**Official Caltech Class of 2019 EA Results Thread**

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>Decisions are confirmed coming out on Saturday, December 13th.
Plus general countdown thread.</p>

<p>remove spaces and pick your result:
[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

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<p>whos the source for the date?</p>

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<p>First time I’m seeing this thread. I’ve been looking like crazy for CalTech EA release date. I already asked on other threads. CalTech as far as I know has not published any official release date other than “mid-December.” Last year I think they came out on the 7th, another year the 11th, another the 13th, so they’re all over. Will they send out notification of the date before the actually date or will they just send out a “they’re up!” email?</p>

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<p>According to collegedata.com EA notification is 12/15, but again, I nor it sounds like anyone else has actually heard anything from the university.</p>

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<p>Someone on another thread said that they “spoke with a coach.” I don’t know how reliable that is; however, I believe that Caltech has, historically, always posted them on a weekend. Considering this weekend lies smack-dab in the middle of December, I’d put my money on Saturday or Sunday (12/13 or 12/14). Good luck, guys.</p>

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<p>In past years, they’d sent out a notification 1 week+ before notification it looks like from looking at old threads on this website. Why not this year? I wouldn’t be surprised if they went 12/13 to match MIT.</p>

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<p>My son is waiting for the decision. he belongs to a facebook group for 2015 applicants and someone said they called admission and decisions will be release 12/13. </p>

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<p>Now posted on Caltech’s website (<a href=“http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/”>http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>Early Action decisions will be released on Saturday, December 13 at 11:00 AM PST (Pacific Standard Time). At that time you may log into your applicant portal to view your decision.</p>

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<p>Any idea why they didn’t send an email. How else would people know to expect decision releases if they aren’t seeing this thread or constantly checking CalTech website? I guess we’ll be emailed tomorrow! I wonder if they intentionally are releasing the results before MIT for some sort of edge.</p>

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<p>Good luck to all of you! @Blobman1234, if I recall correctly, they’ll send you an email notifying you when your letter is ready at the very least the day of.</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math IIC, Physics and Chem
[<em>]ACT: 35 (35Sci and 33Eng)
[</em>]GPA: 96.5/100
[<em>]Rank: Top 15% out of 94
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on Chem Bio Stat, 4 on WH. 104 on AMC and 5 on AIME
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Personally thought were really well written. I spent a lot of time on them.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both teachers love me as they would love a daughter.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: He was really looking forward to my results. So I guess good?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: 2 Research Papers, one published
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Somewhat recruited by the bball coach… didn’t work out. I guess.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: International
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I had spent a lot of time on the Caltech app… Including other factors this was rather shocking as a result :confused: [/ul]</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
SAT: 2360 on a single SAT - 800 reading, 770 math, 790 writing
[ *]SAT II: 800 math 2, 750 chemistry, 700 literature
[ *]ACT: N/A
[ *]GPA: 3.92 unweighted, 4.19 weighted (on 4.0 scale)
[ *]Rank: not calculated, at least top 10%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): did not report AP Calc AB or AP Latin scores due to only having 3’s
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: really good I thought, I wrote an awesome CommonApp and really good supplements I thought
[ *]Teacher Recs: haven’t seen them of course but both of the teachers love me and are really nice, so I’m sure they were good
[ *]Counselor Rec: probably at least okay if not good
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): yes! recruited athlete! but didn’t even help in the end
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Midwest
[ *]High School Type: small private
[ *]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *]Gender male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: fencing a ton (recruited for it), founded and am head of my own club, Scholastic Bowl
[ *]Awards: Cum Laude, other school/national awards
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list] I really didn’t think I was going to be rejected. I thought worse case would be deferred. I only wish I knew what it was they didn’t like. Was it because I didn’t take the highest level math? No AMC/AIME testing? I haven’t published an astrophysics paper?</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II: Math 800, Chem 740
[ *]ACT: 34, 32,36,36,33
[ *]GPA:4.3/4.6
[ *]Rank:Top 10%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5s on Cal BC, USH, European H, Chem
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Bad
[ *]Teacher Recs: Probably Good
[ *]Counselor Rec: He does not know me
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: High School in the States, but counts as International applicant
[ *]High School Type: Private
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender Female
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: blabla
[ *]Awards: blabla
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 2250
[ *]SAT II: 800 math I/II 800 Physics
[ *]ACT:35 (36 math & science, 35 English, 34 Reading)
[ *]GPA:4.5 weighted (3.97 unweighted)
[ *]Rank: 7/252
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AMC 10 3 time school winner, top score 138, taken AIME 4 times, top score 8. AP Chem, Physics, Calc BC, and Stats all 5s. TEAMS finalist at nats(not really legit though)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Meh, out of all my EA schools the caltech ones were the weakest
[ *]Teacher Recs: One incredible (promoting math talents), the other better written but not on the same caliber (work ethic)
[ *]Counselor Rec: Great I hope? (I worked with my counselor on our school’s orientation program, so she knows me well, and seems very responsive).
[ *]Supplementary Material: none.
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Missouri (St. Louis area)
[ *]High School Type: Public (very accredited)
[ *]Ethnicity: asian
[ *]Gender: male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: varsity swim captain, member 4 years. Concertmaster of school orchestra, played in honors orchestra groups around the state since middle school, Mu Alpha Theta President, teaching a math contest prep class, founder & president Science Olympiad, NHS, BCP member, volunteering for multiple organizations.
[ *]Awards: National Merit, Governor’s school, 3 time AIME qualifier, HMMT top 10% (not sure if this counts?), 5 time ARML participant (A team all 5 years).
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: meh, my essays were sub par, so I can’t say I didn’t expect this. Now I just have to look forward to U Chicago and MIT EA. Congrats to all who got in EA and good luck to those who were deferred!</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 800M 740CR 780 WR (2320)
[ *]SAT II: 800 Math 2, Chem, Physics
[ *]ACT: 35
[ *]GPA: 4.0
[ *]Rank: top 5%
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s Chem, Physics, Calc BC, US History, Microeconomics, 4’s US Gov, French, Eng Lang
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Pretty solid; wrote about my identity
[ *]Teacher Recs: Didn’t read them, though pretty close to my teachers
[ *]Counselor Rec: Generic
[ *]Supplementary Material: None
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
Math Club president
Key Club president
Varsity Track and Field
[ *]Awards:
Some small science olympiad stuff, National Merit Semi, National AP Scholar
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]
Caltech was difficult. Congrats to those who got in</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2340 (770 Math oops, 780 CR, 790 W), one sitting
[</em>]SAT II: 800 (Math II & Bio M)
[<em>]ACT: never took
[</em>]GPA: 4.0/4.0
[<em>]Rank: 3/~330
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5’s in Bio, Calc AB, US History, Physics Mech, English Lang, AP Gov
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[li]Essays:[/li]3 experiences: The first time my dad brought me to Take Your Child to Work Day, winning 1st place at a state SciOly competition last year, and teaching younger kids.</p>

<p>3 books: An autobiography by a mother of a student from my school, Brave New World, and Ender’s Game (I’m sure I’m not the only one who chose the last two)</p>

<p>Ethics: About messing up an experiment and contemplating whether to confess</p>

<p>What I do for fun: Wrote about social media, blogging, digital art</p>

<p>Contribute to Caltech: I love teaching younger kids and have experience with tutoring, so I wrote about community activities</p>

<p>Why Caltech?: Made a couple of really cheesy puns… This one was really quirky.</p>

<p>[<em>]Teacher Recs: English and Bio. Didn’t read, but I assume they were great, because they were both impressive writers.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: She was rarely at school when I tried to see her during the day. Didn’t read.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None.
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): XX chromosomes
[/ul][ b]Personal**[ul]
[<em>]Location: East coast
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: SciOly, NHS, internship at NIH, and a LOT of music and violin-related activities, enough to fill up probably 3-4 pages of resume… not sure what they saw in that, seeing as Caltech is not the most music and arts-oriented school
[</em>]Awards: Nope
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Essays are important. At least, I know there are people more qualified in terms of research experience and Intel awards, etc., but I think being able to show any university that you’re not only a worthy applicant but also a person is something admissions officers aren’t likely to forget. :)[/ul]</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: N/A
[ *]SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics, 770 Chemistry
[ *]ACT: 31
[ *]GPA: 3.91
[ *]Rank: N/A
[ *]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Chemistry (5), AP Physics C (both tests, 5), APUSH (3), F=ma exam last year but forgot to mention, Currently taking AP Psych and Environmental Science
[/list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays: Pretty good.
[ *]Teacher Recs: Probably very good for at least 2/3
[ *]Counselor Rec: Good
[ *]Supplementary Material: Math. Bio Research Paper along with statement of what I’ve gained from the experience, abstract of Chemistry research
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: Michigan
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: White
[ *]Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: JV soccer sophmore year, robotics (Jr and Sr), Boy Scouts
[ *]Awards: AP Scholar with Honor
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]
Calculus 1&2 at a Community College
~40 college credits at a local university
8 credits: Linear Algebra and Number Theory at a Summer Math Program</p>

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<p>Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (760 CR, 770 M, 760 W)
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 36 (35 E, 36 M, 35 R, 36 S, 10 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math Level II, 800 Chinese with Listening, 790 Spanish with Listening, 780 Biology M, 770 Physics, 750 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.93
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 2 out of 509
[</em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC, Calc AB, Chinese, Computer Science A, Physics C: Mech, Physics C: E/M, Statistics, US History (All 5’s)
[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government and Pol, AP Microecon, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish, AP Eng Lit, Multivar Calc, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra (Community college math)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2014 NSPA Pacemaker winner, Conrad Foundation International Science Competition finalist and 2nd place overall in people’s choice voting (Featured on Times Square), AIME Qualifier and USAMO prospect, Worked with Skybox Imaging which was acquired by Google for $500 million, Rensselaer Medalist (top science/math student in the senior class), AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semifinalist (PSAT 240), 2012 Los Gatos High School Art Competition finalist (with artwork exhibited in museum).</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Spanish Honor Society treasurer, Chess Club Team president and club president (2nd place in county), News Editor/Editor-in-Chief of high school paper, recently won the highest national level journalism award (NSPA)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-employed piano teacher, certified to teach in the US, taught for 2 years.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Bike repair volunteer (Silicon Valley Bike Exchange)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Research paper with UC Davis professors, 11 year piano career (teaching + performances at state conventions and theatres), Joint commercial and research ventures.
[<em>] Essays: Looking back, 7/10. Not so great.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: AP Calc BC teacher (Stanford PhD, former VP of Intel) said I was one of the most brilliant kids he’s ever had, recommended that I graduate early, AP Physics C Teacher (Former Associate Head of Stanford Engineering) said I was smart, tenacious and courageous, I had to write 40 page solo lab reports in the class. Both 10/10 for sure. Lit teacher probably 8.5/10, wasn’t stellar for sure.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great, she wrote excellent ones for all of the National Merit kids.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Supplementary Material: Research paper with UC Davis Professors.</p>

<p>[/list]Other
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public, large, urban
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International tech entrepreneur and top American high school journalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Course rigor (hardest in senior class), International science awards and recognition, Top national journalism recognition, Uniqueness of EC’s, Piano
[</em>] Weaknesses: B’s in English, low SAT, Ethnicity, Mediocre essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays and lit teacher rec could have been better. I also could have done more competitions in science and math.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: University of Cambridge accept (Maths) (turned them down), Dartmouth ED (accept) going</p>

<p>[/list]General Comments: This time around the admissions were super tough, I reallly thought that my essays could have been better. Plenty of super qualified people didn’t get good news, just keep waiting and you’ll find a place for you. I probably came off as too involved in liberal arts (I’m a musician, artist, tour cyclist, top journalist, etc.) For me that will be Dartmouth College next year. I’ve officially withdrawn my application from Caltech. Best of luck to everybody in the Regular Decision round for those who didn’t get good news today. And to those accepted, enjoy your time at Caltech!!!</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2390 (1600 Math + CR)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Physics, Math II
[<em>]GPA: ~3
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Phys C (E&M and Mechanics), Chem, Calc BC, Comp Sci A
[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: They were okay. To be honest, I looked over all of them three times at most, and wrote all of them within a span of a week, which I don’t recommend anyone doing. I hated my Honor System response - it was kind of raw and negative - and my “Why Caltech?” sounded like a rehash of the other essays I’d just written. I don’t think I even edited those two, really. I did like my “Fun” essay, though.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: History and Computer Science. The Computer Science one was probably good, albeit generic - I’ve had her write recommendations for me before. I have no idea how my history rec ended up, because I literally wasn’t close to any of my humanities teachers and ended up floundering for the one that I’d spent the most time with. She actually asked me if I wanted to ask someone who knew me better.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably good - I had a very good college counselor, although I didn’t really talk to him much, to be honest.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: n/a
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): n/a
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: East Coast
[<em>]High School Type: Private/Boarding
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian-American
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 2 comm serve projects, a bunch of clubs that never did anything (we’d just discuss things every day and I never was good enough to go to competitions)
[<em>]Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, two really small school things
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I expected to be deferred/waitlisted/denied because my credentials are really not stellar - there’s a lot of people just in this thread who had much better credentials than me but were deferred/rejected. I feel like I didn’t do anything special, either - maybe my essays were entertaining or something? I have no idea.
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 math, 800 reading, 780 writing (8 essay)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Physics, 790 Chemistry, 760 US History
[<em>]ACT: didn’t report
[</em>]GPA: 4.8-4.9?
[<em>]Rank: Unranked, estimates says top 1 or 2%
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): All 5s in AP’s, Comp Sci, US +World, Calc, Stats, Chem
AMC 10 state high scorer, AMC 12 111 or something like that
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: What you do for fun was really creative in my opinion, compared knitting to a fight. I talked a lot about diversity in STEM and how to increase it. Showed I was enthusiastic about STEM stuff
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Math teacher’s was strong, I think my English teacher’s was also pretty strong
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not entirely sure
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Siemens research paper
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I self-studied Physics B by myself over the summer and took the Physics subject without taking the class
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Kentucky
[<em>]High School Type: Public, accelerated program though
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Environmental, Beta Club, NHS, NSHS, Math Club
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: 11th grader :)[ /list] </p>