<p>As I will probably not be attending Caltech as transfer to Caltech is extremely difficult, I can probably see my next opportunity for a rigorous environment in graduate school. I often feel that my life wouldn’t be err… complete without a period of rigor (and besides the experience could be transforming). Is graduate school just as rigorous, or even more so rigorous than Caltech? I hear all sorts of stories about peoplealmost no time in graduate school, not even in weekends, but on the other hand, my mother had enough time to give birth to me during her graduate school years…</p>
<p>Have you considered joining the Navy SEALs?</p>
<p>It would kill my fragile body so while I could try to handle academic rigor, I could never handle physical rigot.</p>