Should I even consider Caltech as a possible college to apply to?

mazewanderer
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:10:05 +0000

Money is hard for my family to come by, so if I can save the money from applications, I would.



I do normally chance people as I really have no idea. You need to have about 5-7 schools at the minimum or 12-15 schools at the maximum and money could be a criteria. You have to remember Caltech is very competitive as is MIT and more than 4 out of 5 get rejected. So it is a reach for everyone. Normally you should not have more than 2-6 reaches and you should have a mix of good fits and safeties (including financial safety). So if you have 7 reach schools in your list Caltech may not make sense. If you have only MIT as a reach school, then Caltech may make sense. You have to look at your entire list,