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

[vale swallow]

let's wait n see if legend is true

[bronze peak]

Caltech seems like the type of school to not be test optional

[lone apex]

They’re not test optional they’re test blind

[vale swallow]

yeah and they ironically dont want any tests

[bronze peak]

I said it seems like theyd be the type to

[wild needle]

except aps?

[low holly]

Istg tbh people can complicate it I can imagine the AOs just really selecting students out of 1000 of the total 40k and use a wheel

😂

[lone apex]

No APs either

[vale swallow]

no aps

[wild needle]

they emailed my counselor to ask for my ap scores lmao

[low holly]

Their yield rate is 66

[lone apex]

Caltech?

[low holly]

So realistically 700-800

Should get accepted

[bronze peak]

Thought it used to be 50 💀

[vale swallow]

😭😭😭a literal game of chance

[low holly]

maybe a bit less

[bronze peak]

I thought they accept 250 per year

[low holly]

There are too many qualified apps

[low holly]

That’s enrolled studnets

[bronze peak]

Oh ic

[low holly]

270 enrolled I believe

[vale swallow]

you're def getting in damn

[low holly]

wait nvm not 800 💀 what am I even saying

[bronze peak]

So if yield is 66% then its 400 ish accepts skull

[low holly]

More like 500-700

[lone apex]

@wild needle did you take a course in physics/calculus/chemistry?

[wild needle]

yes

[low holly]

U gotta overestimate smh

[lone apex]

Odd fr could be getting in

[low holly]

be optimistic

[low holly]

calover

[vale swallow]

could be a substitute for the requirements

[low holly]

Lmao

A score of 5

I think even MIT accepts 5? Or am I wrong

4*

[lone apex]

Yeah they’ll require an AP score if you don’t have all the requirements @wild needle

[wild needle]

i did lol

have all the requirements

[lone apex]

But if you indicate AP scores on ur app they do make you send them

[low holly]

It works for people like me who self studied some of those subjects but I’m in a different curriculum a levels / gcse

[lone apex]

It’s a good sign tho

[bronze peak]

My friend wrote a hate speech on lanternflies his ap physics c exam for both sections and got 5’s

[wild needle]

they suppress your scores if you submit them

apparently

[lone apex]

Yeah admissions are committed to standardized testing having 0 impact on admissions

But idk why they’d email asking for ur AP scores

[low holly]

U guys are lucky af

In the uk we don’t have any of that

[bronze peak]

I feel like if u cant do well with standardized tests you cant on caltech 💀

[low holly]

Everything is standardized testing

[lone apex]

That’s like saying if I make a 1500 on the SAT I can’t be good at Computer Science lmao

[low holly]

sat is a shit test

[bronze peak]

More so APs

[low holly]

I’m sorry

[bronze peak]

Fuck the sat

[low holly]

It doesn’t determine anything

[lone apex]

I didn’t take the SAT

Lol

[low holly]

it’s easy maths

[lone apex]

Indeed

I liked ACT bc science

[bronze peak]

Sat reading gave me type 7 diabetes

[vale swallow]

same here

[low holly]

It’s good for like gauging ur basic English or Marhs skills in a general sense

but it doesn’t need to be used as the only test for admission along with gpa which seems to be inflated at like tons of schools

they should actually use APs especially for richer schools

[vale swallow]

i did, and fumbled english

[low holly]

like AP tests

and not classes

[bronze peak]

Gpa is the most important metric anyways

[vale swallow]

i couldnt finish my english section in time

[low holly]

Ur gpa shouldn’t even use internal grades

it should all be tested externally

but the government wants money

They don’t want to spend it at lower income schools

[lone apex]

But I only made 5s and 4s on my AP Tests anyways so ig it doesn’t matter for me but for the others in my school that take them

[low holly]

It should be a federal requirement to proctor tests throughout the country and ensure high schools meet standards

This is the problem with the us

A school at a richer county

Will have more opportunities

[lone apex]

Have better opportunities yes

[low holly]

it’s sad

[lone apex]

But it equals out almost in admissions because they see that and if you still succeed given the cards you were dealt it’s far more impressive than someone from a rich magnet school who succeeded

[low holly]

it’s fine with someone like u who works hard and tries to overcome them

[bronze peak]

Oh ya getting an AP test center is a pain in the ass to begin with

[low holly]

But I’m talking about an average student

[lone apex]

Atleast that’s what the prophecy foretold, I still got deferred MIT

[low holly]

they won’t ever know about such stuff

[lone apex]

Ah fair enough

[low holly]

Hopefully u get in

man

[low holly]

I travelled to a different country to do my a level exams lmao

[lone apex]

Are you fr a sophomore or just didn’t change your roles

[low holly]

Yes I’m graduating two years early

[lone apex]

Oh nice nice

[low holly]

yeah 💀

[lone apex]

They refused to let me graduate early bc nobody had ever done it at my school so I tuffed it out

[low holly]

I legit sent a letter to the minister but she refused

So I travelled

And I believe my a level certificate can work

[lone apex]

Did you apply to Caltech?

[low holly]

Aslong as I graduate from the uae

And not Qatar

[low holly]

Yeah

Sheldon ahh story

[lone apex]

Nice good luck. I hope you get accepted

I’m fairly certain caltech has one of the better international application processes, no? @low holly

[low holly]

hopefully then I’ll spam beaver everyday

[low holly]

Idk honestly 😭 in terms of what?

[lone apex]

Like the process is the same

As domestic

[low holly]

yeah

[lone apex]

Aid too

[low holly]

The same

aid is worse

[lone apex]

Ah ok

[low holly]

Cuz they are need aware

but my financial situation is complex so I’ll see how it’ll go

[lone apex]

Hmm interesting

Need aware is so unfair imo

[low holly]

Fr

[low holly]

nah it’s kinda fair

[lone apex]

Vanderbilt’s waitlist is need aware which is kinda wild (in 2013)

[low holly]

Cuz internationals aren’t American

[low holly]

💀 for Americans?

That’s insane

[lone apex]

For Americans yeah

At least it was in 2013

[low holly]

Corporate America

🇺🇸

[lone apex]

My oldest brother got waitlisted by Vanderbilt and it was need aware so he got bumped alllll the way down

[low holly]

💀

what the

bruh tbh if I got vdany even tho I didn’t apply

I would choose a state school as an American

cuz it would be cheaper

but I’m not so it depends on the cost

[lone apex]

Looks like it isnt anymore so that’s nice

Idk I got into UVA it was my only other EA besides MIT

[low holly]

that’s good

[low holly]

what else are u waiting for

[low holly]

UVA for what major ?

[lone apex]

CS

[low holly]

idk much about it but it’s overall strong

[lone apex]

All ivies except brown, Caltech, MIT, CMU, Rice, Vanderbilt, Duke

[low holly]

I only applied to 4 ivies

😭

the rest are some t20s

That I liked

[lone apex]

Oh and Stanford I forgot Stanford’s not an Ivy

[low holly]

yeah

bro Dartmouth wouldn’t fit me tbh

[lone apex]

I only planned to apply to Harvard and Yale from ivies but after my deferral from MIT I just started them all

[bronze peak]

Just rizzed up some random person with my immaculate angry birds charizzma

[low holly]

If I did get into MIT tbh I wouldn’t even continue but that’s if I didn’t get good aid

but I didn’t even apply

[low holly]

bro got the angry bird rizz

[lone apex]

If I got into MIT I planned to commit the day of

I still intend to do so on March 14

[bronze peak]

They got turned off immediately which is good bc their ah was prob 12

[low holly]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-birds-gif-21606714

[low holly]

Fr

[low holly]

💀

Who bro tryna rizz up

[bronze peak]

They tried to rizz me up

[low holly]

💀

Roblox ahh rizz

mark out here doing Mark’s work

[bronze peak]

Ong

[low holly]

When Ivy day comes

I’m gonna open them all

At once

While playing some video game

cuz I honestly don’t assume it’s gonna be possible to get in

so I’ll spare myself the adrenaline

I’ll open them like we used to open Pokémon card packs in 2017

https://tenor.com/view/im-shep-shocked-face-pokemon-rayquaza-pokemon-card-gif-23061932

[low holly]

This mf reaction pisses me off but u get the idea

[warm perch]

can u send to me too

[gritty atlas]

me too please

[lusty snow]

can i have ittt

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
3 days, 2 hours and 12 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
2 days, 19 hours and 36 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[scenic wind]

same i'll literally be mid tennis tournament

[forest plaza]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
2 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[dark fjord]

this is likely going to change next year

a bunch of faculty are petitioning to change this

[median blade]

caltech’s faculty review is so based

UCB hater did you look at your admission file

after getting in

[dark fjord]

literally today lol\

it was pretty standard

just like

"kid good at stem"

"woaw"

though they hit me with the

"average potential"

[median blade]

wow what a coincidence

are you able to do it earlier or do you have to wait this long

[shell oar]

were there any ratings?

and what was the "Average potential" referring to?

[dark fjord]

no im just good at procrastinating

i coulda done it earlier

[dark fjord]

probably like

potential here lol

i mean their not wrong

im dumb as rocks

[shell oar]

you definitely aren't haha

caltech has a pretty high baseline

btw among the intl students there on finaid, what are their prior backgrounds like?

if you've encountered any

[dark fjord]

cracked

super cracked

multiple international research conferences and stuff

they are crazy

[shell oar]

oh wow

are there those who primarily did olympiads

like imo/ipho stuff

or are the admits more research-heavy

[dark fjord]

theres a mix

id say theres less oly kids here than i thought but they are by no means a rarity

im a oly kid myself

[shell oar]

are u local/intl?

which oly's / which stages did u make?

[dark fjord]

pretty mediocre oly kid 😅

i got aime usaco gold and all that stuff

i had a lot of scioly medals though

if i was intl i wouldnt have a prayer lol

[marble tartan]

what's their rating system like

ive always been curious how schools like mit and caltech rate applicants

[median blade]

Who’s the most orz math person u have met

[dark fjord]

like here?

[dark fjord]

couldnt tell you lol

i have no clue

[median blade]

Yeah

[dark fjord]

theres some ppl doing crazy research

one guy like

tested out of all of math 1 2 3

like oly wise uh

theres a few IMO kids

at least one mopper

[marble tartan]

what abt social life? parties? is caltech the ultra nerdy school ppl make it out to be (basically would u say its close enough socially to a typical high school)?

[shell oar]

how hard is it to test out of physics?

does it require a lot more than ap physics c?

(the first physics class)

[mild warren]

i wanna know this too

is the social life as dead as the campus looks

[marble tartan]

and as dead as their mascot? 😂

[dark fjord]

no

if you want parties its not hard to find

[marble tartan]

bro looks like mit's beaver got killed and stuffed up

[dark fjord]

social life is not dead if parties are ur idea of fun

[median blade]

What’s Math 3 again

[shell oar]

probability

2 is diffeq

[median blade]

I see

[shell oar]

1a-1b-1c is calc-linalg-multivar

[median blade]

Wait can I test out of Ma5

Or 109

Or is that not feasible/allowed

[dark fjord]

1c could also be diffgeo lolol

[shell oar]

so @dark fjord what was your fall/winter/spring sched

[dark fjord]

no clue

[median blade]

lol isn’t it basically spivak calculus on manifolds

I heard they used that from someone on Reddit

[marble tartan]

how do u feel abt the small undergrad population?

[dark fjord]

again i ahve no clue

im but a dumb little cs major lol

[dark fjord]

on one hand you see the same ppl every day

[median blade]

are most people CS majors

[dark fjord]

on the other hand the chances of finding someone you automatically click with is a lot lower

no i wouldnt say that

theres def a sizable minority

though

[median blade]

Btw how does registration work is it just first come first serve

[dark fjord]

its a bloodbath

[median blade]

Or do some people get priority

[dark fjord]

and sometimes the servers crash

they call it "glitch day" here

for a good reason

[median blade]

I can imagine the entire dorms staying up till 12:00 AM

Just to register lmao

[dark fjord]

well its at 8am

[median blade]

O

That’s a bit more healthy lmao

[dark fjord]

honestly not much better for ur avg caltech student

midnight is probably better for most of us

[median blade]

o

Yikes

Are you genuinely sleep deprived

Or just nocturnal

[dark fjord]

some of us are

personally im weak and sleep like 9 hours a day

[median blade]

Based

[low holly]

@dark fjord do u think Caltech will accept me 🦫

[dark fjord]

ik ppl who consider sleeping 5 hours oversleeping though

🤷‍♂️ flip a coin

[median blade]

super humans wth

[low holly]

u gotta tell me smh

[dark fjord]

some guy ik pulled 3 consecutive all nighters for midterms

fun times

[shell oar]

have a younger sibling who applied, i'm just lurking here. i'm old lol

i'm glad that he hasn't discovered a2c throughout his college app process

[low holly]

#caltechbound 😍

[marble tartan]

lol im always so curious abt this school cuz it seems almost impossible to find caltech students

[dark fjord]

theres too much work at this school

i do love my 8 hour per problem sets

[low holly]

It’s like 270 students each year?

[dark fjord]

no

its going to be less

[low holly]

Or am I wrong

[dark fjord]

they overadmitted my year

(only reason i got in)

[low holly]

😭

[marble tartan]

i think its less than 1k for undergrad right?

yeah they got more grad students than undergrad

[low holly]

By how much

[dark fjord]

ur gonna have to ask admissions for that one

[low holly]

facts

[median blade]

They admit 500 total

[low holly]

😭

[median blade]

And half 50% yield

But they overarmitted

So they are being very cautious

[low holly]

hm

[dark fjord]

yeah i want housing

[low holly]

💀

[dark fjord]

personally i think they should admit 100 students next year so i can get housing

[median blade]

lmao

[low holly]

is it rlly hard to get housing?

[dark fjord]

not really

but like

ppl get kicked off campus sometimes

[low holly]

Are freshmen guaranteed housing

[dark fjord]

yteah

[low holly]

fake news

[median blade]

UCB Hater do you know the acceptance rate for deferred people

[marble tartan]

bro what 😭

[median blade]

Or no

[dry wraith]

lmao

[dark fjord]

0% last year

oh wait defer

not waitlist

idk

[median blade]

https://tenor.com/view/random-get-away-leave-me-alone-get-outta-here-gif-17872308

[median blade]

U scared the hell out of me LOL

[low holly]

Istg

[low holly]

Ok good

or else commute gonna be a hassle and I don’t wanna live with family members

[low holly]

How many colleges did bro apply to 💀

bro collecting colleges like infinity stones

[marble tartan]

77 colleges is crazy

[dry wraith]

there were only 5

[low holly]

77 is gonna be mental torture I can’t handle that

[dry wraith]

it really is

[low holly]

imagine applying to all those

[marble tartan]

it seems fun tho opening a decision every day

[low holly]

It’s not quick apply on LinkedIn 😭

[dry wraith]

is it

is it fun

its mental anguish

[low holly]

Adrenaline and dopamine frying simulator is back again

[dry wraith]

wouldn't wish it on my enemy

[low holly]

imagine the thrill u get

but u have so many colleges

it’s suppressed

[marble tartan]

the dopamine rush makes it all worth it 🤧

[low holly]

What if it’s negative

[marble tartan]

college decisions is basically like gambling

[low holly]

bro they should make research on the psychology of college decision

[marble tartan]

u keep rolling until u win

[dark fjord]

i love gambling

[low holly]

Not if I apply to diploma mills

[dry wraith]

Fuck no, Do not under any circumstances apply to that many colleges. There is no realistic reason you can't narrow it down to 20 colleges you want to go to. I regret it now and can see the effect it had on my mental health. I am drained and depressed anytime I open my inbox to see an email from a college with another requirement. Instead of being excited at a status update, I am bored and couldn't care less. I don't want to go to uni anymore; I just wanna rest and stay home for the next year. Honestly, I am considering accepting and deferring a year if I get into any good college. I literally can't even hang out or have fun with anyone. I'm so drained by this application process. It's become more than just a tedious task; it's affecting my overall well-being.
Don't be sad for me. I chose to do this. I could have stopped at any second, any minute, but I didn't. I deserve this, and that's justified. I'm just putting it here for the next person who is crazy and determined enough to do it. Don't.
from another convo

[low holly]

I agree

although I applied to 32 💀

Nvm 30

still a lot

But not as crazy as some people on here

[marble tartan]

😭 ngl i think the only thing stopping ppl from applying to over 20 is the common app limit

[low holly]

I only did 9 on common app

Tbh

[dry wraith]

this year i really preffered scoir over common app for the students side of exp

the counsellors side is hell on scoir tho

[low holly]

Bro common app is also hell

UCAS is so easy to use

[dry wraith]

the thing is common app support is really good

[low holly]

common app over complicated

[dry wraith]

atleast according to my counsellor

[dry wraith]

• 1

[shell oar]

my sibling applied to 27 in total, around the world

[low holly]

lmao one of my prof recommendations tried to use it and he took like time to figure it out since he had to leave the page and go to the main menu and do the rest of the stuff it was kinda hard for him but idk

[shell oar]

2 asia 4 europe 21 US

[low holly]

Yeah 30 around the world for me

[marble tartan]

i wish i applied to oxford/cambridge ngl

[low holly]

5UK 4chiices 2 colleges Canada and 23 US

if I get Caltech guys

I’m withdrawing apps for most of the schools

smh

😭

[marble tartan]

will you withdraw mit thats the real question

[low holly]

You know the best thing about uk Unis? Is that prior to their deadline they consider u equally

[low holly]

Did not even apply

Cuz Caltech>>>> mit (I’m joking don’t kill me guys)

[marble tartan]

true it should be HYPSC

[low holly]

How does a Caltech acceptance look like is it a vid or just words

I wanna prep for decisions day

[marble tartan]

lol i saw it in a singular college decisions video

it has confetti

so u would know instantly

[low holly]

Fr MIT?? Or Massachusetts institute of deferrals

[low holly]

Ok hopefully I get confetti

😭

is it by email?

I DONT WANT THE Adrenaline RUSH

[marble tartan]

idk lol i think they just put everything in the portal

[low holly]

ah

[marble tartan]

i didnt even apply here haha so idk much abt this school

[median blade]

Bro I’m gonna lose my mind if I get in

Omg omg omg omg omg omg

[low holly]

I genuinely hate that most colleges that have portals send an email with status update

It adds more adrenaline to it

[median blade]

I’ve been wanting to go here since before I was a teenager

[low holly]

And I get scared

My heart sinks

[median blade]

Yeah but at least you can prep urself

[marble tartan]

get ready for orange confetti guys 🎊

[low holly]

do a spin the wheel 😭

[median blade]

What I did for REA was just spam refresh the portal

And then it loaded

And then I was like .-.

[low holly]

I love how Cal poly SLO just gave me the most plain email ever

[median blade]

Oh yeah lmao

[low holly]

I 20 request with a line saying congrats

[median blade]

Cal Poly Pomona did the same for me

And they be spamming me with emails ever since

Like get outta here bruh

[marble tartan]

u will get in 🙏

[median blade]

I hope so man

[low holly]

SLO didn’t 😭

SDSU is though

[median blade]

CPP has a chat bot lol

It’s kinda cool (I never tried it)

[abstract needle]

sorry for the ping, but you cant officially choose your major until after freshman year right

[low holly]

Yesterday sdsu made someone email me

Like a student

💀

[dark fjord]

ye

[low holly]

basically want me to enroll against my will

[median blade]

Bruh

Give em a nice big smack on the face

[low holly]

Just want Caltech honestly 😭

🦫🦫🦫

[median blade]

Same

What’s ur major

[marble tartan]

ask them to send you a check for the deposit

and just block them afterwards 😂

[low holly]

lol 😭

[low holly]

That’s smart

I sell services to colleges now

new side hustle

Oh also I hate the colleges which try to make u relate by giving u emails specifically catered to u being international

like bro ik the guy u included in the email is international too but Idek anything about Argentina

please don’t lump as all in the same category 😭

[median blade]

Lmao

Universities care way too much about money

I guess it’s just the way academia is

[low holly]

that’s the most American thing ever

[median blade]

(Or the fact that administrators are getting way too much money)

[marble tartan]

i hear at some schools waitlist is literally determined by who is full pay

even if the school is need blind normally

[low holly]

Genuinely

[marble tartan]

barnard does this i think? idr any other good examples but im sure other big schools do it too

[gritty atlas]

This must be some sort of world record, 77 colleges

[dark fjord]

i think someone did 100+ last cycle

[gritty atlas]

nvm the world record is 170+, but still 77, hearing about it gives me goosebumps

[dry wraith]

is it?

the 170 thing is

the guy applied to 300 colleges

but got accepted into 170

iirc

[low holly]

One of them was Cornell right

?

[steep ferry]

omg you're at caltech? W but UCB is better sorry not sorry

[dark fjord]

im not going to dispute you on that one

[low holly]

I don’t think u can compare ucb to Caltech bro

[dark fjord]

i wanted to go to ucb

but nooooooooo

at our school no one gets into both LA and ucb

[low holly]

Caltech better

[dark fjord]

and i got into LA

so i knew it was over

[low holly]

lol

[low holly]

yeah but Caltech objectively better (I’m delusional)

[steep ferry]

Oh

[steep ferry]

Why so

[dark fjord]

id like to know too

[steep ferry]

why

[dry wraith]

do not remember that

but maybe

[steep ferry]

(as someone probably going to berkeley i wanna know why you loved it)

[dry wraith]

+1

[dark fjord]

#1 im from cali

in state tuition

also i really like the bay area

berk is like

the bay area

the ppl there would be so cool

they have a 1k person genshin server

[steep ferry]

yeah I'm also instate and North bay which is why it's probs my tops

[dark fjord]

i wanna go there

[steep ferry]

like UCLA is fun but i have family in North bay

[steep ferry]

LOL

[dark fjord]

whats there not to like about berk

like the location is kinda sus

but im a tall guy

[steep ferry]

safety

class sizes

them not letting me data sci double major

that's it tbh

[dark fjord]

honestly thatas not a big problem if ur self motivated to study

[dark fjord]

ig thats true

im doing that here

yeah berk safety issues are uh

💀

[reef swift]

I keep forgetting who you are @dark fjord even though we literaly spoke to each other earlier

[dark fjord]

LMAO

[dark fjord]

hows the cutout

[low holly]

Yeah that’s pretty much what u get at most public colleges. Bigger class sizes can be good or bad. But as u said it’s not an issue if u can self study or get support from other sources.

[low holly]

they’re kinda true but then again I always see the Berkeley kids wearing headphones around the area like there’s nothing. Like if ur outside just stay alert that extra few mins of Spotify won’t matter 😭

[steep ferry]

fair

[proud basin]

Is data science locked in cdss?

[steep ferry]

Nothing is locked (actually I think eecs might but not too sure) but it's "high demand" and people who try to transfer will be subject to a "comprehensive review" so

[proud basin]

U cant transfer into cs anymore right

Any cdss major

[gritty atlas]

Oh my bad

[wild needle]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
2 days, 7 hours and 34 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[steel sapphire]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
2 days, 6 hours and 19 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[limber warren]

Who is ready for the biggest wave of rejections seen?

In the history of reaches?

[low holly]

we makin it out the hood

[limber warren]

Uh make it 2.7% blue

Then we can talk

🙃

Actually 1.35% because half of the applicants were already admitted REA.

[low holly]

wth

I hate those odds

but maybe

Just maybe

I can be the chosen one

🦫

[limber warren]

I mean the same applies to all other colleges for RD

Because EA passed

[low holly]

https://tenor.com/view/the-mandalorian-odds-like-those-odds-gif-15541855

https://tenor.com/view/war-barraux-war-napoleon-roblox-waterloo-waterloo-gif-26080565

[low holly]

Caltech admissions this year

https://tenor.com/view/wolfquest-wolfquest-anniversary-edition-official-wolfquest-eduweb-wq-gif-23612128

[limber warren]

I wan CalTech it will truly make up for my GeorgiaTech loss

[low holly]

spam beaver thrice

and ur wish will come true

https://tenor.com/view/beaver-gif-5549920

[limber warren]

Beaver

Beaver

Beaver

[low holly]

the beaver emoji

not the word

🦫🦫🦫

[limber warren]

🦫🦫🦫

[low holly]

a2c ritual Istg this sounds like a cult 😭

Caltech cult

[low holly]

congratulations on ur admission to Caltech

[limber warren]

I don’t think that’s how it works ;-;

[low holly]

u gotta trust me bro 😎 I’m the best source

[gritty atlas]

🦫🦫🦫

[hybrid marsh]

🦫🦫🦫

[low holly]

Chloe will definitely appreciate the beaver movement

[limber warren]

Yes the beaver movement

I am bred

So beavers should not eat me

[forest plaza]

🦫🦫🦫

[bronze peak]

California Institute of Technology

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
2 days, 4 minutes and 25 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[hybrid marsh]

Why is it not !californiainstituteoftechnology 😠 /s

Mods it'd make it so much easier to catalog if it's this

[bronze peak]

💀

[reef swift]

just saw this lol iykyk 😉

[steel sapphire]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 22 hours and 38 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[wild needle]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 19 hours and 15 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[pearl briar]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 19 hours and 13 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[modern swallow]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 16 hours and 32 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[hybrid marsh]

How do we know it's local time btw?

[steep ferry]

They gave the time in pst, the bot auto converts it to your local time

[vale swallow]

i think he means from the riddle?

[steep ferry]

Oh yeah the riddle people just assumed pst cuz that's where California is

[hybrid marsh]

Yep from the riddle

Gotcha

[delicate root]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 15 hours and 19 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[peak fiber]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 15 hours and 16 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[median blade]

bro why are you guys doing it minutes after each other 💀

[forest plaza]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 14 hours and 19 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[peak fiber]

lol ngl i didnt even see the one above

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 14 hours and 8 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[median blade]

YIKES

LOL

dang sub 39 hours

[pearl briar]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 13 hours and 34 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[astral fog]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 12 hours and 51 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[forest plaza]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 10 hours and 29 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[low holly]

🦫

[spring yew]

did anyone get in ea from here?

👀

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 9 hours and 13 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[desert nacelle]

Got a dream of getting rejected, let's make it a reality now 🔥🗿

1.5 days left 🙏🏼

[limber warren]

Same here my friend, I got a dream of getting a likely letter on a CalTech T-Shirt?…

But that’s so fake bruh

I cannot believe my dream pulled an uno reverse

[desert nacelle]

My counselor had told me don't even apply to Caltech cause they don't accept Indians, gonna prove him correct now 🔥

[limber warren]

By waking me up to reality

[desert nacelle]

Bruhhh 💀😂

[desert nacelle]

Realll

[limber warren]

Tbh if I get a Purdue I’d be happy

[desert nacelle]

Niceeee

I'm honestly not expecting any acceptances from the US tbh

Got acceptances from Aus tho, now just hoping I get some scholarships

[desert nacelle]

How many colleges did you apply to?

[limber warren]

42

[desert nacelle]

Ohhh wow

Goodluck with your decisions

Hope everything works out for you fr

[bleak sphinx]

From where, I got into Uni Melb, UNSW and UAdelaide too

[desert nacelle]

Congratulations!! 🥳 i got into UniMelb, UniSyd and Monash...my agent isn't telling me any updates about UNSW 😭

[bleak sphinx]

UNSW takes time don’t worry and Congratulations

[desert nacelle]

Thank youu

Did you get any scholarship notification?

Or do you have any idea about when they release scholarship decisions?

[bleak sphinx]

I got scholarship in UNSW

[desert nacelle]

That's greatt!! Did you submit that GTE form with your application?

[bleak sphinx]

After my grade 12 results I’ll apply for scholarships

[desert nacelle]

Do you mind telling how much scholarship did you get from UNSW?

[desert nacelle]

Alright even I'm planning to do the same

[bleak sphinx]

Nah I want to go to USA, waiting for my decisions

[desert nacelle]

So it's not compulsory to submit the GTE form with the application right? My agent says it's compulsory bruh

[bleak sphinx]

15% automatic scholarship for Indian students + one more acc to EC’s

[bleak sphinx]

Nah if you have confirmed that you want to study in Australia then you have to apply for GTE

[desert nacelle]

Ohhh alright that's wonderful...did you apply through an agent?

[desert nacelle]

Ahhh makes sense now

[bleak sphinx]

Yeah ofc it’s not allowed for Indian students to apply by themselves

[desert nacelle]

Yeahh truee

Which board are you from?

[bleak sphinx]

This is the cal tech page, I have sent u a request and come on personal chat

[desert nacelle]

Alright

[forest plaza]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 6 hours and 33 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[low holly]

30 hours and 33 mins

[vale swallow]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 5 hours and 21 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[stoic verge]

Shitting myself

But I know it’s a rejection 😭

[limber warren]

I am accepting a rejection as well because I have a C in AP lang on the transcript

[hybrid marsh]

Does anyone know how much grades they prefer for intl kids? Like not international boards type curriculum

[limber warren]

I mean unlike most universities, CalTech doesn’t somewhat discriminate internationally

[low holly]

yeah apparently Oxford for some reason doesn’t accept the normal exam boards in my country 😭

U gotta do a levels/IB/AP/CBSE

[limber warren]

I have no idea how American universities translate Gaokao into Sat though

[low holly]

💀

what

[low holly]

do they even do that?

If they did then that’s stupid

I don’t think they do or hope atleadt that they don’t

[limber warren]

I hope not

[low holly]

oh ok

[limber warren]

But then again

[low holly]

I thought u were stating a fact

Lol I bet they know it’s difficult

[limber warren]

They sometimes allow Gaokao submissions without SAT

So I have no idea how that works

[low holly]

bro someone got into berk with BBCC in Singaporean a levels

That was their predicted grades

they understand the difficulty of most exams

but they just won’t give credit for courses that should be equivalent cuz they want more money from international students

[low holly]

Cuz u send a standardized test?

It’s like a levels/ IB just send in the test scores

They’re not similar to the SAT format at all

[limber warren]

It’s hard to compare SAT to Gaokao the only similarity I can see is percentiles

Other then that Gaokao is like the SAT but 1000% more rigged

[low holly]

digital sat is worse than portal astrology lol

paper sat much better

[limber warren]

I haven’t take the digital version

[low holly]

Good

If u get one question wrong I think it can legit bring u down by 60 points or smth

but thankfully did well so I’m not complaining

but some maths Olympiad kid I kept in contact with did it and he got one wrong in maths after paying some 15 dollar fee to view how many incorrect questions he got 💀 and but lost like 60 or 70 points

[low holly]

they basically predict ur score based on less questions

[limber warren]

The downside of making it easier 💀

[low holly]

lmao

[limber warren]

Even though arguably

It’s the same level for me

[low holly]

did u take it?

[limber warren]

Only practice

[low holly]

I sadly didn’t manage to take the normal sat so would’ve never known what it’s like lmao

[low holly]

practice tests ah yes

they were the same aswell

[limber warren]

Also Khan’s format for the digital sat was worse than the traditional

Preparation

[low holly]

Yeah

The practice was just normal af

Not like the og practice page

I was doing the old sat questions 💀 for months bruh

well not months

Just once a fortnight

and I then realized

it was not the same test

so I did DSAT practice 😭

[limber warren]

Sad

[low holly]

It was still useful tbh

[limber warren]

Anyways ready for decision tomorrow?

[low holly]

Plane go brrr

Idk if I’ll see it in time but hopefully I get in 😭

If I don’t well…

just forget about it lol

[delicate root]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 2 hours and 55 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[proud basin]

Happened to me too 😭 1 wrong and got 740 math

[limber warren]

[low holly]

F in the chat for bro cuz he had to pay 15 bucks 😭 to see it

they don’t even let u look at the questions

Just the number

Istg imagine if they made the MAT for us Unis

Would be much fairer

lol

[proud basin]

I forgot vietas theorem ik which question it was 😭

[low holly]

70+ mat scorer and ur a 7+ TMUA scorer Istg how tf do we get worse just cuz the questions are adaptive 😂

[low holly]

What session was it

[proud basin]

😭

[low holly]

Smh further maths topic forgotten

[proud basin]

A* further maths and 740 math

[low holly]

😭

welcome to adaptive testing

[proud basin]

In my defence i didnt do it in a long time 😭

Last time i touched it was AS exams

[median blade]

ITS JOVER

TOMORROW ITS JOVER

AAAHHHH

[proud basin]

December

[limber warren]

Good luck

[low holly]

your honor my client here was enjoying his holiday and forgot it

Bro

[proud basin]

I wanna do sat again but cant 😭

[limber warren]

Same

[low holly]

uk I got such an astronomically funny digital sat trend

1450-> 1380 -> 1510

[proud basin]

U took it 3 times ?

[low holly]

Maths was good first try and last try

Yeah

[proud basin]

Bro

[low holly]

💀

Fr

[proud basin]

I was gonna take it in nov

But got cancelled

So i took December

And got 1440 😭

[low holly]

😭

adaptive testing

[proud basin]

I was getting 1500+ practice tests

[low holly]

🦫

[proud basin]

740 math and 700 english

[low holly]

Same

to my defense ngl I went to the same ghetto exam centre twice in a row

[proud basin]

And yk i was like this test is so easy compared to a levels i was fully expecting 800 math

Bro i had to wake up

At 6am

[low holly]

They made us come in at 6 30 morning

💀

[proud basin]

To go to my test centre

[low holly]

I had to wake up at 5 💀

[proud basin]

In the middle of nowhere

[low holly]

Exactly bro

[proud basin]

It was literally surrounded by water

[low holly]

😭

uk experience

[proud basin]

It was made in 1548 or sum

Felt like i was in harry potter

[low holly]

😭

[proud basin]

If i take a gap year im coming for the sat

I thought it was over for gatech after the 1440 😭

[low holly]

my old laptop that I used turned off for a few minutes for no reason aswell 💀 cuz it can’t stand like any minutes without being charged in but apparently the dongle wasn’t fitted in properly 💀

[low holly]

I thought it was over too tbh

thankfully I clutched that 1510 💀

[proud basin]

I got deffered for oos cs

[low holly]

what did u get in the sat

[proud basin]

Apparently they dont care as long as u get above 1370

[proud basin]

I only took it once 🥲

[low holly]

yeah ik a guy who got in with a 1450

at another school

Last year

So I think ur fine

[proud basin]

Yay

[low holly]

Also a levels are much more meaningful

[proud basin]

Because its required in state of Georgia

[low holly]

they just use the SAT for student in the us who don’t do it

[limber warren]

Isn’t CalTech test blind?

[proud basin]

To oos cs?

[low holly]

Yeah ik

[low holly]

Yeah it is

[proud basin]

Yh

[low holly]

But not A level test score blind

[proud basin]

Talking abt gatech in caltech thread 💀

[low holly]

[limber warren]

Rejected in state

[low holly]

Nah rlly it was about the sat 😭

[proud basin]

Yh

[low holly]

Caltech better Fr

[proud basin]

My math lor ik is great

My teacher was glazing me

[limber warren]

Nah but fr if I get accepted into CalTech; rejected GeorgiaTech I would scream my pants off

And ask myself how that is even possible.

[low holly]

my physics and English were really great I believe but my counsellor was shit ik cuz she had to ask me to help her for apps and she took the brag sheet and pasted it into chatgpt prompts 💀 but my optional one by the professor I got to know from a conference was the best cuz it was genuinely a W 😭

I think her rec won’t matter tbh cuz she literally was at her first week

[low holly]

Send it to the gatech office with three beavers and no more context

[low holly]

holistic admissions

🤩

[limber warren]

BET

3 BEAVERS

[low holly]

yes

No context

imagine if we all get in

[limber warren]

I agree but that’s unlikely

[low holly]

(1.35/100)^3

[limber warren]

[low holly]

💀

0.00025% acceptance rate

for three of us

[limber warren]

Uhh

Ya gotta times that by 100

[low holly]

I did

if there’s anything wrong with it tho I’ll assume it’s my lovely iPhone calculator skills

I hate it

[limber warren]

Oh

Oh no..

[low holly]

Do u like the odds

U know what’s funny about it

there will be like 10 people here

Saying they got in 😂

allegedly

[limber warren]

…

[low holly]

Chloe has probably seen enough already 😂

[steep ferry]

nah people don't do that most of the time

[low holly]

Nah I’m talking about some guy today

that’s been causing her trouble 😭

the duck guy with the pfp

[marble tartan]

wait isnt this the hardest school to get into?

[limber warren]

Yes

[marble tartan]

1.35% acceptance rate is crazy tho

[limber warren]

Because half got admitted REA

[marble tartan]

holy

i just looked it up and im guessing 225 slots/12000 rd applicants = ~1.9%

[limber warren]

Maybe

[marble tartan]

probably less than 225 tho

wtf thats crazy good luck u guys

[spring yew]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 1 hour and 56 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[forest plaza]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 1 hour and 24 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[lime juniper]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
1 day, 11 minutes and 54 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[low holly]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/caltechedu/3319425683448205368

bud Caltech be having balloon wars 😭

[desert nacelle]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
23 hours, 28 minutes and 49 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[desert nacelle]

Less than a day for the rejection to come through ✌🏽

[low holly]

W tomorrow gonna be a roller coaster

also my lil bro is gonna take the sat tmmrw

😭 wish him luck

[limber warren]

If nobody in a2c gets in

I’m going to be shocked.

[low holly]

we’re getting in

say it with me

0.0002 smth percent ain’t gonna let us down

🦫

[limber warren]

0.0002 smth percent ain’t gonna let us down

[low holly]

Tbh Caltech acceptance is rare than finding a Caltech student themselves

😭

[limber warren]

(Even though I have a C in my transcript)

[low holly]

I had a C last year and got into all my Unis so far and a top uk uni

I don’t think it’s that deep

[lone apex]

!caltech

[vagrant cape]

Caltech RD Date

Caltech RD decisions come out <t:1710012120:F> in your local time
22 hours, 53 minutes and 39 seconds until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[low holly]

If u think a C will be the reason 😭

[polar orchid]

anyone else portal got awaiting decision or application complete still?

[low holly]

“no portal astrology”

I’m not saying no

Just don’t want mods to chase u down 😭

[polar orchid]

no im just wondering if I did something wrong

[polar orchid]

oh

[low holly]

Ah just clarify that so they don’t cause any issues

imma log into mine

[polar orchid]

bet

[lone apex]

I don't see either lmao

[polar orchid]

its blank?

[polar orchid]

yea i have this too

[low holly]

Aight

then chill if

ig?

[polar orchid]

yeah we only got less than a day now

[lone apex]

what

where tf are ya'll looking at htis shit lol

[low holly]

huh?

[lone apex]

I don't even see that

[polar orchid]

lol

[polar orchid]

whatt

[low holly]

U went onto beaver break room

no the portal

[polar orchid]

^

[low holly]

Not*

[lone apex]

oh

send link

the beaver breakroom is where you gety ourd ecision so that's where I go tf

[low holly]

It’s apply.Caltech.edu

[low holly]

Ah really?

Idk then

Let me log into it

[polar orchid]

in the beaver breakroom, do we have to click on the view update or will it just show right away the decision?

[lone apex]

Mine says accepted chat what does it mean?

[polar orchid]

congrats

[lone apex]

Lol

Yeah mines just that

Idk why it says I submitted August 1st

[polar orchid]

ayo

[lone apex]

Somehow I started it in 2024 but submitted it in 2023

I bet they're flipped

[limber warren]

Isn’t the average accepted applicant a valedictorian while I’m sitting here with a 4.16?

[low holly]

bud chill please

it’s not the end of the world either if we don’t get in

[low holly]

R u still talking about that C in AP lang

😭

like it’s genuinely not over just cuz it’s a C 💀 wth bro

wanna know something cool

my online friend got into Princeton rea

with a C in Calc ab he applied to chem

he did take a course this year to compensate for it

[limber warren]

O-o

[low holly]

bred

[limber warren]

Yea?

[low holly]

Unless u don’t have anything other than grades

why would u be worried

[lone apex]

A C in AP Lang means nothing to Caltech

[low holly]

Fr 😭

[lone apex]

A C in AP Calc BC would be more worrysome

[limber warren]

I have a B in Calculus I dual enrollment

Help

[low holly]

If they had genuine reason

It won’t matter

[lone apex]

are you in dual calc this year?

[limber warren]

Yes

Taking Calc II currently

[lone apex]

was there an A on your mid-year transcript?

[low holly]

That’s good tho but u should show ur improving this year

[limber warren]

2 A’s and 2 B’s

[low holly]

This^

[lone apex]

was the B in Calc?

the 2 bs

[limber warren]

Yes…

Ow.

[lone apex]

Oh well still not terrible tho lol

[low holly]

what’s ur major

Sat ?

[limber warren]

Computer Science
Secondary: Astrophysics

[lone apex]

secondary?

[limber warren]

CalTech is test blind.

[lone apex]

We were supposed to choose a secretary lmao

[low holly]

I mean it’s kinda alright ig but u never know

is ur situation unique ?