#Caltech (2025-2026)
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bro idt anybody is getting that bro
unless youre the top pool of caltech
like top 2 of admitted kids
im not that
I didnt get ts
💀💀
i think it will be 3:30
when i calculated it, it actually rounded to 3:30 not 3:33 somehow lol
also gl everyone!!!!
for today
hope to see u in the admitted students discord lol
i was 100% sure i would get rejected too but i was insanely surprised
pretty sure that is a common feeling among accepted ppl
a lot of them are likely 100% sure they will be rejected
Omg my beloved vector and contour integration 😍
lol
You got in REA?
yeah
Dang you must be cracked
no
oh my god😭😭😭
idk why they took me
I loveeee him
Ur so humble
it didnt come like this was last year
wow stokes law
lol
Calc 3 moment I love that
emotional support gato ❤️
ch
Bc ur goated
John stokes?
Ur name is literallyhas integrals in it u were made for caltech
6 hours until rejection!! So excited to read my rejection letter to my family.
Then explain to them that it was because I did bad on the SAT.
At least I got into Cal Poly Pomona though for Electromechanical. That ain’t bad.
Would it be surprising if noone in a2c got in
not at all
lmao i was debating w my parents whether i have a 0.5% or 1% chance
Nahh not really
Guys is it 6 or 7 hrs left?
Is it PDT as current PST?
Or did they mean the decisions come out in a currently not observed PST?
This is so confusing
There’s a kid my 5 person physics class who does it constantly so every time I think I’ve escaped it comes back lmao
It’s pacific time
So 5 hours 30 minutes
Or so
😭
My heart hurts so much rn
It’s like heartburn
Yh but is the current “Standard Time” the Daylight one?
Need some cali residents to clarify ts
PDT is now
PST is winter
If you are not sure which to use omit the middle letter
Oh so it’s 5,5 hrs left then
Caltech is wrong yes (I’m actually serious)
My Google says PDT
People tend to default to PST bc they don’t really teach the difference in abbreviations in the U.S.
So people assume it must always be PST bc standard would be standard
It’s 630 est right?
daym
just make everyone everyone use est year round
china mindset
yes
wait so is it in 5.5 hours still?
5:30 pm est
Oh what???
It’s in UTC-7 time zone
That would be 4.5 hrs
so out in 4 hours?
Yeah
idk how this works T^T
Brother…
no just stupid
The UTC-7 is more helpful for intls
conneticut or central time
so 5 hours
it would be 5:30 pm for you
Spring forward = more daylight = daylight time
Which is 4.5 hours from now not 5.5…
gosh is it 4.5 hrs or 5.5 hrs
It’s 1pm rn
What are yall on
idc what time ure in bro
just tell me the time i have to wait
idk all i know is that it's in like 5 hours and 20 mins
thanks
paradox your name suits u
Lmao
The crux of the issue is intl students do not use daylight savings when we do if at all so they get thrown off during ours
Ah
If you are in the U.S. then there was no reason this should’ve been confusing to you
Lolll
yo im gonna be sleeping eitherways i wake up at 6 am like 6 hr after decisions drop to check no way im sacrificing my sleep for a decision i prolly alr know 😭
Cuz I’m stupid lmao
i learned about the daylight savings thing but what threw me off was caltech writing PST on their riddle
Yeah they’re stupid for that
But it’s also not taught well here
But if you’re doing writing for a major research university idk why someone didn’t tell you that
Whenever I’m unsure I just write PT
Bc that works for both
5 hours left!
?
@ornate loom what was that 😭
what does it say on slate for you
huh
😭
I swear it was not like that before
Wtf
You had "Application Decided: Awaiting Decision" before
or they're currently syncing as we speak lol
in batches
oh ok it's back
😭
how many hours .. ??
4:17
3:10.
3 hr 10 min is correct
lol.
Can’t wait to show my parents me rejection letter!
it’s caltech it’s so hard to get in it’s ok
I am going to frame it in my room.
lol
wait what time is it coming out
everyone is saying diff things
huh?
no portal astro pls
3:32PM.
oh mb
pst right?
Well it also could be 3:30, but 2 min difference.
Correct.
how much longer
?
about 3 hours
Son😂😂😂😂😂
cooked
Aren’t we all.
I got a really low SAT.
I am NOT getting in.
My friend bet me a dollar I would get in.
So free dollar I guess.
I didn't even know what I was applying to 👍
😭😭😭😭😭
lol Makes two of us. What were your back ups?
You’re good it’s not that low
1100 isn’t bad? 😭
Yeah, I am gone.
chat is the notebook cooking
Yea trust you got that
If you’re right, I’d be shocked.
is ts some school proj
Robotics
why not use LaTeX
Competition
hmm
Latex probably worse for some of this stuff too
Luca you really jus be doing everything and anything
It’s time consuming which is subideal when notebooking
yeah
prob why I got in xd
u got into caltech early?
orz
So when can I see your essays 👀👀👀
when you dm me and ask for them lmao
Ok ok thx
I don’t mind sending them but Im js not gonna post them in public server yk
Yea ofc
can u share stats UwU
4.0 UW 1530 (800m 730e)
Up to calc 3 & linalg, calc based phys
130 college creds, no aps
wait what
btw apparently waitlists are out
Wdym
like
I’m still typing up EC list
Thats crazy diss
Som schools don’t offer APs
APs not offered at school
😭
130 cc creds 😭 😭
ah ic
they care about mathematical readiness dawg
800 is an 800
we dont have them here so idk those
ah
Wait till you see bros ecs
well usually each cc class is like 4 creds
3-4
so like 30 cc classes which is lowkey crazy
if ur school doesnt have AP then taking cc is the best alternative to show rigor and stuff
i see
ECs:
2x Isef finalist, 1x grand award, also state champ
3x sci bowl regional champ, 3x sci bowl national comp
Robotics state champ (gonna be 2x this weekend trust) 1x world qual 2x nationals qual
Independent entomology research (first author publish soon)
ssp, Caltech fly in
some other school level stuff like honor guard, jrotc, honor committee
Idk if this applies to all schools be technically you can pay to take APs though an online school
Not worth
Yea
why does caltech not like oly kids 🥀
They’re lik 800 dollars per course
They do
do u end up submitting ur research to conferences/journals or nah
i thought its like good to have
do they?
but its not as important as for like say MIT
It’s gonna be published soon
Hopefully
ooo
I think like making camp doesnt garuntee u caltech or anything
good luck
does unpublished research count as research
this year ik a lot of campers who got deferred from MIT somehow
Making camp doesn’t guarantee mit unless USAPHO or mop
yes!
yea yea
Specifically mop
Yes but verified peer reviewed is a tier above
yea its weird cuz this year ik some usapho campers and MOP who got deferred
from mit
😭
keyword is deferred tho
Not wrong
I think the biggest reason I got in was because I had wide stem focused ECs + depth in all of them
aura
- the CUC boost tho
The fly in boost was like 90% acceptance REA round
I think we were like 15/17
Apply to Caltech fly in guys it’s so peak
i mean i saw ur portfolios u got some cool stuff
i think the stuff u have is basically what caltech is looking for
yeah that too
well not the stuff specifically but how you dived into one thing very deeply
ig
even team ppl got deferred
MIT cooked this yr
💀 ifkr
Yes bro that dude got hella ego
A lot of the time he’s not wrong but he acts hella entitled
yea agreed
He was flexing his salary on hs students in a thread
the alum guy right?
and interviewer
yes 😭
Yea you don’t want that
Chemical result is really chill if you know her
“The odds are good but the goods are odd” - my friend on how likely it is to get a gf at Caltech
yea if I get into caltech imma just accept the fact that imma be single for the rest of my life gng 💔
🥀 is high like 10%
depends on the oly and if the only thing u do is not olys u got a super high chance
Im actually concerned abt this
You’re in the heart of LA, plenty of dating scenes
ic
Okay wait this is actually so freaking hilarious
lmaooo same a lil but its LA
yea true
Like none of the guys r interested in dating a girl
Wdym?
ur chilling
mit results
Y tho?
Maybe
Ik the caltech environment is REALLY hard
I see couples at Caltech all the time
i heard so
Like there’s a faculty member at my state school who dropped out of caltech bc its difficulty
Bruh what
😭
they coulda just transferred
😭
Fr bro
You’re gonna be in one of the largest cities in the country even if nobody there wants to date you have plenty of other people
bruh
insane
Tbh ucla is also hard
I think they did
Maybe it’s a good thing I got rejected.
🙏
But like they basically was like no
hydrogen bomb vs baby 😭 😭
They were only there for a year too
Ok lwk not comparable to caltech lol
Coughing bomb vs hydrogen baby.
this one's too niche for me 😭
It’s that one meme
Indeed
Ok it’s class time and idk y the dude next to me is eating lunch rn
Is this avg caltech dudes
maybe he's hungry
It was lunch time like 5 mins ago btw
Are you at the big cal tech
used to do hw in recess 😭
Kim
💀💀
in 3hrs trust
I hope 😭😭
does anyone know how to get claude code wo having to pay 20usd a month
Bruh I hope there’s not decision reveals tmrw
💀 who does that
aint Uchi on Friday?
Bruh r they serious
yeah gng
u chicago's tmrw
mit's 3/14
and caltech's today
3 way rejection
They r making me panicking more lol
yep
and horrible start to the weekend
Pie day
💀💀
Very mit
💀💀💀
i know
When does it come out gng
caltech?
Yes
T-2 hours, 10 minutes
5:30
ooo HMC too? nicee
Ok
Didn’t caltech make us calculate the time lol
Yeah the riddle?
mb gng 😔
It wasn't that hard at all
didnt know he was god
3:30
It wasnt those cool goose chases they usually do
At least u have one
Why is the Caltech riddle so easy
Does impact factor matter for published work
- on aid 🔥
They didn't try lolol
Yea literally include at least some sort of calculus
Wasn’t it just division
Yea
It was literally just velocity yeah
You were asked to find t though
Physics 1 lol
What time does it drop?
3:30
timezone?
3:30 California time 😭
ic
well, good luck to you all!
2.5hrs more ryt
thanks
Thx!!
2 more exactly
ah
This gone be you
what timezone>
🥀 lets see
i sleep at 3 usually
just one more hour
did u aid or not
Yo go to bed 😭
can't afford without :(
Bruh i didn’t want to aid but my hs forced everyone to apply aid 💀
same
So my app says aid not needed
lmao
tf is that rule
Ikr
is waitlist out???
And the school is complaining for this yrs college results
i heard you can just see it if you log into the portal
just log into portal i think?
wym??
if you see wl stuff u got wl
still another 2h
and otherwise its rj/ac
What’s waitlist stuff
below the green box
still 2 more hours bruh
Yeah
btw stats reveal
Almostttt
And caltech reveal 💀
11:30 pm for me
Yall should go to bed lol
🥀
mine r okish but only v few
What green box
and idk caltech doesnt seem v fond
I'm int with need
arent we all
I applied just to shoot my shot lol
same kinda
i wasnt sure if i wanna apply ot not
My dad made me apply
but some ppl said
if u dont apply u wont get in, if u apply u might
so i js
applied
Idk y he wants me to go to HIS dream school but ok
whats ur dream school
ah
makes sense then
i wanna do physics
but
after my oxford and ntu interviews
im not so sure
how ill do
Lmao they cooked me so hard holy shit flashbacks
i shud switch to philosophy
whys chat ded
fax
Bro why hasn’t the world invented time travel
is it even possible
Uhhhhhh I sadly don’t think so
My friend texted me for the results lol
I told her to shut up
Lolll
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Portal astro?
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Im happy
yeah
Maybe this means you got into caltech!!
Omg ty all
Yall r so nice
GOOD JOB!!
All of u guys should get into caltech
I want to lol
is it ur first acc
I got jumped before when I got into uiuc bc a lot didn’t get in
Cells
hi
Nah it’s my 4th acceptance
out again
headpats4u
They say congratulations blah blah
daddy very proud xD
who deleted 🥀
Not on cmu
Ty lmao
I WISH T_T
Caltech?
Mods lurking
It’s not out
Atp I can sleep well tonight
Try reading the rules
U got it bro
ahhh
Ugh I'm so nervous I'm gonna STEM now
it was true for mit ea but
Timeout? I don’t see one
lets js wait
Timer? I hardly know her!
They gotta take me in if i do this
I did and they're not gonan take me
heart bumbping
u got in?
*Will
i made my bed 🥀 im going to sleep if they dont take me
owo made your bed
International seniors go to bed plz let the domestics suffer from the waiting
I actually forgot to submit the wall I made in my portfolio
😭
too stupid
no
I'm STEMMING till midnight
I cant
too anxious
gotta show the interest
no way
bro im
so anxious
kicad open muah stem
purrfect for caltech they missing out on a future nobel prize winner
jetbrains better
can someone pls hack caltech and release decisions early 🙏
guys are decisions released in 1hr 30mins or 2hrs 30 mins
$jupyter notebook
baby
Neovim >>
Who needs an IDE when tmux and the terminal is there
1:30
i thouyght
caltech results wouldnt matter to me
since im gonna get rejected anyways
but
why am i so
Lwk ik some applicants can do it
anxious
Ay not rejected
hell naw
I wish I could've afforded CMU bruh
ay better than reject
the only reason im hopeful at all is bc i heard that deferrals have above average acceptance rate 🙏
but one person from my school alr got in
U’ll be fineee
yeah 😭
2 came out from my school few yrs ago for caltech
Ik one kid from mine who already got into Yale
So dw
So I think that’a cooked
praying
Oh ya saftey school day
nah thats march 26th
Ik you do shitpost wednesdays gng
that's 14th
yay they should go there instead
I alr got into my reach (University of Alabama)
Imagine having to apply to more than 1 safety
What were ur acceptances @grizzled iron
In france some of our unis are auto admit lol
Ok tbh I don’t want to go to cmu lol
Purdue, Alabama, Auburn, UAH
Niceeeeeeeeeeee
Ik too many ppl there
We got this
First reach school
And first school too
At least Ik I’m going to a good college
Bro cmu was a hella high target school for me
But it’s pain
cmu isn’t a target lol
I feel like cmu isn’t a target gng
Like that’s a reach
nothing is guaranteed
my first decesion was an accept
2nd reject
3rd accept
now 4th will be reject
but then 5th accept????????????
Ts is how I feel
This lol
my first ever decision was a deferral my first rd decision was a rejection
but i ended up fine
Wait doesn’t target mean school harder to get into with my stats
No
no wait im mitting with ts bs argument
Yeah ur at Yale right?
Target is like 50/50 of getting in
letssee
yaaaaaa
O mb than ig im confused
What time is CalTech
Reach is like you’ll probably not gonna get it but you’d be very happy to
3:32
No gng target is like you think you have a decent shot
Its a reach for me 😭
90 Min
soon
PDT
Like Caltech was highkirkenuinely target for me
Uiuc was my target
😜😜😜😜
one point five hours
CalTech is target for me.
HAHAHAHHAHA
Fr. It’s a saftey for a guy like me
Lmaoooo
a safety for a guy who can’t spell safety
Idc abt caltech atp
Right
It’s a hard word
guys if caltech is target whats cosco
U guys don’t wanna go here my friends ex goes here
I’m kidding I’m kidding
its CalTech not CalEnglish
nvm
cosco?
;/
I’m applying for engineering not spelling bro smh
He’s a chill guy tho
Caltech was only target bc the fly in boosts you to 48% acceptance odds
CalTech has aura IMO
It's MIT not caltech
LMAOOOO
im not murican
xD
ts is a joke lol
mit, berk, Stan, UCLA are all reach for me
I didn’t apply to caltech i don’t apply to beta schools
lolllllllll
Except i applied to harvard…
Sigma schools*
yeah, r u waiting on those schools?
UCLA a target for you
yeah
harvard isn't beta tho....
like it's rlly good
Idk I’m OOS
Still
especially if you have connections
UCLA is great school
Atl when I get rejected I can take solace in the fact that I got a 100 on a test td
I’m predicting
UCLA, UCB ✅
Stanford ✅/⏸️
MIT ⏸️/❌
Ucla is a reach for me
insane
I'm predicting at least one ivy acceptance
yes it is
Bro I’m so worried tbh
hopefully
So many people in my school r getting rejected or waitlisted for everything
Chill
ts like an intermittent stream
Work on waiting for that caltech acceptance
ur argument's swiss cheese
🤣
LMFAOOOO fair
equations
if I make Desmos art
Ngl i don’t remember the last time i used desmos
this math major shit is a joke bro
Just google a flower equation lol
when ur so anxious ur stomach starts hurting
this is my first US decision so letssee
I didn’t apply
Oh
U got that
Trust
lollll w/ caltech you probably didn't need to
like it should be CHYPSM
not just HYPSM
Those were my thoughts
HYPSM refers to elite schools overall tho
Not solely stem
I've got a bet w/ my dad on how many schools I'll get into
as like reaches
so I need an acceptance at least T^T
You didn’t apply to ivies?
trueeeee
a stem top 5 would be like
CMSBC or smthing
Nope
Wait why
Caltech, MIT, Stanford, what's the B and C?
Is it cause you were lazy again
also I feel JHU would be good
"again" T^T
ahhhhh I see
I’m only knowledgeable on engineering
1h22m
ion like this bruh
It’ll be fine
For converging and diverging series if there’s a factorial should you always go with ratio test
random
we all gettin in in an hour 20
same
yes
at least from what I remember
because the factorials will cancel out
I dont feel good about this decision chat
and you'll only have one part left
Bro ts confusing me
Esp not after my cmu rejection
oh tye disabled the portfolio submission
ur in BC right?
Yea
thing
u ready for UW?
yeah series is a btch
on beaver breakroom
I love UW
have you done lagrange error
I think so
I don’t remember I’m ngl
No idk what that is
Dang same fate?
its js finite versions of infinite series
I think so, because the factorial cancels, and then it's either in the numerator or denominator
and calculating the max error
imo learn it, it's on the BC exam iirc
Wdym
it's one of the most asshatted things ever
Got yield protected at CMU too
learn it
Ah twinning then
its yield protection bro trust
damn..... watch out
no
@proper fable wait can i dm u
yeah
Ik lol
what math
sure
Experiencing this for the 3rd time
this is the caltech one so we prolly all cracked at math
i wouldn’t say i’m super cracked at math but i’m ok
u got ts, remember it's UR happiness
what were the first and second?
I mean my ego in terms of math is at an all time high rn
im very good at math up to like calc 4 n a little diff geo so if its in that range i can help
Uiuc and uc Davis
tyty
ahhhhhhhh I see
Calc 4?
u got this
tuffness!
U mean diff eq
I got the best grade by a mile in my arithmetic exam so I feel like I can do anythinf
tensor calc
Bro like we r a Bay Area hs
Idk what’s going on this yr
DAMN
no diffeq comes before tensor calc
okay I see why it's so cutthroat
I'm from the midwest so at most it's a little jealousy
not like full blown pissed
does ur guys things now just say additional application materials?
idk im too scared to check
mine says "awaiting decision" still
? oh yeah ur in india
same but 7:30
:D
just sleep
school is optional
I didn't go to school for half the year lol
Neh
I will be a good physicist whether or not I get in
I didn't go all year
dam bro
in the US youd get castrated for that
Winner mindset ahh
I would too if I wasn't in my final year lol
I had finished all the syllabus anyways
truth nuke
you dont need caltech to be good at something
CBSE?
Insane stuff
Yea
good luck bro 💀💀