Calling All Class Clowns

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>this was posted on the CalTech forum.
Context was "Which is easier to get into MIT or CalTech"</p>

<p>^^I got into both CalTech and MIT as well and I disagree with this assessment. This sounds like what MIT does in admissions, but not CalTech. From what I understand, CalTech basically tries to subjectively assess who are the top 800 people in terms of talent, work ethic, and the likelihood to contribute to science, math, or technology in the future. Caltech is a lot more straightfoward than MIT admissions or Harvard (which is even more flaky than MIT's). When considering their admitted class, Caltech doesn't think about who is going to be running the school newspaper, playing tuba in the band, or if they need a circus clown in their incoming class...</p>

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<p>For the record, the thing about the clowns was a reference to Harvard. I heard about a guy who went to Harvard whose hook was that he went to clown school during his summers.</p>

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<p>let us ignore the flamebait :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I don't think another MIT vs. Caltech discussion is entirely necessary. The choice is quite obvious :P</p>