<p>I’ve never even seen snow in my life.</p>
<p>I got deferred… but MIT is first choice by far :D</p>
<p>You’ve never seen snow?! How sad. 
Let’s hope you get into MIT then. Snow is awesome!</p>
<p>Yeah, I mean it’s definitely possible to get into both, but maybe if you are someone who would only be a good fit for MIT, it would be a good sign to get rejected from caltech. Both schools attract similar students, but the two schools are so different.</p>
<p>yes yes… I am getting over Caltech as of we speak :)</p>
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Caltech does not practice gender-based affirmative action.</p>
<p>@mollie,</p>
<p>So they say. </p>
<p>But I’m over it. It is what it is.</p>
<p>No, they don’t practice affirmative action.</p>
<p>I understand the idea of venting, and of sour grapes. But I will not accept the promulgation of falsehoods simply for the sake of making people feel better.</p>
<p>I totally buy that Caltech doesn’t practice affirmative action. I mean, only something like a third of the student body is female…</p>
<p>Looks like someone’s a sour grape.</p>
<p>While the admit rate to Cal Tech is higher among females, it is the result of a more self-selective pool of applicants. Cal Tech does consider the background and educational opportunities of applicants (to an extent), but does not consider race or gender.</p>
<p>I was thinking acceptance to CalTech was a good sign for MIT, but you guys think different :[</p>
<p>CalTech waitlisted me (RD), Duke rejected me, MIT and Columbia accepted me.</p>
<p>There isn’t really much of a correlation.</p>
<p>Also, Djokovic, access is not equal to intelligence. </p>
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<p>When I applied to MIT (from a very strong, nationally-ranked magnet school that has had several Intel winners over the years) I didn’t know what the competition was all about either, and I strongly resent the implication that this lack of knowledge somehow makes me inferior to you or anyone else.</p>
<p>MIT shares it’s applicant pool more with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford than with CalTech.</p>
<p>Huh, I always thought that getting accepted to Caltech and MIT went together. The few people who applied to both in my school got into both or neither one.</p>
<p>I think Caltech is pretty, prettier than MIT and Harvard and BU, at least. Also, “hot” and “sunny” are wonderful adjectives at this time in Boston.</p>
<p>You didn’t get my point LauraN and I don’t feel like debating</p>
<p>I didn’t even apply to Caltech. The only reasons was that I didn’t feel like taking the SAT Math 2, it’s trivial when I have an AIME score and fairly strong state math competition rankings.
MIT’s my first choice, and I was deferred by Chicago, my 5th choice.</p>
<p>Djokovic - can you tell me what your decision ends up being? No doubt I’ll be on the MIT thread, but just in case I don’t see your post.</p>
<p>Just since I’m a similar deferee from Caltech</p>
<p>Of course! :)</p>
<p>i really want djokovic to get in to MIT!!! I got accepted early to Caltech and that was my for sure #1 but it’s just been great how you basically keep the Caltech board going and add a ton to the MIT board too. Good luck dude!</p>