<p>Frankly, ghjk, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Just because you don’t necessarily see “passion” from a chances thread on CC doesn’t mean that the adcomm won’t. This is why I think chances threads are essentially useless. There are a lot of things that go into an admissions decision. Also, if Caltech only accepted people with published papers, I don’t think we’d be able to fill our freshman class. There are plenty of amazing students out there who haven’t published papers. Stop thinking you can tell whether a student “deserves” to go to Caltech based on a CC chances post. It’s incredibly difficult for Adcomms to tell, and they have a lot more information than you.</p>
<p>@phrenzE</p>
<p>Your stats are good. Good luck with your application.</p>