Difference between CalTech and MIT

College Search & Selection
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<p>Considering both schools, I haven't visited either but planning on doing that... quite quite soon. Wondering what the main differences between the two were(other then being on different coasts...) How is life on both, basically general questions to differentiate the two :)</p>

<p>quick stats(to see if I'm even a candidate before I apply...)</p>

<p>-Midwest
-Asian/White
-3.8W GPA 3.7UW GPA
-10 AP's all A's
-Upward Trend.. huge, 3.1->3.9->4+->4+
-5 5's AP
-Taken college math classes at uni over summer
-NMSF
-2370 800M/770CR/800W
-800IIC 800US 780 Physics 800 Chemistry
-USAMO
-top 10% (barely...) 40/570</p>

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<p>50 degrees in the dead of winter!</p>

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<p>^^^^^^^</p>

<p>'nuff said</p>

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<p>other than weather, the boy-girl ratio at MIT is more or less 50 50 whereas in Caltech its like 70 30.</p>

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<p>Caltech is much smaller than MIT -- Caltech has about 900 undergrads while MIT has about 4000.</p>

<p>MIT's core requirements are generally considered to be easier than Caltech's.</p>

<p>Caltech's immediate environment feels more suburban; MIT is sandwiched between Cambridge and Boston.</p>

<p>As other posters have mentioned, it is actually warm in Pasadena. :)</p>

<p>Both schools give their undergraduates excellent opportunities to learn cool stuff and work directly with famous professors.</p>

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<p>sadly, it is warmer than 50 in the winter.</p>