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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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Milky space alpha
  04/20/18
All of these stories about studying 80+ hours a week sound l...
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
they literally have nothing better to do the concept that c...
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  04/20/18
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...
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  04/20/18
what do these people do when they graduate? they are like th...
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
yes
titillating parlor
  04/20/18
where do they work and how much do they make
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
the guys i know are either working for top programming shops...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
i think a lot of them end up working for the Jet Propulsion ...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
they should study my ass this evening
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  04/20/18
N-ass-a
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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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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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  04/21/18
CR, the smartest guy I know went there.
Judgmental set
  04/20/18
Same, they all seem generally humble too - i guess that's wh...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
Agreed. This guy is basically the opposite of an xo poaster:...
Judgmental set
  04/20/18
CR, pretty much the polar opposite of every lawyer and docto...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
CalTech is 180, bros
Judgmental set
  04/21/18
or go to West Point where you do that plus stay in peak phys...
Out-of-control Locus Haunted Graveyard
  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 ...
cerebral corner
  04/21/18
Your post is half right. They have been gutted, and badly, ...
Arousing Orchid Rehab Elastic Band
  04/21/18
Was counting women under AA, ofs.
cerebral corner
  04/21/18
cr, but most of them LOVE what theyre doing and they put the...
ruddy patrolman
  04/20/18
cr, which is honorable meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers/d...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
do they have a grad cert i could get? i did calc in high sch...
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
congrats - you might be put into the "remedial" fr...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
really you think i could study at caltech?
wine french clown halford
  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...
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
"chill" - only 70 hour weeks instead of 80 to 100!...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
you can collaborate on your tests and homework. just find a ...
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
LOL you cannot collaborate on exams and most homework proble...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
exams are "take home" tests. obviously the profs k...
wine french clown halford
  04/20/18
pass/fail only for two out of the three trimesters your firs...
Avocado location
  04/20/18
LJL brother it's that type of pressure cooker environment wh...
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charismatic scarlet half-breed
  04/20/18
My Uncle Nick went off for 30 points and 30 boards for Bob K...
Judgmental set
  04/21/18
going to caltech ug in the 50s and early 60s would have been...
ruddy patrolman
  04/20/18
Everyone wearing legit nerd glasses and playing bridge and d...
charismatic scarlet half-breed
  04/20/18
pasenda was probably a legit paradise then
ruddy patrolman
  04/20/18
*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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  04/21/18
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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  04/20/18
CalTech is the only school I give credence to if someone gra...
Lavender boltzmann
  04/21/18
I give its UG more credence than pretty much any grad or pro...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
as i understand, it's like 4 years of math 55 at H
ruddy patrolman
  04/21/18
lol no
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  04/21/18
You were never admitted to Caltech you liar
wine french clown halford
  04/21/18
Did you end up at MIT? Also CR school, but easier than Calte...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
Let's say someone graduates Caltech ug with a perfect 4.0 gp...
motley claret hissy fit
  04/21/18
Not sure a 4.0 is possible, but pretty much any tech job he ...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
practically any idiot can be an actuary. that's a bottom 5% ...
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arent those exams difficult to pass
Avocado location
  04/21/18
they would get a job at rentech and make more than 100% of e...
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  04/21/18
but then they'd have to move to stony brook
Bossy wonderful pit becky
  04/21/18
The only dude I know who works there lives like a pauper. I'...
chrome curious ceo address
  04/21/18
The founder of quora / original CTO of facebook graduated ca...
Mustard provocative office
  04/21/18
so this guy is a legit genius then
Avocado location
  04/21/18
yeah he's a savage. Exeter bro
Mustard provocative office
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It has like zero lay prestige too
Blue Concupiscible Azn
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yeah, but these guys literally turn down HYPS to go there, s...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
bullshit. very few HYPSM admits go to Caltech.
motley claret hissy fit
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I don't know - just anecdotal but all the guys I knew who we...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
According to Parchment, most cross-admits pick MIT / Stanfor...
charismatic scarlet half-breed
  04/21/18
Hmm, I can see that (although not sure how comprehensive Par...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
(AZN)
Blue Concupiscible Azn
  04/21/18
IIT > Caltech
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Maybe, I remember in undergrad all the EECS majors bitched n...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
are there any Caltech billionaires?
autistic french chef nursing home
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there are more employment law millionaires from USC than the...
wine french clown halford
  04/21/18
why is this? very sad
autistic french chef nursing home
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They don't care about $$ that much - many pursue PhDs and ac...
Avocado location
  04/21/18
They like to wagecuck.
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Avocado location
  04/21/18
JFC this board has gone downhill. Poasters ITT are mystified...
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Fuck you, faggotnigger
Judgmental set
  04/21/18
im legit jelly of the shit stem genius bros will learn abt o...
ruddy patrolman
  04/21/18
Dude you can do khan academy. Go read a book nigga. "bu...
honey-headed glittery range
  04/21/18
The only person I know decently well IRL who went to caltech...
chrome curious ceo address
  04/21/18
Where's that thread with that forum where people study like ...
Burgundy bateful nowag blood rage
  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: Avocado location

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: Milky space alpha



(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: wine french clown halford

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: Fear-inspiring lake sanctuary

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: Avocado location

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: charismatic scarlet half-breed



(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: Avocado location

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: wine french clown halford

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: titillating parlor

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: wine french clown halford

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: Avocado location

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: Avocado location

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: cracking maroon parlour

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: Avocado location

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: Razzle puce ticket booth circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#40149753)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:41 AM
Author: Floppy jet useless brakes associate

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: Twinkling big university

"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: cracking maroon parlour

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: Judgmental set

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: Avocado location



(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: titillating parlor

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: Amber center



(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: Cyan gas station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888062)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: electric impressive hairy legs

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: Cyan gas station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888059)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: Judgmental set

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: Avocado location

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: Judgmental set

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: Avocado location

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: Judgmental set

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: Out-of-control Locus Haunted Graveyard

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: Bossy wonderful pit becky

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: Avocado location



(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: charismatic scarlet half-breed



(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: cerebral corner

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: Arousing Orchid Rehab Elastic Band

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: cerebral corner

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: ruddy patrolman

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: Avocado location

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: wine french clown halford

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: Avocado location

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: wine french clown halford

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: cracking maroon parlour

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: Avocado location



(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: Amber center



(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: wine french clown halford

"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: Avocado location

"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: wine french clown halford

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: Avocado location

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: wine french clown halford

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: Avocado location

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: Multi-colored coffee pot

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: charismatic scarlet half-breed



(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: Judgmental set

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: ruddy patrolman

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: charismatic scarlet half-breed

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: ruddy patrolman

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: Twinkling big university

*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: Hairless trip box office

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: ruddy patrolman

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: Avocado location



(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: sinister tanning salon philosopher-king



(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: Soggy Laughsome School



(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: Burgundy bateful nowag blood rage

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: Avocado location

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: ruddy patrolman



(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: chartreuse sexy tattoo generalized bond

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: Lavender boltzmann

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: Avocado location

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: ruddy patrolman

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: Mustard provocative office

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: wine french clown halford

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: Avocado location

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: motley claret hissy fit

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: Avocado location

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: peach trailer park place of business

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: Avocado location

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: chrome curious ceo address

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: Bossy wonderful pit becky

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: chrome curious ceo address

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: Mustard provocative office

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: Avocado location

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: Mustard provocative office

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: Blue Concupiscible Azn

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: Avocado location

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: motley claret hissy fit

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: Avocado location

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: charismatic scarlet half-breed

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: Avocado location

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: Blue Concupiscible Azn

(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: autistic french chef nursing 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: Avocado location

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: autistic french chef nursing 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: wine french clown halford

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: autistic french chef nursing 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: Avocado location

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: Twinkling big university

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: Avocado location



(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: aphrodisiac cobalt weed whacker

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: Judgmental set

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: ruddy patrolman

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: honey-headed glittery range

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: chrome curious ceo address

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: Burgundy bateful nowag blood rage

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: autistic french chef nursing 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: Avocado location

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: Avocado location

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: ruddy patrolman



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