Caltech vs USC for (Molecular) Biology

insanedreamer
Sun, 14 Feb 2016 06:46:45 +0000

Caltech is tops in science for sure and extremely hard to get into. Congrats on your acceptance.

However, I agree with simba that you’re most likely going to want to go to grad school. Since finances is a concern, I second his/her suggestion to save your money and apply to Caltech for grad school (it has more grads than undergrads).

However, first write CalTech and ask for more money. They probably will not match USC’s offer (schools usually have “peer schools” that they’ll match aid from, and I doubt USC is CalTech’s), but they might get close enough to where it’s worth the difference.

Either way you’ve got great options.