Does Caltech Care About Humanities/Social Studies

Anamfija
Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:39:27 +0000

Hello - I’m a current Caltech senior. I believe that Caltech Admissions would be relatively fine with a student in such a position. Caltech does seem to care about students being able to communicate effectively and being somewhat well-rounded (which I think is why a certain number of humanities classes are required to get an undergraduate degree at Caltech), but I do not think they have stringent expectations for incoming students (as long as they are fairly able to express themselves).

If students do have extra interests in English/history/etc., I think that they would appreciate that. But it’s definitely not necessary.