Chances - Worth applying with my stats?

SilvaRua
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:03:10 +0000

For everyone dissecting scores and talking about “overlooking” them or not, let me repeat; a lot of people have traditionally dropped out, transfered, or taken longer than four years to graduate from Caltech, moreso than any other elite college.

That’s something the school strongly wishes to avoid, which explains one reason why they don’t put as much emphasis on diversity in their admissions.

If you barely cracked a 2000 on the SATs and you’re not an international student, what does that say about your work ethic? What does a 720 in Chemistry, 740 in Physics, and 4 in Calculus AB say about your ability to hack the required courses in each of those fields?

Considering you mentioned not even having a passion for math and science to overcome your disadvantages in background, the probability that you won’t graduate from Caltech in four years is too high.