<p>“So, I am wondering, when did you graduate? Is it perhaps possible that a more lenient grading may be happening even in the tech core classes in the recent years?”</p>
<p>I graduated in 2010 (so about six months ago). The reason that the percentage of premeds is increasing is primarily due to the creation of a new program (the UCSD medical scholars program) and an increased promotion of this major by the admissions department. Tech has not become more lenient.</p>
<p>As for the core changes, the purpose of those is to improve core, not “make it easier”. I was on the committee now proposing those changes for two years (and then I graduated). </p>
<p>The comments I made regarding the difficult of Caltech for premeds are still true now. In five years maybe things will be different, but I obviously can’t comment on that.</p>