Does Caltech REJECT or DEFER most EA applicants?

sunbite
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:17:12 +0000

Thanks for the responses & helpful links.

My educated guess now is Caltech is more like Yale, in that many of these deferrals are to let applicants down easier, with not a very good chance of admission during the regular round.

Of course, Caltech has in general way fewer EA applicants and way fewer “non-serious” applicants. Students tend to know what they’re looking for when applying to a place like Caltech.