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05-12-2008, 06:59 PM
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#91 | | Junior Member
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| Has anyone else gotten a call from the admissions office yet (or at least heard of someone else who has)? | 
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05-12-2008, 07:55 PM
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#92 | | Junior Member
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| According to the new Tech out today, we have 236 people who have already accepted spots and we don't want any more. We're probably just going to replace those of the 236 who go to another school after getting off another waitlist, which they don't expect to be more than 10. If Stanford and MIT take a lot of people off their waitlists, it might be more. We don't have as much overlap with Harvard but it looks like they are taking a lot of people off of their waitlist.
Waitlist acceptances will probably be very gradual this year, so just be patient. Frankly, the odds are not very good for any of you, so don't get your hopes up too much. Best of luck. | |
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05-12-2008, 11:31 PM
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#93 | | Junior Member
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| Stanford seems to be full, and MIT reports taking approximately 35 off of the waitlist. | |
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05-13-2008, 12:35 AM
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#94 | | Senior Member
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| ^ aside from foo, there's at least one other who's gotten in off the waitlist. | |
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05-13-2008, 05:12 AM
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#95 | | Junior Member
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| I know... ill call ourselves really really unlucky if it's only foo who got in...lol
Last year, it was about 30...
If Caltech waits for other university's waiting list, how long will Caltech take?? later than june 15th?? | |
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05-13-2008, 10:04 AM
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#96 | | Junior Member
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| I couldn't find that info in Caltech today..Can you give the link Antiquark?? | |
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05-13-2008, 12:00 PM
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#97 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Caltech from SJ, CA Gender: Male
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| @*Brahmin
You'll be able to find the link here when the new copy of the Tech is online. The California Tech | |
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05-14-2008, 04:48 PM
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#98 | | New Member
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| Still waiting here...I don't expect to get in, since they are only admitting like 10 people and I don't think that I really stick out from the waitlist...oh well. Best of luck to everyone! And congratulation foo! | |
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05-15-2008, 01:13 AM
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#99 | | Junior Member
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| to add to the stats (which seem pretty dismal right now, but keep hope up!!) i received a phone call from the office of admissions about a week ago telling me i got in...but there wasn't any email so don't be discouraged if you don't get an email, its all done by paper anyway | |
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05-15-2008, 07:14 AM
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#100 | | Junior Member
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| wow...congrats cookiemon all the best in Caltech...are you a US citizen?? Can you brief me in what all additional material you sent? When did you get the call?
So you've decided to go?? Do they ask you on the spot? hehe
Can someone please give the source of these stats...i can't find them anywhere....i couldn't get in the california tech link given.. | |
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05-15-2008, 09:02 AM
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#101 | | New Member
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| Quotes from the article in The California Tech, 5/12/08:
"For the third year in a row, Caltech admissions bumped the “ratio” up a notch, marking the 40% women class of 2012 as the most feminine in its history....This year is also the first that the female yield matched the men’s at 35%."
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"As of Friday, 236 students had accepted admission to Caltech, just six above the target of 230.
However, Bischoff expects that number to drop by at least 8 students as the Ivy Leagues dig deeply into their waiting lists, prompting Caltech to follow suit.
“We may melt more than normal,”
said Bischoff. “We’ve started making offers to some students on the wait list.”
"Harvard will take some 150 to 175 students off of its waiting
list, and Princeton and UPenn will each take up to 90, according to a NY Times article last week. Though Caltech doesn’t share a large overlap with Harvard or Princeton, their waiting lists will likely pull students from MIT and Stanford, bigger competitors to Caltech." | |
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05-15-2008, 03:28 PM
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#102 | | New Member
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| hey everybody. It's my first time posting but I have been following the thread for a couple of weeks. I just checked my mail and I got in off the waitlist at Caltech! I was hoping to get off the waitlist for Harvard more though. I didn't really win any awards and all I sent in was a letter expressing my interest. I never contacted my admissions officer, though I got a call from her two days ago asking if I was still interested. I'm surprised because I don't really have high SAT's or win any awards, so I guess there's still hope for everyone. Didn't get a call or email, just the admit packet. | |
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05-15-2008, 06:08 PM
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#103 | | Junior Member
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| @Brahmin, i'm a u.s. citizen and all i sent them were two letters of rec. i got the call last wednesday in the evening, and i live in california. however, i don't think i'm going to go to berkeley, caltech is really expensive and quiet, very quiet | |
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05-16-2008, 01:41 AM
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#104 | | Junior Member
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| *sorry, i meant to say that i am going to berkeley instead of caltech | |
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05-16-2008, 03:13 AM
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#105 | | Junior Member
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| @cookiemon, berkeley is a great choice. I agree, Caltech can be too small
@pooth416, JACKPOT, haha..congrats, it doesn't always boil down to academics. You must be choosing Caltech... | |
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