<p>A few impressions on PFW:</p>
<p>I visited a couple of classes–Politzer’s ph 1c was very entertaining. I also saw the analytic version of the class, and was dissapointed to see so many students just copying what was written on the board, though to the school’s credit, this happened at a far lesser fate than I’ve seen elsewhere.</p>
<p>In general, everyone was very friendly (with one notable exception, but I digress) and the atmosphere suited me. People’s opinions toward the school (prefrosh and students alike) were extremely polar, as expected. Everyone either loved, or hated Caltech. (I think I’m of the former). I was; however, a bit surprised to hear that so many physics majors ultimately choose mechanical engineering. At least, though, I was ecstatic to actually meet other people who wanted to major in physics–at my high school this makes me something of an oddity, and so visiting Caltech was refreshing.</p>
<p>@Balaylay:</p>
<p>How did you manage to find something to do all the time at PFW!? I enjoyed myself too, liked the school, fit in fairly well with people, etc…but I absolutely had nothing to do Saturday afternoon. I literally spent three hours just wandering the campus, and I wasn’t the only one. I tried stiking up a conversation with a few of my fellow wanderers, but to no avail–it would seem we wanderers were a sampling of the more socially inept of the prefrosh.</p>
<p>I wound up playing starcraft with my host (I played rather poorly…as if it would have made a difference) for a while. More than once a student commented that I ought to find something different to do, since I most likely had a PC at home. I absolutely agreed, but just found myself counting down the minutes till the pizza, tunnel tours, or whatever. The tunnel tour, by the way, was great, but a little dissapointing in that it wasn’t nearly as dangerous as some of the guides made it out to be (only one person got scared and left, and only at the very end!) I also got along very well with my host, but he had a busy atheltics schedule to keep.</p>