What can I do?

kyshantry
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:20:20 +0000

I disagree with Simfish on his analysis that you taking mv calc/linear algebra only means as much as someone at public taking BC. Just the fact that you go to a very rigorous prep school, which I believe has merit based admissions, speaks highly to your academic qualifications. While it doesn’t show the “going above and beyond” that someone who ahd to go to a local college to take those classes does, it does demonstrate strength in math, which is absolutely a good thing.

Just as everyone else said: do research. If you do it, and you like it, you’re likely to like Caltech. If you do it and decide science isn’t for you… well, it saves you a lot of time. If you don’t do it, then we don’t know which of the two groups you would fall in.

Galen