| The best students at GaTech are no doubt just as good as Caltech students. That said, Caltech's baseline is pretty high, possibly the highest in the world in science fields. If you want to go by SATs, Caltech's 25th percentile in math is 770 while GaTech's 75th percentile is just 730. That said, you shouldn't really pick a school just because you think you'd get a higher GPA at it compared to another. Also, you would not have been admitted if someone didn't think you could succeed here.
The similarities between Caltech and GaTech end at them both being well-known tech schools. GaTech is huge, and has mostly students from Georgia. Caltech is tiny and has a lot of students from all over the country. Caltech has pretty unique undergraduate culture. Caltech is very science/theory focused, while GaTech is almost entirely engineering focused. Do you like science and math a lot in addition to engineering? Caltech might be better for you. All Caltech students have to take physics through quantum mechanics and math through differential equations. As an engineer, you're going to have to take three years of math past AP Calculus here as an undergraduate. Do you like the House system from what you've seen of it? If you don't want to take too much science or cost is a huge issue, GaTech might be a better. |