How Caltech selects its students

[Pizzagirl]

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I will throw in this gem from Princeton rejection letter - we could have filled our 2016 class 5 to 6 times over with the quality of the applicants we have received.

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<p>Is this really a gem? The selective schools all say some version of this, and say so repeatedly. Mostly because, well, it’s true.</p>