Level of Studies at Caltech

Kamikazewave
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:50:30 +0000

Level of rigor between Caltech and MIT should be about the same, looking at MIT’s open courseware stuff. Not sure about Stanford though, since most people only go to school in one school :D. I will say that I’ve found that some freshman courses at Caltech use books that Standford uses for junior level courses.

MIT doesn’t have as many core requirements as Caltech however, so Caltech might be harder for most people since they’re required to take many different science and math courses that many people may not wish to take.

Honor Code plays a large role in collaboration. It basically allows professors to tell you how a set/test should be done, and they trust you to adhere to it without any further oversight. Usually for sets, you can discuss but not look at actual write ups. Sometimes you can also look at writeups but are responsible for knowing the material personally etc. Caltech would not be doable for most people without collaboration, since there will always be subjects someone is weak in.