<p>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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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? </p>
<p>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.</p>