<p>I think you have a very nice shot. Your stats are very solid. Try to put a lot of effort into your essays. Definitely do some research about Caltech life and culture. I think at Caltech the essays and personality an applicant portrays matter the most. I read a blog post about job interviews at Google that said something like: Google doesn’t care about what you did before, but they do care about why and how well you did it.</p>