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Old 06-02-2012, 08:41 PM   #1
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Does geographic diversity help at Caltech?

Hi all. While I'm certainly a qualified candidate with good grades, scores, and extracurriculars, I doubt I'd be turning any heads if I were from Los Angeles. Will being from Alaska benefit me in admissions beyond providing more original essay topics?
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Old 06-09-2012, 06:06 PM   #2
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Not really.
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Old 06-09-2012, 06:11 PM   #3
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Because its caltech, no. Caltech doesn't look for necessarily well rounded kids who have worldly experiences and cool uplifting stories. Caltech looks for students with intense interests in the sciences. Students who pursue these interests by themselves out of school functions. However, you must not only have great math scores. You still must be affluent in ALL subjects. It's a tough school to get into. The typical candidate for caltech is a very specific type of kid. If you are rejected, you just may not be EXACTLY what they want, it happens. Good luck
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Old 06-13-2012, 06:06 PM   #4
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According to everything we heard, No, it will not help.
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Old 06-21-2012, 07:50 PM   #5
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Yeah, it won't help you.
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