Is it hard to get a SURF?

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>I will be a freshman at UChicago this fall and would love to spend my next summer doing a SURF at Caltech. I am planning on majoring in physics.</p>

<p>How hard is it to get a SURF as an out-of-Caltech applicant? Do I need a near-4.0?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>You don’t need a 4.0. What you do need is a professor who wants to work with you. This is by far the most important part. Start looking at professors you want to work with and start thinking about it. I’d start sending out emails in early December.</p>

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<p>yeah it’s not that hard,
there are lots of summer students here
who are from places a lot worse than uchicago</p>