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Turning down HYPS for Caltech...prestigious?

I know someone who turned down all 4.
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
retarded bc it will kill your UGPA and close lots of doors.....
know-it-all ceo
  03/04/19
He ended up graduating with a 3.5 in math. But yeah he sa...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
I also know 2 premeds from tech who did bio there...wtf woul...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
really, jjc?
trip party of the first part location
  03/04/19
Lol. you know JJc only cares about BigFinance.
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
do asians who do this put this fact down on their cv?
orange charismatic locale
  03/04/19
I dont know if asians do this. This dood isnt asian and does...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
No. Should I?
cordovan sticky jap
  03/04/19
Is a 3.5 from Tech in math considered stellar
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
Idk i didnt even apply to caltech i did turn down harvard...
cordovan sticky jap
  03/04/19
uh so did you finish college or no
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
yeah i did at BIGSTATEU
cordovan sticky jap
  03/04/19
180
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
You could probably be a multisport varsity athlete if you're...
slippery stage
  03/04/19
Im not sure you need to be athletic to be varsity.
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
I know a varsity athlete from CalTech. Very smart kid - s...
cordovan sticky jap
  03/04/19
average Yale kid = affirmative action admit/average IQ kid w...
wonderful water buffalo
  03/04/19
...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
ljl not even. 5'9 jew is in centerfield: http://www.gocal...
know-it-all ceo
  03/04/19
5'8 nowag 2 star recruit is their best tennis recruit in his...
know-it-all ceo
  03/04/19
...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
I burned out at Caltech, transferred out after 2 years. It ...
Maniacal state
  03/04/19
how good is a 3.5 gpa there in hard stem?
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
It's pretty difficult. It depends on the mix of your classes...
Maniacal state
  03/04/19
What about a 3.1? Pretty avg? Assume mainly math and physics...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
where'd you end up transferring? Big public, LAC, or Ivy?
Naked University Patrolman
  03/05/19
I transferred to H.
Maniacal state
  05/30/19
small world, my roommate transferred there. any regrets? wha...
Naked University Patrolman
  05/30/19
I was an MIT undergrad and grad then HLS. Have taught (adjun...
kink-friendly casino dingle berry
  03/04/19
just go to rensselaer
Pungent sienna kitty cat box office
  03/04/19
I think MIT AAs women now...
Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  03/04/19
They claim not, though the admission rates for women are con...
kink-friendly casino dingle berry
  03/04/19
Autism tell
apoplectic property masturbator
  03/04/19
its prestigious within certain circles, Caltech is considere...
Flirting Indecent Point
  03/04/19
...
slippery stage
  03/05/19
University of California, Technology
disturbing obsidian library
  05/30/19
No. Getting into CalTech is prestigious, so is getting i...
Bossy Twinkling Keepsake Machete Home
  05/30/19
good poa btw 🤗
outnumbered crimson pit dopamine
  05/30/19
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Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe
  06/22/19


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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:14 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

I know someone who turned down all 4.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878266)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:15 PM
Author: know-it-all ceo

retarded bc it will kill your UGPA and close lots of doors... only good if you KNOW you want to go into stem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878275)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:17 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

He ended up graduating with a 3.5 in math.

But yeah he said Tech was hard as fuck. Almost burned him out completely.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878284)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:19 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

I also know 2 premeds from tech who did bio there...wtf would do that for med school? why not just go to a dumbass ttt undergrad and get a 4.0?

seems like a bad idea to go to Tech as a premed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878304)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:16 PM
Author: trip party of the first part location

really, jjc?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878278)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:17 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

Lol. you know JJc only cares about BigFinance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878289)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:17 PM
Author: orange charismatic locale

do asians who do this put this fact down on their cv?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878287)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:18 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

I dont know if asians do this. This dood isnt asian and doesnt really tell people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878296)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:20 PM
Author: cordovan sticky jap

No. Should I?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878311)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:20 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

Is a 3.5 from Tech in math considered stellar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878317)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:21 PM
Author: cordovan sticky jap

Idk i didnt even apply to caltech

i did turn down harvard for yale though then got kicked out of yale b/c i never went to class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878321)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:21 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

uh so did you finish college or no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878322)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:49 PM
Author: cordovan sticky jap

yeah i did at BIGSTATEU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878556)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:53 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878576)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:56 PM
Author: slippery stage

You could probably be a multisport varsity athlete if you're a modestly athletic person of normal height.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878587)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 6:56 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

Im not sure you need to be athletic to be varsity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878594)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:17 PM
Author: cordovan sticky jap

I know a varsity athlete from CalTech.

Very smart kid - still smarter than the average Yale kid tbh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878738)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 8:35 PM
Author: wonderful water buffalo

average Yale kid = affirmative action admit/average IQ kid who really excelled in some SJW shit to pad their college app/rich legacy $$$tudent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879190)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 11:23 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879950)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:18 PM
Author: know-it-all ceo

ljl not even. 5'9 jew is in centerfield:

http://www.gocaltech.com/sports/bsb/2017-18/bios/rosner_ari_eoef

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878744)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:20 PM
Author: know-it-all ceo

5'8 nowag 2 star recruit is their best tennis recruit in history:

http://www.gocaltech.com/sports/mten/2017-18/bios/nguyen_derik_gz4x?view=bio

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878759)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:22 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878779)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:15 PM
Author: Maniacal state

I burned out at Caltech, transferred out after 2 years. It is misery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878723)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:16 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

how good is a 3.5 gpa there in hard stem?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878731)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 7:31 PM
Author: Maniacal state

It's pretty difficult. It depends on the mix of your classes. The core classes are graded on a curve so getting an a is quite difficult. Once you get into your junior and senior years you can try to take seminar classes to balance out the low grade inflation in the math and science classes. I only took the first 6 trimesters of math and AMA 95, I never took real analysis or abstract algebra.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37878836)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 8:45 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

What about a 3.1? Pretty avg? Assume mainly math and physics classes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879233)



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Date: March 5th, 2019 10:37 AM
Author: Naked University Patrolman

where'd you end up transferring? Big public, LAC, or Ivy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37881301)



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Date: May 30th, 2019 1:44 AM
Author: Maniacal state

I transferred to H.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#38311688)



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Date: May 30th, 2019 1:58 AM
Author: Naked University Patrolman

small world, my roommate transferred there. any regrets? what do u do for work? no doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#38311738)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 8:31 PM
Author: kink-friendly casino dingle berry

I was an MIT undergrad and grad then HLS. Have taught (adjunct) at Caltech. I think it is a more miserable place than MIT, partly because of where it is. MIT was tough but manageable, and is big enough so you can either find your groove or get lost - you pick. There are no dumbs/jocks/legacies to anchor the curve (if there is a curve - not always the case when I was there long ago). Unless you are a true genius, you will feel dumb. Probably equally true at lots of STEM places.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879175)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 8:33 PM
Author: Pungent sienna kitty cat box office

just go to rensselaer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879187)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 8:46 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe

I think MIT AAs women now...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879240)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 11:00 PM
Author: kink-friendly casino dingle berry

They claim not, though the admission rates for women are considerably higher than for men. They claim the women applicants are self selecting for higher quality than the men. I have no idea. Women were 5% of my class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879870)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 8:37 PM
Author: apoplectic property masturbator

Autism tell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879201)



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Date: March 4th, 2019 11:03 PM
Author: Flirting Indecent Point

its prestigious within certain circles, Caltech is considered the best of the UCs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37879884)



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Date: March 5th, 2019 10:42 AM
Author: slippery stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#37881329)



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Date: May 30th, 2019 2:18 AM
Author: disturbing obsidian library

University of California, Technology

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#38311793)



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Date: May 30th, 2019 3:04 AM
Author: Bossy Twinkling Keepsake Machete Home

No.

Getting into CalTech is prestigious, so is getting into any of HYP. Turning them down for CalTech may very well be soooooo CR if there's any number of logical reasons to prefer it as a better fit, but honestly late 2010 xo's obsession w CalTech is cucky af and sad! tedious physics envy from a tribe of smart but lazy PEnn EDing humanities majoring self-mollycoddling cucks, steering clear and giving all things "STEM" a wide berth in favor of all things verbal intelligence (more g-loaded than matthhhhs guythhh!!) not because it's necessarily where their interests lay, but because it was what ... was ... easy. and so (xo poas bought themselves a lifetime of physics envy: exalting all things "STEM" and consecrating all things CalTech--a tiny little technical college whose entire undergraduate student body is about half the size of Harvard's freshman class, tucked away somewhere in Pasadena that though they've never even driven by it, never fails to serve as a reminder and beacon of what true Rigor and Merit must be like.

Oh, and the fact they have no patience for telling rear-of-the-class niggers they're the next Neil deGrasse Tyson (himself a rear-of-the-class nigger) just because they happen to be the "best" at math among that year's applicants who don't need sunscreen ... well that doesn't hurt in the eye's of xo either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#38311877)



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Date: May 30th, 2019 3:18 AM
Author: outnumbered crimson pit dopamine
Subject: good poa btw 🤗

you're my colony now

mom, i have an empire 🖊🌍

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#38311891)



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Date: June 22nd, 2019 7:08 PM
Author: Rose Vigorous Abode Giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4213676&forum_id=2#38425965)