<p>Will it give me any advantage to apply EA to Caltech? I haven't taken my SAT II's yet and the soonest I can take them is Oct. If I apply EA then I will only have one chance to get good scores on my subject tests. So I am just wondering if it's beneficial to take that risk or just to apply RD</p>
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<p>Cal Tech’s admission rate is high because its applicant pool self selects. Cal Tech is a b**** when it comes to school. You’re surrounded by a couple hundred tech geeks who dream in calculus and work problems for fun. Cal Tech doesn’t employ affirmative action that much; they just take the most talented geeks and nerds who apply. You need some pretty killer scores to make it because the school will destroy you if you’re not crazy smart in math. If you really want to go there and have the SAT I scores showing that you meet their criteria (a 800 in Math is a good start), then you should apply EA. The SAT IIs in math, chemistry, and physics are usually pretty easy tests for those accepted to Cal Tech.</p>