<p>iam from india and plz guide me bout my chances :</p>
<p>SAT 1: m 670, cr 440, w 500
SAT 2: m2 630, m1: 610, physics: 730
toefl: 263</p>
<p>Hook: a brilliant 4 yr research on quantum interactions and string theory and 5 yr of robotics. (hoping to get in coz of that research paper.)</p>
<p>School topper, highest marks in the history of the school.</p>
<p>With those math scores, I wouldnt count on getting in.</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously consider retaking those test scores to get the math up if you want a realistic shot.</p>
<p>Could you get a good physics professor read your paper? It is very hard to connect your math test score with your string theory research.</p>
<p>As has been said by many, those math scores would be a serious liability. People have gotten in with scores of that level and extraordinary other credentials, but it's about a person a year or less. Your motivation with that research paper suggests you would certainly have the motivation to spend two weeks with an SAT I and II prep book and learn to be good at the test. If you pumped them up, then this application would look much better.</p>
<p>Just a question, how come you said you got 300 on toefl on your previous post?</p>
<p>oops! Iam sorry I posted my old scores, i took toefl again in october and new scores are 300/300.</p>
<p>My research paper demonstrates 2 new found aspects of String Theory, and it will be presented at a symposium in march 2007 at Satnford University. And if that works out well ( as thinks Prof. Brian Flanagan, another scientist on string theory), ill be famous globally, the two new aspects are:</p>
<p>1.) Collision of D-branes cannot result into big bang in any of the colliding universe, mathematically proved. Scientists were workin on this since 1984.</p>
<p>2.) A totally new aspect on quantum interaction, which is not yet proved, but seems true enough to get excepted at this level.</p>
<p>Do u ppl think that caltech will reject this paper?</p>
<p>Yes, one thing more, my MIT interviewer said that if I send that research paper, I will most likely get in, because he said that "MIT and other major technical school believe that every genius cannot be a good scorer, especially if u are an international, so if you have done something really groundbreaking, which you have , it will be easy to get in"</p>
<p>But his concept is not appreciated by Princeton, who just rejected me!</p>
<p>Shud i apply to caltech, and yes, its quite impossible to SAT again in JAN.</p>
<p>I don't know how the physics academia world works, but if you've already done something really groundbreaking, there's a good chance you don't even need a Bachelor's degree.</p>
<p>Is your paper on arXiv? It's pretty standard for physics research to be posted there for peer review. If you linked to it, we might be able to help you more... at least we'd see what we're talking about. It's also very important for research reports to be well-written...</p>
<p>One thing to avoid is saying your paper is "brilliant" and you will be "famous globally" in your application. That won't be taken so well. Let your recommenders say it, if it's true.</p>
<p>Thanks for that guys, to explain more my research 2. as mentioned above basically correlates the use of QTF with AI.</p>
<p>K....i wont say "brilliant" and stuff on my app.</p>
<p>but tell me bout my chances with caltech. and byu the way wats arXiv?</p>
<p>We have no way of judging your research on this board. If you happen to impress a professor... still, this is a very inconsistent application.</p>
<p>One thing is for sure, if you don't apply you can't get in. Give it your best shot.</p>
<p>If your research is really that good, you definitely shall apply to Caltech, a school truely values creativity.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.arxiv.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.arxiv.org/</a></p>
<p>I'm surprised you don't know about the arXiv. I am nowhere near the mathematical level necessary to understand (let alone work with) string theory, but I found the arXiv through random searching on the Internet about 2 years ago.</p>
<p>It's not a matter of good scoring or w/e. It's just that for Caltech, your scores completely suck. With your math level, spend a few days studying for SATs and retake them. Either that or ask Caltech for some of their problem sets to do so you can prove to them that you know math and your research wasn't just you copying down what someone else told you.</p>
<p>I'm just wondering but do you have any explanation for your math scores? The SAT 2, math 2 is fairly easy to get an 800 on and you should be able to get at least 700 on the others even with some careless mistakes. The tests cover fairly basic math and I'm assuming you've covered up to calculus and probably diff eqs considering the research that you are doing.</p>
<p>how do i request those problem sets?</p>
<p>the place in india where iam , i had no idea of 50 questions will show up on the test,and wasnt mentally prepared enough.</p>
<p>gotinhere = arihant23 \in trolls. just to register civilized doubt for the sake of other applicants, who too may be tempted to believe such things, or who may feel guilty about doubting simply due to grammar and seeming arrogance =)</p>
<p>You can email Caltech directly gotinhere...</p>
<p>Flier I was confused since he said he was from India, yet his grammar and syntax were like one of the leet speakers in the US.</p>
<p>hm, maybe he had a US penpal or something...</p>
<p>Listen guys i dont think I have any "US leet speaker" thing in me :)
But i do have friends and family at USA, if thats wat you mean!</p>
<p>Any more comments on my chances?</p>
<p>Hey solve this, though its not tough, its a gud try:</p>
<p>Q.) Let there be a function f(x)=1/x , if we draw a tangent at any point (x1,y1) on it, you have to prove that this drawn tangent line will always have x-intercept twice the numerical value of x1 and y-intercept will always have a value twicw that of y1.</p>
<p>hint: its damn easy..but its cool!</p>