<p>Gracie--Sorry :) I think it was actually on the Caltech website that I read a bit about girls who got little attention in high school tending to get a lot of it at Caltech due to the, erm, shortage of girls there. And I realize there are a lot of girls at Caltech and I'm sure there are even quite a few very attractive ones, but I would venture to guess that the percentage of them is lower than at, say, your average state school.</p>
<p>Just where by chance did you discover the research showing the inverse relationship between attractiveness and academic ability in the modern woman?</p>
<p>I seriously hope that isn't addressed at me because I never said any such thing.</p>
<p>wow... this is getting out of hand</p>
<p>As a female, and thus hopefully a wee bit harder to figuratively jump on, high school student, I'll add that my sister actually did find as an undergrad that "standards" at Caltech were a bit lower--not necessarily with regard to genetically determined factors, but concerning the amount of effort girls put into their appearances. In high school, there are lots of girls who really, REALLY care about their makeup, clothes, etc. ... I'm not saying that there aren't any at Caltech, but it'd be pretty hard to devote the same sort of time around problem sets and a life and sleep. My sister claimed, iirc, that consciously choosing an outfit and washing & drying your hair in the morning was considered a pretty good effort for a female Caltech student--being "pretty" wasn't totally out of reach.</p>
<p>hehe well, just so I don't offend anyone who would misinterpret what I've said...</p>
<p>Some of the most beautiful girls I've seen and know today are very smart, some even MIT/Caltech/Ivy smart. I mean, I'm actually most attracted to that kind of prettiness that betrays a quiet intelligence, so maybe I'm biased, but so are probably most people you'll find at MIT, etc. :p</p>
<p>low maintenence is the way to go :-) even in high school. people wear sooo much makeup nowadays that when they dont have it on they look really really different. beauty comes in charm, too, not just appearance.</p>
<p>And the really pretty girls don't need makeup anyway ;)</p>
<p>Well, at least the kind that I like..........lol am I just weird, or no?</p>
<p>awesome reasoning. those of us who were born lucky dont even need jewelry. do you know why boys dont wear makeup?</p>
<p>not weird at all, guitarman. just keep believing that, and try to convince your friends ;)</p>
<p>snowgirl--Because it ain't pretty. With most girls, proper make-uping does great things. Now look at Green Day or the Killers. Point proven ;)</p>
<p>flierdeke--Remind me, did you make Intel semis?</p>
<p>yep--possibly because of the obscurity rather than value of my project, but I'll take what I can get ^^</p>
<p>I think the truest thing said in this entire discussion (other than, of course, the fact that discussing calculus in bed is fun):
it seems like pretty girls are treated like gods everywhere...
Seriously, every last one of us MIT/Caltech kids is a human being. Don't lose sight of that in your zeal to overanalyze. :)</p>
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<p>Very, very true. However, the truly attractive girls are not treated anything like goddesses. Oftentimes, they're treated worse because the only trait associated with them is their physical beauty. </p>
<p>flierdeke: That is the sad reality, I hate to admit.</p>