<p>@Ryuuzaki L- You'll be one of us wizened seniors before you know it. Time flies by.</p>
<p>@kalamity</p>
<p>yeah, for the EA deadline, i couldn't sleep, and to make matters worse I woke up around 6.....only to flop aimlessly around my house and be deferred. </p>
<p>i refuse to get that worked up this time around :)</p>
<p>yeah, I was like that too
Although i expected deferral for EA, it was still not too pleasing. I was quite upset since like everyone else I knew got in. And since there is alway that tiny voice inside telling you that you have a chance, and there is this small possibility. Then I went out for Dim Sum with my family so it was all good in the end XP</p>
<p>I love how all the people who applied for MIT also applied for CalTech...myself included</p>
<p>So how many people got rejected from caltech??? lol</p>
<p>mememememe</p>
<p>that doesn't worry me though. i put more work into my MIT application anyway.</p>
<p>I didnt apply to Caltech :D</p>
<p>neither did i...way too nerdy for me. mit has a top notch b-school and the perks of boston =)</p>
<p><em>raises hand</em> I didn't apply to caltech OR chicago like a lot of EAs did. They just can't compare ^^</p>
<p>only applied to two schools... and have gotten into one ^_^</p>
<p>i was originally considering caltech, but i figured the male/female ratio was a bit much for me...and it's too far away...and i probably wouldn't get in anyway, when you consider my lack of science/math ECs. XD</p>
<p>Oh, please. Caltech is only looking for grades and stats. Major ECs and multiple major math/science awards didn't seem to mean diddly. Neither did huge test scores. In the end, it was about the grades, which were not perfect, but pretty %$#@ good nonetheless, especially considering the courseload.</p>
<p>If I posted the specifics, you'd be shaking in your boots.</p>
<p>@ ljd: please post stats, the senioritis has fully kicked in and perhaps getting me shaking in my boots will encourage me to get some work done :)</p>
<p>
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Oh, please. Caltech is only looking for grades and stats. Major ECs and multiple major math/science awards didn't seem to mean diddly. Neither did huge test scores.
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Don't think so.</p>
<p>Look at this thread, the spectum grades and stats spread all around.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/470859-class-2012-rd-thread-profile.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/470859-class-2012-rd-thread-profile.html</a></p>
<p>The bottom line, in general Caltech wants to make sure the ones got accepted are able to take the course load there. Since there is no otherway around there.</p>
<p>From CollegeNavigator 2007 data. The < 25% and > 75% test scores in two institutes.</p>
<p>Caltech 2007: **
Test Scores 25th Percentile* 75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading 700 780
SAT Math 770 800
SAT Writing 680 770
ACT Composite 32 35
ACT English 31 35
ACT Math 34 36 </p>
<p>College</a> Navigator - California Institute of Technology</p>
<p>MIT 2007:
Test Scores 25th Percentile* 75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading 660 760
SAT Math 720 800
SAT Writing 660 750
ACT Composite 31 34
ACT English 30 35
ACT Math 32 35 </p>
<p>College</a> Navigator - Massachusetts Institute of Technology</p>
<p>I didn't apply to CalTech either. As a Californian (Northern California, the good part) I sort of regard Pasadena as the pit of hell and have trouble imagining spending four years there.</p>
<p>But yeah, the idea that MIT decisions are just a few days away is not going to enhance my productivity this week.</p>
<p>yeah...saturday is the closing night of my school's musical, and I could go to my last show depressed or incredibly hyper...</p>
<p>I am going insane.</p>
<p>I'll probably have to wait until I get home form Science Olympiad States at, like, 2AM Sunday morning. That'll be fun. :) I definitely hope I get in and I wish you all the best of luck!</p>
<p>@diginetgod, I didn't know NY states was so early. Pardon my asking, but are you from Vestal, Fayetteville-Manlius or one of the teams in the southern NY area? I remembering competing against them at the Athens invitational this year, and they made a very impressive showing. Good luck at states!</p>
<p>I only applied to Caltech to keep my options open; I never really wanted to go. Now that they let me in, I might consider....IF and ONLY IF MIT doesn't want me. It seems too nerdy and theoretical for me.</p>
<p>Caltech is trying really hard to get girls this year... last year my school had 1 girl and 2 guys getting in... this year 4 girl ,2 guys... so a lot of the other guys were pretty mad.</p>
<p>MIT is definitely my first choice!
SOO nervous for Saturday. I already started freaking out and bugging my friends.</p>
<p>im sooooooooo nervous....man. mit is amazing.</p>