gorge]

flip

[bronze peak]

i can see mine as well

[native seal]

tuesday before the decision for rea

[limber warren]

Man I wish they tell us when CalTech comes out

[limber warren]

Hype for Match 9th: unconfirmed but prediction

They send out a riddle three days before decision

[halcyon stone]

i have money on the 9th

[low holly]

if u get into cit would u take it over mit

[halcyon stone]

no

[low holly]

(yes I said cit ik it's cursed)

[halcyon stone]

i prefer mit to caltech

[low holly]

bud living in the boston area

yeah that's really understandable lmao

[halcyon stone]

its better than pasadena

[low holly]

MIT is more well known

true

[halcyon stone]

caltech is really cool but its also small as shit

[low holly]

yeah lmao

[robust isle]

why bro got the soph role

[steep ferry]

Early graduate

[robust isle]

2 yrs early is crazy

[low holly]

fr fr

[floral warren]

mine too 😂 @proud basin

[proud basin]

Yoo W

[low holly]

CIT

🦫🦫🦫

[dawn ridge]

a school being small is great

at least in my opinion

[eternal finch]

Sheldon prefer Caltech

[halcyon stone]

i personally dont like it lool

[frosty lagoon]

when will i get riddle

[limber warren]

Ikr

[austere sierra]

a week ago caltech's admission office literlly out of nowhere gave me a css fee waiver, saying i wouldn't have to pay anything to send my css to them.

is it a good sign or

am i a dumbass to think i have a chance?

[wraith flower]

Impossible to say

The AOs are good ppl so they'd totally do this kind of thing if they just thought of it

[marble tartan]

this school doesn't exist like stanford

dont know a single person who goes here unless they're fictional 😂

[austere sierra]

i realized i mistakenly said admission officer. But he was a senior officer from fin aid office.

this is what they told me two months earlier when I asked for a css waiver code:

Hello,

Caltech does offer Financial Aid to International Students, however, we have a limited budget. You must apply for aid as a first year student, in order to be eligible for aid during the following three years. We are a Need Based office, so all of our Offers are based on “need” not “Merit”. We do not award any Merit based Scholarships. We will request the CSS Profile and Parent Tax Statement(s). It is okay to wait until you hear from Admissions before submitting the CSS Profile. If you are admitted to Caltech, you can contact us again regarding a fee payment code. We will meet 100% of demonstrated need. A Financial Aid Offer can consist of Caltech Grant, Caltech Work-study and/or Caltech Loan. Our website will be updated every Summer.

[ionic ingot]

Does anyone know when decisions come out?

[austere sierra]

i heard 9th this month

[limber warren]

I hope

[ionic ingot]

Did someone call the admissions office to check?

[austere sierra]

they will let u knwo i gues when they are ready

[limber warren]

I emailed the admissions office on CalTech regarding late submissions lol

Not the date

Cuz that would show them impatience

[austere sierra]

why does caltech make a screened in application reviewed four times?

that's insane

seems like they have enough time to go through that

i thaught they only had 12 AOs

[scenic wind]

idk they just gotta make sure that i make it through all of the screenings

[stark wharf]

just saw that the current application status changed from "complete" to "awaiting decision"

not sure when that happened but i think it was "complete" like 2 days ago

[median blade]

its over

brace for impact

[marble tartan]

for a school that only admits geniuses, their admission puzzles are really easy

they need to make some IMO level problems

[steep ferry]

is the puzzle here

[low holly]

Lmao

[low holly]

Nah they should make one where they make us touch grass. That is very needed within the Caltech and a2c community

now if u excuse me I found this cat 🐈

[bronze peak]

That cat is looking at you cause you’re getting into caltech

[marble tartan]

and any school that is strong in anything STEM

[steep ferry]

ca(l)t-ech

[bronze peak]

@steep ferry did you get into Berkeley

[steep ferry]

Yeah

[low holly]

Fr Fr cats are predicting my future

[low holly]

omg 😱

[bronze peak]

Congrats

Caltech was my original dream school

[steep ferry]

thanks

[bronze peak]

But it was too hard

[low holly]

Tbh even humanities ones bruh some English literature grads be analyzing books and stuff and never leave their house 💀

One of my friends just stayed all summer pretty much doing more than the requirements for his work

and submitted it to the prof only for covid to come along and not make his prof even see it

[marble tartan]

caltech beaver looking a bit sus tho

[bronze peak]

LMAO

Caltech is in a nice location tho

[low holly]

Berkeley is the og “cal” tech

[bronze peak]

People shit on Pasadena too hard

[marble tartan]

bro its actually scary 😭

[bronze peak]

But it’s actually really nice

[marble tartan]

no yeah pasadena is an amazing place

[low holly]

Idk who shits on Pasadena except some few a2c users 💀

[bronze peak]

Yea

A few people have here

I’ve been

It’s a super nice place

[low holly]

Cuz they don’t like 🦫

[bronze peak]

Beavers are cute

[low holly]

fr

Closest thing I’ve seen resemble a beaver here is a desert gerbil

they were so cute

[bronze peak]

Brb

[marble tartan]

bro weather is actually so nice over there

[low holly]

bro it’s LA

not Maine

[marble tartan]

exactly

[low holly]

😭 no hate on Maine btw

[bronze peak]

What makes u wanna go to Caltech

[marble tartan]

big bang theory made caltech popular 🤔

[marble tartan]

didnt even appply lmaoo

but if i were to apply

location

[bronze peak]

Ik

I was talking to the guy with the beaver pfp

@marble tartan I like Arceus btw

[marble tartan]

yessir best pokemon

[scenic wind]

wait is the riddle thing out yet

[low holly]

1.STEM

2.LA

3.MIT but smaller

4.good research opportunities

5.🦫

6.close to my aunt and have friends and family in Cali

[scenic wind]

or however tf they announce decision date

[low holly]

Number 5 is the most important imo

[low holly]

Not yet

[bronze peak]

Nice

LA is Cool

[scenic wind]

sad

[low holly]

do u agree with 🦫

[bronze peak]

Yes

[low holly]

😭

[bronze peak]

Caltech>Mit

MIT bad

[low holly]

Is that an inflatable

[scenic wind]

whichever one lets me in is best, unless neither do in which case they both suck

[marble tartan]

no clue

[low holly]

if I did go to Boston cough sorry CaMbRiDgE mAsSacHuSeTtS tbh I’d genuinely have a cold every other week

[bronze peak]

Yea

It Snows

[bronze peak]

both are equivalent in quality tbh

[scenic wind]

some people can't handle a little snow

[low holly]

Didn’t apply to mit since I didn’t have much time and they had tons of formalities in submitting ur portfolios and stuff

[bronze peak]

Same

I hate the cold

[low holly]

Yeah

[bronze peak]

I am a desert person

[scenic wind]

i'd love to go to both

[low holly]

Habibi come to Dubai

😭

[bronze peak]

I live in Albuquerque

[low holly]

hehe

[scenic wind]

desert people unite

[low holly]

then I have a plan

[bronze peak]

Where r u from

[scenic wind]

utah

[marble tartan]

caltech for research mit for social scene

[low holly]

go to the university of American Samoa and pass the bar exam

[bronze peak]

utah is new mexico but decent standards of living lmfao

[low holly]

u will then have the ability to work with some of the richest people in New Mexico

[scenic wind]

new mexico has waltuh tho 🥶

[low holly]

and protect their products supply

Better call nitro

[low holly]

yes

[low holly]

Utah is slightly better tbh

[bronze peak]

Yes

[scenic wind]

have you been to either state

[bronze peak]

Saul Goodman

[bronze peak]

No

But I know Utah is better

[low holly]

Visited my cousins in Florida and had to drive across the country and stopped by at New Mexico on our trip

[eternal finch]

https://maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/AnnouncementOfWinnersFall2023.docx.pdf for math Mit > Caltech

[low holly]

Crazy ahh road trip

[low holly]

tbh idc much about this bro I just hope I get into any 😭

[scenic wind]

i know a kid doing math at caltech

i think it's pure math major

[low holly]

Bro pure maths is genuinely 🤡 we do that as an individual subject at a level

[bronze peak]

Pure Math is hard

[low holly]

Yeah ik

[scenic wind]

yeah it seems pretty hard i don't know anything about what he's learning lmao

[low holly]

discrete maths

[bronze peak]

What job do you get with pure Math tho

Just do engineering

[low holly]

I mean a lot of our basic maths can be grouped with pure since it’s not actually applied

So technically addition is pure maths

pure calculus is pure maths

[scenic wind]

idk tbh, i think he wants to do research tho

[low holly]

but if u apply it in real life

it’s applied

So like stats or mechanics

[low holly]

bro gonna solve the riemman hypothesis

[scenic wind]

i already did something better

i thought of a new imaginary number

watch this

[low holly]

hm

I’m watching

[bronze peak]

Frive

[low holly]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-spiderman-meme-miles-morales-gif-6254393350946967855

[scenic wind]

|x| = -1

[low holly]

https://tenor.com/view/jesse-pinkman-aaron-paul-jesse-pinkman-nomination-gif-27015617

[scenic wind]

x = a

a is my imaginary number

i should name it something

hmm i wonder what greek letters are unused in math

[bronze peak]

Admit me to Caltech

I’ve discovered

Something

[low holly]

Don’t ever let bro cook again

[bronze peak]

Lol

[low holly]

yes hi nitro I’m part of the Caltech admissions committee I must admit I’m impressed by ur discovery of a new number and I will surely accept u into our program

[bronze peak]

Hooray

[low holly]

What would u like to say at this very important moment of ur career

[scenic wind]

nah just wait until astrospatiotemporal wormhole dynamics kicks off and then a will become a widely accepted imaginary number

[bronze peak]

Thank you Chloe for making this Discord

[low holly]

hm

I don’t think the Caltech admissions team can wait sir

this is the class of 2028

[scenic wind]

fine then i guess i'll have to build a time machine using a and then i'll tell them to let me in

[bronze peak]

Caltech

[low holly]

this server is probably giving Chloe ptsd honestly

[bronze peak]

What are your thoughts on Stanford

[bronze peak]

yea she brave af for this tbh

[low holly]

bro gonna be like that kid who built a whole ass car for his maker portfolio

Crazy impressive

https://youtu.be/EJtl-fRrP3k?

[bronze peak]

Why

[scenic wind]

i built a time machine for my maker portfolio, all i have to do is make it and deliver it to myself

[steep ferry]

wtf

[bronze peak]

Beaver

[scenic wind]

beaver

[low holly]

The beaver movement

surely Caltech must admit me with this one

I’ll have to spam beavers 🦫 from now on

[bronze peak]

Caltech

What do u think of Stanford

[scenic wind]

i should have snuck a few 🦫 into my essays

[bronze peak]

Yes

[scenic wind]

i also applied to stanford

[bronze peak]

Nice

[scenic wind]

i'd probably choose caltech over it tho

but it would depend on money

[bronze peak]

I want Stanford

[low holly]

Fr missed opportunity

I think it won’t appear tho

Cuz common app sucks

[low holly]

Yeah

[bronze peak]

CALTECH WHAT DO U THINK OF STANFORD

[scenic wind]

yeah i saw someone on reddit who put chinese characters in their essay for something and then they only showed up as question marks on the common app lol

[bronze peak]

😡

[bronze peak]

Yikes

Caltech

[low holly]

yeah common app L

[scenic wind]

hey caltech admissions officers i think it would be very silly if you were to say something on here

[low holly]

I think it works on the MIT portal though?

[low holly]

I’m a Caltech AO

🦫

😤

[scenic wind]

tbh mit beats caltech because petey has been talking on the discord for some reason recently lol

[bronze peak]

Caltech

[low holly]

Got laid off so I’m tryna get into Caltech

[bronze peak]

Caltech

[scenic wind]

caltech

[low holly]

Caltech

beaver uni

🦫

Chloe wondering why mod mail has so many beavers all of a sudden: I’m the cause 🦫

[steep ferry]

💀💀💀💀

[scenic wind]

maybe if i spam beavers in modmail they'll let me into caltech 🦫

[low holly]

or send an email to the AOs with beavers

they’re gonna like it I swear

(They’re getting u blacklisted)

[scenic wind]

i'll do that if i'm rejected

which definitely won't happen

[low holly]

We ain’t making it out the hood

[vale swallow]

yeah i saw this, it was for the MIT fun form lmao

[silk quiver]

I wouldn’t look too much into it. The only “good” sign is when you open your decision letter on 9th March and it starts with congratulations

[wraith flower]

admittedly i still want more rain

but only on weekends

[wraith flower]

hard mæth

[wraith flower]

ive seen pure math ppl go into basically anything

im math and am going into physics, for example

[limber warren]

March 9th pls

Or I murder

[lone apex]

Idk I feel like if itw as March 9th they would ahve already released something

[spring yew]

Hello

How many chances for release date in 9th march?

[lone apex]

Historically theres a pretty goo dshto

[spring yew]

We should receive email tomorrow if so

[limber warren]

Yes yes me wan a riddle to solve

Me no care about decision letter

I wan a puzzle to solve

Cauz I am bored

[gritty atlas]

same bro XD, tbh Im waiting to see what type of puzzle they give, but from what Ive heard they aint hard

[steep ferry]

whats the puzzle for?

like does it tell you if you got in or not or-?

[limber warren]

Uh no

So basically

It’s like the answer is the time/date they will release: in a physics equation/problem you need to solve.

[steep ferry]

ahhhhhhhh

[low holly]

If it's march 9th I think I'll be onthe plane

or airport

hm

[bronze peak]

This

[median blade]

for grad school?

are you doing like mathematical physics/string theory or more physics-y stuff

[wraith flower]

yee

[wraith flower]

probably not string theory

[median blade]

have you done any extra physics classes after core at caltech

[wraith flower]

oh def

[median blade]

are they electives or like fully extra classes

[wraith flower]

full extra, i'm rn taking Ph125abc, which non-phys ppl don't take

also a bit of 106 and a few others

[median blade]

are you gonna take GR next year

[wraith flower]

mmm probably not

I'm pretty beat out of classes

especially with how bad Caltech can be at giving breaks

[median blade]

i c

are you done with all the math credits by now or nah

[wraith flower]

almost 🤞

[median blade]

also do all electives basically have to be humanities

[wraith flower]

just got topology left

[median blade]

i c

109?

[wraith flower]

nah, but you have some required ones

yepyep that's the one

[bronze peak]

Good luck with topology dawg 😭

[wraith flower]

thankthank

[warm perch]

does anyone know the answer for the time

[humble sonnet]

saturdayyyy

[limber warren]

OH MY GODD

THANK YOU

[twin python]

oh noooo

[limber warren]

THANK YOu

THANK YOU

[twin python]

it’s getting real

first rd decision for me

[fervent sapphire]

11:22?

[lone apex]

Caltech confirmed

[twin python]

wait its a goddamn riddle

omg

[charred stirrup]

yea got this too

[twin python]

I’ll do it later but I assume y’all are right

[fervent sapphire]

Caltech has to let us in now I think

[plucky geyser]

sameee

[night agate]

yeah my thoughts

[fervent sapphire]

im assuming thats pacific time right?

[hearty saddle]

yes

[slow haven]

2:22 EST

[median blade]

Caltech trying as hard as they can to be quirky

[twin python]

Probably local time?

[median blade]

its pacific time

for sure

[twin python]

rly

i thought most schools do local time, guess not

[fervent sapphire]

Vela what's ur major?

I got into Georgia Tech too

[median blade]

REA thats what they did

[split forge]

couldnt they have made the difference smaller than 11 😭 (nvm its am)

[twin python]

astro

[median blade]

so

[median blade]

FR bruh

[slow haven]

nerd fr

[median blade]

REA was at 8:30 or so

[warm perch]

am or pm?

[median blade]

why is this so late ☹️

[twin python]

no u

[warm perch]

probably am right

[split forge]

wait

it could be am

[fervent sapphire]

am pacific

[slow haven]

only nerds apply aeroastro

[median blade]

ofc it is

[proud vortex]

11:22am pacific time?

[slow haven]

yeah

[fervent sapphire]

correct

[warm perch]

that’s so soon

ahhh

[twin python]

ok got 11:22 as well

[night agate]

guys my app status

says

Awaiting Decision

Same for everyone I assume right?

Cuz before it said Application Complete

[median blade]

yeah i saw some other people say theirs changed like that as well

[night agate]

alrr thx

[scenic wind]

damn 11:22 is early

[median blade]

no its so late bruh

it should be 3 hours earlier

[stark wharf]

OMG

HI

[scenic wind]

🦫

[lone apex]

It’s 2/:22 est for us joren

[scenic wind]

i'm not eastern time tho

[limber warren]

No isn’t it 5:01 CST?

Because 10^0.7

[lone apex]

What

[limber warren]

The question CalTech posted

Or riddle

[lone apex]

Idk I’m just following

what everybody else said

[limber warren]

6.3 - 5.6 = 0.7

And use that as a power

To 10

[night agate]

energy is different than strength

ur calculating the scale of strength

not scale of energy

[limber warren]

Don’t think so hard, just calculate the numbers only :]

[night agate]

its 11:22

6.3 is 10^0.7 times stronger than 5.6

but it releases more than 10^0.7 times more energy than 5.6

[limber warren]

I’m stoopid :<

[stark wharf]

the ai art is so cursed

[median blade]

lol yeah the ones in the back

are pretty bad

[lone apex]

imagine someone drew that

[stark wharf]

it would be physically impossible to draw something that bad

[cursive sierra]

10^(1.5(6.3-5.4)) = 11.22 right?

[limber warren]

That’s what most people say

So I guess

[twin python]

and the numbers are nice so it's probably correct, like if it was 3:41 or something i'd be skeptical

[steep ferry]

once you confirm please text modmail to get it added to #📆-decision-dates

[stark wharf]

alr did

they said they needed proof

i sent them the riddle 💀

have fun solving it ggs

[scenic wind]

yeah lol it took me a second to notice the ai art 💀 the people in the back look like they're melting

[solemn carbon]

lmfao

i made a reddit post abt it 😭

its crazy

[warm perch]

is there a command for the time

!caltech

[steep ferry]

text modmail with proof of date and time and they'll set it up

[steep ferry]

lmao

solve it and send man 😭

[sharp birch]

@everyone Caltech RD <t:1710012120:F> in your local time (hopefully)

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 16 hours and 26 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[scenic wind]

woohoo

[steep ferry]

why the hopefully LOL

[sharp birch]

Bc last time y’all got it wrong

[scenic wind]

lmao

[solemn carbon]

11:22 is right

[sage star]

it's 11:22 but i dont know what time it is

[steep ferry]

really💀💀💀

[hearty saddle]

sus

[sage star]

i think it's PST

[solemn carbon]

hihi

[steep ferry]

a server full of nerds you'd think they can solve a riddle

[sharp birch]

I think they got the answer but then second guessed for another

So the one I had ended up being wrong

[steep ferry]

ah

omg this decision is at 12:52 am finally a reasonable time

i didn't apply but still

[sage star]

as an aspiring geologist their answer is right

[steep ferry]

did you apply caltech?

[limber warren]

Why so hype for a 2.7% acceptance rate?

[sage star]

yes

[sage star]

because i love sheldon cooper

[sudden carbon]

I’m losing my sanity

[limber warren]

Fair.

That’s a good show

[sage star]

tbbt or young sheldon?

or both?

[steep ferry]

good luck!

[hybrid marsh]

It's this formula ri

[sage star]

thank you smrithi!

[limber warren]

I’ve only watched young Sheldon because it’s more recent than big bang theory

[sage star]

yes

[limber warren]

And it’s a prequel

Idk the correct chronological order, should I watch young Sheldon first or big bang theory first?

I want a timeline that makes sense

But should I follow ours or the show?

[hybrid marsh]

I mean it won't matter

Some episodes of BBT will make more sense/be funnier if you watch young Sheldon first

Personally I like YS more than BBT

(haven't watched either of the shows, just clips)

[limber warren]

Have they ever referenced MIT in the show or is it just CalTech only?

[sage star]

they've referenced MIT in both shows

sheldon cooper went to caltech though

[dawn ridge]

4 days ain’t that long

Good luck yall

[dark fjord]

caLtech

[steep ferry]

why are you a ucb hater😭

[dark fjord]

They rejected me😤

[steep ferry]

are you a senior?

[stark wharf]

oh dw i sent the answer too 💀

[dark fjord]

No I'm old

I'm a frosh in college now

[steep ferry]

ohhhh lol

[dark fjord]

Send me back to hs

[topaz venture]

they keep trying to make fun of one of the main chars who is an mit engineer

and it never really sat right w/me

i was like what 10 and still knew mit was better 💀

script writers 100% mit rejects

[wraith flower]

tbh if you ever think it's 100% black and white i wouldn't want you in the school.

MIT is absolutely fine to clarify

[limber warren]

I consider them equivalents

CalTech and MIT

[wraith flower]

it's all subjective. some places will be better for others

[peak fiber]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 16 hours and 50 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[dawn ridge]

nobody cares about the caltech/mit beef cuz there is none lowk

[wraith flower]

admittedly yea, not anymore

other than just verbal jokes which are more or less silly

having said that, there's nothing wrong intrinsically with a sense of rivalry

[limber warren]

It’s kind of a friendly rivalry, it’s not as serious as Michigan and Ohio state with all the gaslighting and stuff.

[astral fog]

uhh what

damn bro throw some context in there

i got it

bruh this sentence could go brrr

[wraith flower]

admittedly yeah didn't think of that interpretation but i think it's clear enough lmao

[steep ferry]

And stanford throwing a funeral and impaling berkeley's mascot before a big game

[halcyon stone]

michigan ohio state is such an ngmi beef

like ik ppl whose parent wouldnt pay for them to go to one or the other bc they were on opposite sides of the beef

which is beyond stupid

[stark wharf]

its giving cult

[steep ferry]

It is

[cosmic oxide]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 14 hours and 49 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[daring tiger]

WHO'S READY TO BE COOKED AND SCRAMBLED ON SATURDAY

notme

[stark wharf]

i love opening a decision in the middle of a tournament 🥰🥰🥰

[limber warren]

Aaa

Yay

[daring tiger]

sir are you a clone?

[spring yew]

is it AM or PM

[daring tiger]

am

[spring yew]

after we solve the riddle

oh alright

11:22am then

[daring tiger]

they're not that crazy

[spring yew]

😦

[daring tiger]

i think

[surreal torrent]

yeahh

yall why did i get 16:19 as my answer💀 😭

not a good sign is it

[lone apex]

LMAOO

It be alright

They teach you physics

[wraith flower]

mood

i found out my decision after finding i got rejected for the only scholarship that'd have made public school affordable and then immediately entered into a Speech and Debate tournament after it

[dry wraith]

how did y'all get the time?

5.6 -> 10^(11.8+1.5*5.6)
6.3 -> 10^(11.8+1.5*6.3)

10^(11.8+1.5*6.3)/10^(11.8+1.5*5.6) = 10^(1.5*6.3 - 1.5*5.6) = 10^(1.05) = 11.22

0.22 * 60 =~~ 13 minutes

shouldn't it be 11:13 am pacific

[vale swallow]

we just left it at 11.22 but your reasoning of .22*60 makes sense but again might be overthinking idk

[dry wraith]

but leaving it at 11.22 would mean a hour has a 100 minutes

[vale swallow]

aaah i see

[dry wraith]

because you are taking 11 as is

[vale swallow]

but nobody's too sure, could be 11:13 or 11:22

[dry wraith]

alr

[forest plaza]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 11 hours and 33 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[spring yew]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 11 hours and 30 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[steep ferry]

shit y'all are gonna spam this now are you

[low holly]

is it a sign of a2c ism if Ik this shit, cuz my geo teacher in like 8th grade had it and I just liked the Richter equation cuz it had a logarithm which I thought was cool then I realized they were more common than I thought it was so yeah😭

[low holly]

either way I think I'll be on the plane 💀

[vale swallow]

you'll open it on the plane?💀

[dry wraith]

i mean most planes have overpriced wifi

[low holly]

no

no wifi

[dry wraith]

delta sells it for 39$ or smth for a 3 hour flight

[low holly]

exactly

[low holly]

the issue is when I land I don't think they

[dry wraith]

i don't even pay 39$ for my monthly wifi lmao

[low holly]

will have it at the airport im landing in

or myabe it would

[vale swallow]

so you'll get to open it way later

[low holly]

but such a dumb time to open it in

[vale swallow]

yeah true

[dry wraith]

which major did you apply for

[low holly]

CS

[dry wraith]

did you make a new intel?

[low holly]

https://tenor.com/view/clone-clones-buzz-lightyear-toy-story-gif-21609842

[dry wraith]

if not its gonna be a rejection. they are looking for the next alan turing

i am already certain imma be rejected seeing the people they are accepting

[low holly]

I'm the next nobody lmao

[dry wraith]

same

[vale swallow]

same

[low holly]

Ill send u a profile so u dont feel bad

can I dm?

[dry wraith]

sure

unfortunately my dad didn't donate a building

[low holly]

I remember there was some mfs on a2c reddit asking if they should donate money to a college 💀

like bro

it ain't that deep

nothing deserves that

[surreal torrent]

lol i subtracted damn

rejection gang who's with me

[low holly]

but then you're trying to treat energy as if it's time

lol

when the value of 11.2201.... was in Ergs

[surreal torrent]

no his point is if we take 11 as it is

why not convert the rest into the same unit

if we take 11.22 ergs as 11.22 hours, it should correctly be 11 hours 13 min

[low holly]

ah i got it

the duality of caltech admissions

I think the difference would be 9 mins

so it won't matter much

[surreal torrent]

yeah

[lusty snow]

om caltech doesn't have any interview rigjt

[stuck glade]

SO EXCITED

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

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ApplyingToCollege

[limber warren]

It’s just a 9 minute difference it hardly matters dw!

[proud basin]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 7 hours and 57 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[limber warren]

Sushi excited?

[proud basin]

Yes and no 😭

[limber warren]

Mixture emotions rn

I’m super excited yet I just know the result already

Also just a side note, they won’t care about geography or resources available.

They won’t care about any disadvantages

Common data set

They might have some bias towards South Bay people.

[lusty snow]

what

[lusty snow]

silicon valley's things

[bronze peak]

Can u send me that profile whenever u get the chance bc im lowk curious

[vale swallow]

me too please

[spring yew]

Opa

[low holly]

Done

[low holly]

Done

Aaaa

[stuck glade]

plz a me

[low holly]

Like he’s already a famous guy working at Tesla

But idk if I’m allowed to share his name

He went to a school that rivals my past one

and didn’t have many of the Caltech level awards people expect

[low holly]

sent

[delicate root]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

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ApplyingToCollege

[vale swallow]

ty

[lone apex]

Caltech is one of the rare schools that, tbh, idek what my chances are. Like they are obviously low just considering the AR% but otherwise it’s a small class size and imo probs one of the most difficult places for AOs to decide who gets in

[low holly]

Fr 🦫

[vale swallow]

harsh reality fr

[low holly]

Legend says if u spam beaver thrice

U get in

[vale swallow]

🦫

🦫

🦫

[lone apex]

There’s no interview and no standardized scores. The reality for caltech I think is that normal metrics don’t apply

[low holly]

I mean even with those

it’s calover

[low holly]

Ur getting in 🦫🦫🦫

[vale swallow]

what do the really even look for?