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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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Glittery low-t abode
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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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Caltech undergrad's core curriculum is harder than most scho...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
what do these people do when they graduate? they are like th...
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  04/20/18
yes
sapphire elastic band
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where do they work and how much do they make
Deranged bbw temple
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the guys i know are either working for top programming shops...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
i think a lot of them end up working for the Jet Propulsion ...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
they should study my ass this evening
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N-ass-a
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I've heard hiring standards aren't too high at that place.
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"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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razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
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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irradiated cobalt set
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CR, the smartest guy I know went there.
Federal den water buffalo
  04/20/18
Same, they all seem generally humble too - i guess that's wh...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
Agreed. This guy is basically the opposite of an xo poaster:...
Federal den water buffalo
  04/20/18
CR, pretty much the polar opposite of every lawyer and docto...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
CalTech is 180, bros
Federal den water buffalo
  04/21/18
or go to West Point where you do that plus stay in peak phys...
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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 ...
topaz potus
  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.
topaz potus
  04/21/18
cr, but most of them LOVE what theyre doing and they put the...
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  04/20/18
cr, which is honorable meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers/d...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  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...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
really you think i could study at caltech?
Deranged bbw temple
  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!...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
you can collaborate on your tests and homework. just find a ...
Deranged bbw temple
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LOL you cannot collaborate on exams and most homework proble...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
exams are "take home" tests. obviously the profs k...
Deranged bbw temple
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pass/fail only for two out of the three trimesters your firs...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/20/18
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...
Federal den water buffalo
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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...
Dashing Sex Offender
  04/21/18
I give its UG more credence than pretty much any grad or pro...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
as i understand, it's like 4 years of math 55 at H
charismatic trailer park
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lol no
beta mischievous locus sneaky criminal
  04/21/18
You were never admitted to Caltech you liar
Deranged bbw temple
  04/21/18
Did you end up at MIT? Also CR school, but easier than Calte...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
Let's say someone graduates Caltech ug with a perfect 4.0 gp...
Wine big heaven
  04/21/18
Not sure a 4.0 is possible, but pretty much any tech job he ...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
practically any idiot can be an actuary. that's a bottom 5% ...
beady-eyed electric furnace
  04/21/18
arent those exams difficult to pass
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
they would get a job at rentech and make more than 100% of e...
hateful shaky macaca
  04/21/18
but then they'd have to move to stony brook
Fishy wild sandwich
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The only dude I know who works there lives like a pauper. I'...
hateful shaky macaca
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The founder of quora / original CTO of facebook graduated ca...
beta mischievous locus sneaky criminal
  04/21/18
so this guy is a legit genius then
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
yeah he's a savage. Exeter bro
beta mischievous locus sneaky criminal
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It has like zero lay prestige too
Maroon Exciting University Half-breed
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yeah, but these guys literally turn down HYPS to go there, s...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
bullshit. very few HYPSM admits go to Caltech.
Wine big heaven
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I don't know - just anecdotal but all the guys I knew who we...
razzle internal respiration alpha
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According to Parchment, most cross-admits pick MIT / Stanfor...
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Hmm, I can see that (although not sure how comprehensive Par...
razzle internal respiration alpha
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(AZN)
Maroon Exciting University Half-breed
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IIT > Caltech
impressive brindle home
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Maybe, I remember in undergrad all the EECS majors bitched n...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
are there any Caltech billionaires?
impressive brindle home
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there are more employment law millionaires from USC than the...
Deranged bbw temple
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why is this? very sad
impressive brindle home
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They don't care about $$ that much - many pursue PhDs and ac...
razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
They like to wagecuck.
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razzle internal respiration alpha
  04/21/18
JFC this board has gone downhill. Poasters ITT are mystified...
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Fuck you, faggotnigger
Federal den water buffalo
  04/21/18
im legit jelly of the shit stem genius bros will learn abt o...
charismatic trailer park
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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...
hateful shaky macaca
  04/21/18
Where's that thread with that forum where people study like ...
Mint razzmatazz dragon
  04/21/18
here's a GMAT one http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?threa...
impressive brindle home
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LJL
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  04/21/18
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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Glittery low-t abode



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:13 PM
Author: Deranged bbw temple

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: hideous cheese-eating gunner

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Free-loading clown menage



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:16 PM
Author: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Deranged bbw temple

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: sapphire 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: Deranged bbw temple

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: grizzly area lettuce

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Vigorous Crackhouse Genital Piercing



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:41 AM
Author: hairless stage

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: Khaki disrespectful nursing home indirect expression

"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: grizzly area lettuce

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: Federal den water buffalo

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: razzle internal respiration alpha



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: sapphire 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: rusted geriatric legal warrant becky



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: irradiated cobalt set



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: honey-headed whorehouse

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: irradiated cobalt set



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: Federal den water buffalo

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Federal den water buffalo

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Federal den water buffalo

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: Henna stag film

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: Fishy wild sandwich

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: razzle internal respiration alpha



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:38 PM
Author: Free-loading clown menage



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:09 AM
Author: topaz potus

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: cerebral senate pocket flask

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: topaz potus

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: charismatic trailer park

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Deranged bbw temple

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Deranged bbw temple

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: grizzly area lettuce

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: razzle internal respiration alpha



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:13 AM
Author: rusted geriatric legal warrant becky



(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: Deranged bbw temple

"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: razzle internal respiration alpha

"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: Deranged bbw temple

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Deranged bbw temple

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Puce school cafeteria dysfunction

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: Free-loading clown menage



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:50 AM
Author: Federal den water buffalo

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: charismatic trailer park

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: Free-loading clown menage

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: charismatic trailer park

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: Khaki disrespectful nursing home indirect expression

*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: arousing dilemma

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: charismatic trailer park

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: razzle internal respiration alpha



(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: Tan painfully honest fanboi



(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: Mewling Slap-happy Casino



(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: Mint razzmatazz dragon

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: charismatic trailer park



(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: Passionate plum reading party

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: Dashing Sex Offender

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: charismatic trailer park

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: beta mischievous locus sneaky criminal

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: Deranged bbw temple

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Wine big heaven

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: beady-eyed electric furnace

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: hateful shaky macaca

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: Fishy wild sandwich

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: hateful shaky macaca

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: beta mischievous locus sneaky criminal

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: beta mischievous locus sneaky criminal

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: Maroon Exciting University Half-breed

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Wine big heaven

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Free-loading clown menage

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Maroon Exciting University Half-breed

(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: impressive brindle home

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: impressive brindle home

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: Deranged bbw temple

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: impressive brindle home

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: Khaki disrespectful nursing home indirect expression

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: razzle internal respiration alpha



(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: bull headed charcoal nowag

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: Federal den water buffalo

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: charismatic trailer park

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: amber hospital boiling water

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: hateful shaky macaca

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: Mint razzmatazz dragon

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: impressive brindle home

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: razzle internal respiration alpha

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: charismatic trailer park



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