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Caltech UG might be the most hardcore UG/Grad program

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-really-have-to-study-100-hrs-a-...
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All of these stories about studying 80+ hours a week sound l...
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they literally have nothing better to do the concept that c...
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yeah, these guys turn down schools like HYPS to work even ha...
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  04/20/18
Caltech undergrad's core curriculum is harder than most scho...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
what do these people do when they graduate? they are like th...
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  04/20/18
yes
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where do they work and how much do they make
At-the-ready Skinny Woman
  04/20/18
the guys i know are either working for top programming shops...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
i think a lot of them end up working for the Jet Propulsion ...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
they should study my ass this evening
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  04/20/18
N-ass-a
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  05/04/20
I've heard hiring standards aren't too high at that place.
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  04/21/18
"what do these people do when they graduate?" I...
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  04/20/18
metallurgist strikes gold. news at 11
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  04/20/18
The only CalTech grad I know works for one of the most promi...
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They probably camp out in the library and spend half the tim...
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If they were true scholars, would they not prefer to study t...
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CR, the smartest guy I know went there.
Stirring territorial gunner
  04/20/18
Same, they all seem generally humble too - i guess that's wh...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
Agreed. This guy is basically the opposite of an xo poaster:...
Stirring territorial gunner
  04/20/18
CR, pretty much the polar opposite of every lawyer and docto...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
CalTech is 180, bros
Stirring territorial gunner
  04/21/18
or go to West Point where you do that plus stay in peak phys...
floppy chapel
  04/20/18
fucking LOL at thinking the academics at the academies are a...
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  04/20/18
Standards at the service academies have been gutted for the ...
Orange church
  04/21/18
Your post is half right. They have been gutted, and badly, ...
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  04/21/18
Was counting women under AA, ofs.
Orange church
  04/21/18
cr, but most of them LOVE what theyre doing and they put the...
demanding station chad
  04/20/18
cr, which is honorable meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers/d...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
do they have a grad cert i could get? i did calc in high sch...
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  04/20/18
congrats - you might be put into the "remedial" fr...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
really you think i could study at caltech?
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  04/20/18
you could study the lint in the other students' navels
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"First-year students are enrolled in first-term classes...
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"chill" - only 70 hour weeks instead of 80 to 100!...
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you can collaborate on your tests and homework. just find a ...
At-the-ready Skinny Woman
  04/20/18
LOL you cannot collaborate on exams and most homework proble...
wine comical menage
  04/20/18
exams are "take home" tests. obviously the profs k...
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  04/20/18
pass/fail only for two out of the three trimesters your firs...
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LJL brother it's that type of pressure cooker environment wh...
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My Uncle Nick went off for 30 points and 30 boards for Bob K...
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going to caltech ug in the 50s and early 60s would have been...
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Everyone wearing legit nerd glasses and playing bridge and d...
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pasenda was probably a legit paradise then
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*chills at Huntington Library*
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Mark Watney: ...Interesting side note, this is actually h...
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i like this story too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great...
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Yeah, my dad went there in the early 60s, had e.g. Feynman a...
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was and is prob the hardest from a pure academic standpoint ...
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Valedictorian at my HS went to Cal Tech. Smartest guy I knew...
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CalTech is the only school I give credence to if someone gra...
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I give its UG more credence than pretty much any grad or pro...
wine comical menage
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as i understand, it's like 4 years of math 55 at H
demanding station chad
  04/21/18
lol no
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You were never admitted to Caltech you liar
At-the-ready Skinny Woman
  04/21/18
Did you end up at MIT? Also CR school, but easier than Calte...
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Let's say someone graduates Caltech ug with a perfect 4.0 gp...
Frozen Ratface
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Not sure a 4.0 is possible, but pretty much any tech job he ...
wine comical menage
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practically any idiot can be an actuary. that's a bottom 5% ...
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arent those exams difficult to pass
wine comical menage
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they would get a job at rentech and make more than 100% of e...
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but then they'd have to move to stony brook
Copper hominid
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The only dude I know who works there lives like a pauper. I'...
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The founder of quora / original CTO of facebook graduated ca...
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so this guy is a legit genius then
wine comical menage
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yeah he's a savage. Exeter bro
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It has like zero lay prestige too
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yeah, but these guys literally turn down HYPS to go there, s...
wine comical menage
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bullshit. very few HYPSM admits go to Caltech.
Frozen Ratface
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I don't know - just anecdotal but all the guys I knew who we...
wine comical menage
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According to Parchment, most cross-admits pick MIT / Stanfor...
Razzmatazz mustard field ceo
  04/21/18
Hmm, I can see that (although not sure how comprehensive Par...
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(AZN)
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IIT > Caltech
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Maybe, I remember in undergrad all the EECS majors bitched n...
wine comical menage
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are there any Caltech billionaires?
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  04/21/18
there are more employment law millionaires from USC than the...
At-the-ready Skinny Woman
  04/21/18
why is this? very sad
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They don't care about $$ that much - many pursue PhDs and ac...
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They like to wagecuck.
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JFC this board has gone downhill. Poasters ITT are mystified...
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Fuck you, faggotnigger
Stirring territorial gunner
  04/21/18
im legit jelly of the shit stem genius bros will learn abt o...
demanding station chad
  04/21/18
Dude you can do khan academy. Go read a book nigga. "bu...
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The only person I know decently well IRL who went to caltech...
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Where's that thread with that forum where people study like ...
multi-colored house multi-billionaire
  04/21/18
here's a GMAT one http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?threa...
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LJL
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I don't even know how that is possible - do you just retake ...
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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: wine comical menage

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-really-have-to-study-100-hrs-a-week-in-Caltech-to-be-a-top-undergrad-student

Just do get 1600 SAT, work 80-100 hours a week, and still almost fail out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885801)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:11 PM
Author: Jet theater genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885832)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:13 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

All of these stories about studying 80+ hours a week sound like complete flame. Are students really waking up at 6 am and studying until midnight every single night of the week, including weekends? Why in the world would anyone do that?

I may be showing my TTT colors but college was pretty chill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885853)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: deep exciting background story

they literally have nothing better to do

the concept that college is supposed to be fun never occurs to them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885858)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:17 PM
Author: wine comical menage

yeah, these guys turn down schools like HYPS to work even harder at Caltech b/c they are true academics



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885872)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:19 PM
Author: Razzmatazz mustard field ceo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885882)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:16 PM
Author: wine comical menage

Caltech undergrad's core curriculum is harder than most schools' graduate STEM programs, let alone the more senior classes you take for your hard STEM major

I knew a couple people who went here - all got 1600 SAT, easily top of their class in every aspect in HS, but struggled at Caltech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885868)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:18 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

what do these people do when they graduate? they are like the top one thousandth of one percent in terms of math and engineering. they all command enormous salaries and make ground breaking discoveries?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885873)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:20 PM
Author: bull headed point elastic band

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885889)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

where do they work and how much do they make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885894)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:22 PM
Author: wine comical menage

the guys i know are either working for top programming shops or pursuing academia for little money

many of them don't care about money tbh - they prefer SCHOLARSHIP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885901)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:31 PM
Author: wine comical menage

i think a lot of them end up working for the Jet Propulsion Lab, which is part of NASA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885952)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:23 PM
Author: pink boistinker

they should study my ass this evening

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886255)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:13 AM
Author: wine comical menage

N-ass-a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886466)



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Date: May 4th, 2020 10:35 PM
Author: glittery main people



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:41 AM
Author: vibrant dun striped hyena

I've heard hiring standards aren't too high at that place.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886580)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:25 PM
Author: Insane talking meetinghouse

"what do these people do when they graduate?"

I have a friend who went to Caltech. He's a metallurgist for a defense contractor. I don't know exactly how much he makes, but I'd guess $150k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885925)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:23 PM
Author: pink boistinker

metallurgist strikes gold. news at 11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886262)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:01 AM
Author: Stirring territorial gunner

The only CalTech grad I know works for one of the most prominent VCs around and probably clears over $1MM/year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886643)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:13 AM
Author: wine comical menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886693)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: bull headed point elastic band

They probably camp out in the library and spend half the time messaging one another and eating smelly ethnic food

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885896)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:12 AM
Author: cracking depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886839)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: violent mad-dog skullcap location



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: arrogant gas station fat ankles

If they were true scholars, would they not prefer to study the artform of nude male bodybuilding?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886112)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: violent mad-dog skullcap location



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: Stirring territorial gunner

CR, the smartest guy I know went there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885895)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:23 PM
Author: wine comical menage

Same, they all seem generally humble too - i guess that's what happens when you go to Caltech

Meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers and doctors brag nonstop about their supposed intelligence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885905)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:54 PM
Author: Stirring territorial gunner

Agreed. This guy is basically the opposite of an xo poaster: well-adjusted, humble, non-neurotic, focused on meaningful things, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886084)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: wine comical menage

CR, pretty much the polar opposite of every lawyer and doctor I know, who are complete arrogant shitheads but also dumb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886213)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:15 AM
Author: Stirring territorial gunner

CalTech is 180, bros

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887112)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: floppy chapel

or go to West Point where you do that plus stay in peak physical shape and learn military tactics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885898)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: Copper hominid

fucking LOL at thinking the academics at the academies are anything like caltech. and usmma (the easiest to get into) is the most academically demanding of the academies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885962)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:36 PM
Author: wine comical menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885984)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:38 PM
Author: Razzmatazz mustard field ceo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885999)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:09 AM
Author: Orange church

Standards at the service academies have been gutted for the sake of AA and the football teams.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887297)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:35 AM
Author: Emerald heady dilemma international law enforcement agency

Your post is half right. They have been gutted, and badly, but it isn't AA and football. In case you haven't noticed, West Point's offensive line averages like 245.

Draw a straight line from today's sorry state of the service academies* and the admission of women (and all that came with it).

*and it is a sorry fucking state https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/twitter_02-840x866.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887352)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: Orange church

Was counting women under AA, ofs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889274)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:23 PM
Author: demanding station chad

cr, but most of them LOVE what theyre doing and they put the work in for the love of knowledge, not b/c theyre grade grubbing strivers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885909)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:24 PM
Author: wine comical menage

cr, which is honorable

meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers/doctors brag about their shitty mediocre intelligence: news at 11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885917)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:24 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

do they have a grad cert i could get? i did calc in high school. I am willing to put in the effort for the higher math stuff to "click"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885918)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:33 PM
Author: wine comical menage

congrats - you might be put into the "remedial" freshman math classes. If you didn't take real analysis by the time you entered as a freshman, you're a "special kid"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885963)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

really you think i could study at caltech?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885991)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:25 PM
Author: pink boistinker

you could study the lint in the other students' navels

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886271)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:27 PM
Author: wine comical menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886277)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:13 AM
Author: cracking depressive



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886843)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

"First-year students are enrolled in first-term classes based upon results of placement exams in math, physics, chemistry, and writing and take all classes in their first two terms on a Pass/Fail basis.[83] There is little competition; collaboration on homework is encouraged and the Honor System encourages take-home tests and flexible homework schedules.[85] Caltech offers co-operative programs with other schools, such as the Pasadena Art Center College of Design and Occidental College."

This sounds pretty chill actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885959)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:34 PM
Author: wine comical menage

"chill" - only 70 hour weeks instead of 80 to 100!

people actually fail out freshman year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885977)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

you can collaborate on your tests and homework. just find a solid group of guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885998)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: wine comical menage

LOL you cannot collaborate on exams and most homework problems are almost impossible to answer by even the smartest guys there



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886002)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

exams are "take home" tests. obviously the profs know the kids are sharing answers. also its on a pass fail system? sounds aweseom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886016)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:42 PM
Author: wine comical menage

pass/fail only for two out of the three trimesters your first year

after that, the third trimester first year, and the next 3 years, you are on your own

also these guys are all academic geeks - none of them are cheating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886022)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 3:01 PM
Author: Excitant immigrant

LJL brother it's that type of pressure cooker environment where kids are most likely to cheat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889312)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: Razzmatazz mustard field ceo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886003)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:50 AM
Author: Stirring territorial gunner

My Uncle Nick went off for 30 points and 30 boards for Bob Knight at West Point. Coach Ratface (Mike Krzyewski) was the assistant.

What is the bort's opinion of them? Nick was inducted into the McQuaid Athletic Hall of Fame a few years back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887081)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:47 PM
Author: demanding station chad

going to caltech ug in the 50s and early 60s would have been sick as fuck. clean cut bros like feynman, apostol, etc. running shit in suits. lots of smart as fuck white bros with crew cuts and side parts studying math and gunning for big military industrial complex.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886047)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: Razzmatazz mustard field ceo

Everyone wearing legit nerd glasses and playing bridge and doing HAM radio shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886059)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:53 PM
Author: demanding station chad

pasenda was probably a legit paradise then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886078)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:08 PM
Author: Insane talking meetinghouse

*chills at Huntington Library*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886167)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: Sepia 180 organic girlfriend

Mark Watney: ...Interesting side note, this is actually how the Jet Propulsion Lab was founded. Five guys at Caltech were trying to make rocket fuel and they nearly burned down their dorm. And rather than expel them they banished them to a nearby farm, told them to keep working. And now we have a space program.

- The Martian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886062)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:51 PM
Author: demanding station chad

i like this story too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rose_Bowl_Hoax

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886068)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:55 PM
Author: wine comical menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886100)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: walnut plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886282)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:07 AM
Author: vigorous theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886440)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:19 AM
Author: multi-colored house multi-billionaire

Yeah, my dad went there in the early 60s, had e.g. Feynman as a prof. Their football team had the Rose Bowl as a home stadium. His guitar-playing dweeb of a freshman roommate won the Nobel prize. A friend of his committed suicide with acid during the year. People also experimented with drugs and shit, LSD, heroin. He got like a 3.1, and that was way above average.

Actually he says his main reason for going was that he heard it was the hardest school to get in to... dunno if it actually was the hardest, although maybe in a more purely academic sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887123)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:32 AM
Author: wine comical menage

was and is prob the hardest from a pure academic standpoint - no legacy, no AA, no stupid/irrelevant ECs

my friend got a 3.1 in Math/Physics at Caltech and was completely burned out by the end of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888043)



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Date: July 11th, 2018 1:13 PM
Author: demanding station chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#36405416)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: Well-lubricated erotic step-uncle's house

Valedictorian at my HS went to Cal Tech. Smartest guy I knew. Tried to get a Military commission, but got rejected because of heart problems he probably developed from lack of sleep and eating poorly while at Cal Tech.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886283)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:08 AM
Author: kink-friendly bonkers dingle berry

CalTech is the only school I give credence to if someone graduated UG.

I am close with a prof there and know a few grads (and two drop outs). It is an insane experience. It is at this point majority Asian. No AA. No BS. No fluff.

My father talked me out of going there and I regret it to this day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886445)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:10 AM
Author: wine comical menage

I give its UG more credence than pretty much any grad or professional program as well tbh. I think most lawyers/doctors/PhD holders would literally fail out of the UG program.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886454)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:12 AM
Author: demanding station chad

as i understand, it's like 4 years of math 55 at H

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886459)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:02 AM
Author: metal thriller foreskin

lol no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886816)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:27 AM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

You were never admitted to Caltech you liar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886542)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:30 AM
Author: wine comical menage

Did you end up at MIT? Also CR school, but easier than Caltech to graduate from.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886555)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:20 AM
Author: Frozen Ratface

Let's say someone graduates Caltech ug with a perfect 4.0 gpa in STEM, and he decides he wants to work in the private sector and make money. What type of career options will he have?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886501)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:25 AM
Author: wine comical menage

Not sure a 4.0 is possible, but pretty much any tech job he wants if he's a programmer; or he could become an actuary if math guy; or investment banking (if good at mental math)

I think more of them are interested in pursuing academic/research heavy jobs like JPL. A guy with a 4.0 would more likely be pursuing a PhD to get into academia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886533)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 3:44 PM
Author: big swollen brunch psychic

practically any idiot can be an actuary. that's a bottom 5% outcome for a caltech grad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889529)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 3:46 PM
Author: wine comical menage

arent those exams difficult to pass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889533)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:49 AM
Author: abnormal hyperactive casino coffee pot

they would get a job at rentech and make more than 100% of econ/finacne bros from hys, even those who jumped straight to pe/hf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886599)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:57 AM
Author: Copper hominid

but then they'd have to move to stony brook

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886632)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:02 AM
Author: abnormal hyperactive casino coffee pot

The only dude I know who works there lives like a pauper. I'm guessing that's not uncommon. If you're that smart and accomplished you just aren't the type of person who's trying to drop thousands at whatever MFH club is most popular these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886647)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:05 AM
Author: metal thriller foreskin

The founder of quora / original CTO of facebook graduated caltech with a 4.0 in CS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886821)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:33 AM
Author: wine comical menage

so this guy is a legit genius then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888051)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:48 PM
Author: metal thriller foreskin

yeah he's a savage. Exeter bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889255)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:21 AM
Author: Nudist range feces

It has like zero lay prestige too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886504)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:22 AM
Author: wine comical menage

yeah, but these guys literally turn down HYPS to go there, so they don't care about that, which is commendable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886513)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:24 AM
Author: Frozen Ratface

bullshit. very few HYPSM admits go to Caltech.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886523)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:25 AM
Author: wine comical menage

I don't know - just anecdotal but all the guys I knew who went to Caltech got into at least one of those (or sometimes all of them)

I don't have the cross admit information, but it's not unbelievable that if you want to pursue hard STEM to go to Caltech over HYPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886535)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:40 AM
Author: Razzmatazz mustard field ceo

According to Parchment, most cross-admits pick MIT / Stanford over Caltech. Those schools give you more options in general, so I'm not surprised. I doubt their student populations are smarter though.

http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Caltech&with=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology

http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Caltech&with=Stanford+University



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888097)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:43 AM
Author: wine comical menage

Hmm, I can see that (although not sure how comprehensive Parchment is), but lol @ picking Princeton or Yale or maybe even Harvard over Caltech if you want to do hard STEM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888117)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: Nudist range feces

(AZN)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889748)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:29 AM
Author: Pearly Cuck Native

IIT > Caltech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886553)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:31 AM
Author: wine comical menage

Maybe, I remember in undergrad all the EECS majors bitched nonstop about the "hardcore Indian students" who took 5 lab classes a semester. Indians work their asses off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886558)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:31 AM
Author: Pearly Cuck Native

are there any Caltech billionaires?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886559)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:42 AM
Author: At-the-ready Skinny Woman

there are more employment law millionaires from USC than there are millionaires from caltech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886585)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:48 AM
Author: Pearly Cuck Native

why is this? very sad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886597)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:01 AM
Author: wine comical menage

They don't care about $$ that much - many pursue PhDs and academia/research

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886641)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: Insane talking meetinghouse

They like to wagecuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889720)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:47 PM
Author: wine comical menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35890943)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:38 AM
Author: rebellious trust fund

JFC this board has gone downhill. Poasters ITT are mystified at CalTech and wondering what students could possibly be studying so hard in college or accomplishing after graduation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886572)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:16 AM
Author: Stirring territorial gunner

Fuck you, faggotnigger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887114)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:39 AM
Author: demanding station chad

im legit jelly of the shit stem genius bros will learn abt over the course of their lifetimes. figuratively, they travel to places few will get to go

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886574)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:49 AM
Author: bearded avocado new version

Dude you can do khan academy. Go read a book nigga. "but the memes will go unpoasted"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886600)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:55 AM
Author: abnormal hyperactive casino coffee pot

The only person I know decently well IRL who went to caltech is pretty normal and not blow your mind away brilliant, at least they don't come off that way. Very jealous of STEM bros who have the drive/ability from early on to excel there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886626)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:18 AM
Author: multi-colored house multi-billionaire

Where's that thread with that forum where people study like 2 years for the LSAT?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887118)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:21 AM
Author: Pearly Cuck Native

here's a GMAT one

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3945548&mc=19&forum_id=2#35813274

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887313)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: wine comical menage

LJL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888056)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: wine comical menage

I don't even know how that is possible - do you just retake the same practice tests over and over again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888055)



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Date: May 4th, 2020 10:34 PM
Author: demanding station chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#40149745)