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

larrylamarck
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:01:01 +0000

I just looked at the Caltech supplement, and honestly, I feel like I can barely fill out the form. I have a special activity related to computers and I am a computer programmer, but other than that, I don’t exactly have any “math or science” activities, nor do I have past research positions or science projects.

The only thing that would stick out for me based on Caltech’s factors (from what I know) are my high stats in grades (perfect GPA with perfect AP scores in sciences, computer science, math) and test scores (perfect scores in 3 subject tests related to math/science, high SAT score) and my computer-related activities (includes a volunteer and extracurricular, as well as personal computer programming). But everyone seems to have the same academic stats that I do, so…

I wanted CC opinions on whether or not I should even apply. Money is hard for my family to come by, so if I can save the money from applications, I would.