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I mean this is just simply not true, but the Caltech social life is certainly either more subdued or sporadic than your typical college life. Really though, the honest answer is that even at Caltech, there is a pretty diverse set of student interests, and many of the students on campus are perfectly ‘normal’ socially, except that they do have to spend some time studying, so their partying is more limited to weekends. </p>
<p>What I find funny, though, is that many students on CC clamor for how important a school with a ‘good social scene’ is, but I bet at least some of those students would actually be happier at schools like Caltech. It’s not like there aren’t people who don’t party every night or highly prioritize dating/casual relationships at places like Stanford; perhaps they would have found more people with similar interests and priorities at a school like Caltech (or Harvey Mudd for that matter), providing an even better ‘social’ life more individually suited for them. I do understand, though, how it’s not necessarily easy for any high school student to openly admit that they feel they would fit in socially at Caltech - it’s a whole lot more socially acceptable and understood to say that you want to be at a school with a social scene, of say, Dartmouth.</p>