Biology at Caltech and MIT

tech_fan
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:19:14 +0000

Caltech is similarly hard to get into as a transfer – the number of transfers each year is in the small single digits – but it’s possible if you are obviously right for the place and are clearly committed to math and science.

MIT and Caltech will, on average, be worse for your GPA than Ivy League schools, and that can be a handicap in med school admissoins.

Given the number of obstacles, it may be a good idea to consider what mainly is attracting you to these schools and whether you could find an even better program for you elsehwere.