Caltech Early Megathread

[u/[deleted]]

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r/Caltech

2021 Early Action/Early Decision Discussion + Results Megathreads

ApplyingToCollege Discord Server

2021-2022 Decision Dates Calendar

[u/nowis3000]

Caltech senior(ish), good luck to everyone applying. Feel free to ask me any questions you have in the next ~6 months of the application process. I’ve got several posts in my post history with stats, AMAs, etc, so stalk me first before asking common questions.

One note though, r/Caltech is linked here, but it’s not a subreddit about Caltech admissions and we’re trying to cut back on that kind of content. Your questions would be much better off in this megathread or r/A2C in general.

[u/nowis3000 → u/[deleted]]

There’s a handful, but the Caltech workload makes getting a high gpa (usually a prereq for med school) much more difficult than other institutions. Also, since there’s very few people that are trying to do premed, you don’t have a great support system like you’d find at other schools. I think Caltech premeds (or really just anyone with interest in a medical field) tend to go more into research in biology or chemistry as opposed to regular med school. However, we do have a new neuroscience building that’s just opened up, so I wouldn’t be surprised if we got a few more in the coming years.

If you’re completely sure you want to go for med school, Caltech is probably not a great choice for undergrad.

[u/KidloreJannL → u/nowis3000]

I disagree. The research opportunities give med schools more context, and the pre-med advising is strong.