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<p>I don't think so. Most singles in the graduate student housing are reserved for married couples. It's actually hard to get a single even for grad students.</p>
<p>I think born2run meant a single room in an apartment in the Catalinas or Chester, which certainly is fairly common. The apartments have separate bedrooms and a shared kitchen/common area.</p>
<p>Getting a single apartment of your own is hard, on the other hand, but I don't think flierdeke was looking for that.</p>
<p>"Most singles in the graduate student housing are reserved for married couples."</p>
<p>Well, they really aren't "singles" if two people are living there, are they? :-P</p>
<p>I don't think it's too hard for grad students to get Avery singles, either, if you really just want a room.</p>
<p>I'm really sorry for my ignorance, but has anyone (in the world) found out the sum of the reciprocals of the odd powers of the integers yet?
In one book that came out in 1990 it is said that noone had found the solution to this particular problem, so I've been wondering...</p>
<p>(and sorry if this post does not belong here)</p>
<p>On the topic of singles, I don't think they're that easy for undergraduates to obtain. There are none on Chester that I know of. Usually, Marks House is the place for singles (since they have an internal lottery every year, so it's easier to stay there) and Avery has a few singles.</p>
<p>Uh, and the fact that all four of the south houses are MOSTLY singles?</p>
<p>Probably half or more of the undergraduate student body is currently living either in a single dorm room or in an apartment where they have their own room.</p>
<p>webhappy is referring to the fact that because of the renovation of the South Houses, singles are rare now-a-days. There are some in the mods, but not many. The situation will return to normal when the renovation finishes (next year, supposedly).</p>
<p>Ah. He seemed to be making a very general statement (which I think is unjustified).</p>
<p>Sorry, forgot about those since I live in a North House, so I only considered singles that are unaffiliated.</p>
<p>Well as for Avery (House/Center, don't boc me?), there were no singles available to frosh, as I think is the case for the other houses. But I think in contrast to the other houses, Avery doesn't give priority to seniors or upperclassmen. So sophomores have just as much chance to get a single as a senior. But yeah, as someone else said, living off-campus is always an option. And I think considering that 1) supposedly the south houses won't be done by the beginning of next academic year and 2) 7-day board, I think that getting a single next year may be easier as people won't want to live on campus.</p>
<p>The powers still say the houses will be done on time. And presumably we put in severe financial penalties for not finishing on time so the construction companies have an incentive to perform.</p>
<p>I talked with Tim Chang last week and have an article coming out this week (I guess we don't publish on Mondays any more...). It's hard to say whether they will be done on time. Is 7 day board really finalized? Dang, that's awful.</p>
<p>Well, I was talking to Avery Chancellor yesterday and he said it was fosho. 7-day is fosho awful as well.</p>
<p>i have a question about caltech... does adcom consider the new writing section of the SATs?</p>
<p>yes.
<a href="http://admissions.caltech.edu/admissions/freshman%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.caltech.edu/admissions/freshman</a></p>
<p>eeeeer....i also have a question
if i go to CalTech for undergrad, i won't be able to get into graduate school??</p>
<p>Generally, they try to discourage 'double dipping'. They want you to get a change of perspective and environment for another four years. It's not unheard of, but it is definitely not encouraged. One might do it if they were very heavily involved with some professor's research, for example.</p>
<p>In any case, many first-year grad students here (especially in physics) sit in courses with juniors and seniors, so there would be a bit of overlap anyway.</p>
<p>So I heard about this too, but know of some UG staying for grad school. I don't think you can generalize because I think some of those who stay represent those really at the top (and wanted to stay for whatever reason) and some that stay weren't so strong when applying for grad school.</p>
<p>Anyways, it's possible, but I really don't see why someone would WANT to. Ewww... 4 years of Caltech is enough!</p>
<p>I agree with webhappy, but not because Caltech is a bad place or anything. Just after 4 years of one kind of intense experience you'd like to try others... that's only healthy.</p>
<p>Whether you can stay for grad school depends on the department. For instance, I heard that Chemistry and Astrophysics will straight-out reject you, whereas Engineering and Applied Science won't have a problem with it at all. In the latter case, however, you are still encouraged to go somewhere else.</p>