<p>I have applied to Caltech RD and hope to get accepted, but I am curious why more people don't apply. It doesn't have the ridiculous number of applicants as some schools.</p>
<p>Most likely because most people know they don't won't get in</p>
<p>No its becuz the guy to girl ratio is 70/30 HAHAHAHAHA no thanksss who knows what those girls are like</p>
<p>I think.....
1. Small
2. "Noone (in Arkansas)" cares/knows about Cal Tech
3. Difficult to get in; people realize that their chances are slim, the same way that 99% of all people not on CC feel about Harvard.
4. Engineering/science school
5. Insane male/female ratio</p>
<p>It's extremely specialized.</p>
<p>Maybe not to the extent some people think it is, but still very much so. Even MIT offers a broader education. I mean, at other universities, if you took out all the students in humanities, you'd take a huge chunk of the pool out, right?</p>
<p>Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, you're very involved in research, you're able to do exactly what you want to do, and some people go just because of that.</p>
<p>The applicant pool is much more self-selective than other schools.</p>
<p>i think its a great school, but yea the guy/ girl ratio sucks and i probably wouldn't get in anyway. caltech seems to only want true geniuses</p>
<p>Looking at this year's EA results, looks like the guy to girl ratio
will get rectified overall ina few years (should be okay for
frosh 2008-2009 anyway)</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>I'm not sure they should shoot for 50/50, there aren't many female math geniuses, and the few I know of lack creativity in their problem solving</p>
<p>Someone's being sexist ;)</p>
<p>And no, I don't claim to be a math super-whiz, and am not interested in Caltech due to the totally science-y nature of the school :)</p>
<p>No Greek system, more limited sports opportunities.</p>
<p>lol, who was the last woman to win a fields medal?</p>
<p>I kinda wish I'd applied, but it's too late now. The main thing that scared me off in the first place were the insane core science requirements (6 semesters of physics??!?!?!... that's my weakest science.) and the fact that I was pretty sure I wouldn't get in anyway, and it wouldn't be worth the trouble. However, the more I hear about it, the more I think it might have been a good fit. And who knows--maybe I would have gotten in. But oh well. Nothing I can do about it now. =]</p>
<p>besides like someone said earlier, MIT is great for business and econ, not jsut engineering, math, and science. CalTech is for people who absolutely know without a doubt that they want to do something in the sciences.</p>