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Caltech UG might be the most hardcore UG/Grad program

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-really-have-to-study-100-hrs-a-...
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Trip naked jew
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All of these stories about studying 80+ hours a week sound l...
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  04/20/18
they literally have nothing better to do the concept that c...
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yeah, these guys turn down schools like HYPS to work even ha...
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Amethyst frisky set pocket flask
  04/20/18
Caltech undergrad's core curriculum is harder than most scho...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
what do these people do when they graduate? they are like th...
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/20/18
yes
high-end smoky orchestra pit
  04/20/18
where do they work and how much do they make
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/20/18
the guys i know are either working for top programming shops...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
i think a lot of them end up working for the Jet Propulsion ...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
they should study my ass this evening
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  04/20/18
N-ass-a
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I've heard hiring standards aren't too high at that place.
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"what do these people do when they graduate?" I...
boyish wild skinny woman roast beef
  04/20/18
metallurgist strikes gold. news at 11
Flatulent Buff Hominid
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The only CalTech grad I know works for one of the most promi...
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aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
They probably camp out in the library and spend half the tim...
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If they were true scholars, would they not prefer to study t...
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thriller casino dog poop
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CR, the smartest guy I know went there.
Charcoal stage sound barrier
  04/20/18
Same, they all seem generally humble too - i guess that's wh...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
Agreed. This guy is basically the opposite of an xo poaster:...
Charcoal stage sound barrier
  04/20/18
CR, pretty much the polar opposite of every lawyer and docto...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
CalTech is 180, bros
Charcoal stage sound barrier
  04/21/18
or go to West Point where you do that plus stay in peak phys...
yellow school
  04/20/18
fucking LOL at thinking the academics at the academies are a...
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Amethyst frisky set pocket flask
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Standards at the service academies have been gutted for the ...
Charismatic ape
  04/21/18
Your post is half right. They have been gutted, and badly, ...
Pontificating house
  04/21/18
Was counting women under AA, ofs.
Charismatic ape
  04/21/18
cr, but most of them LOVE what theyre doing and they put the...
Seedy Pozpig
  04/20/18
cr, which is honorable meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers/d...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
do they have a grad cert i could get? i did calc in high sch...
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/20/18
congrats - you might be put into the "remedial" fr...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
really you think i could study at caltech?
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/20/18
you could study the lint in the other students' navels
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Crimson sneaky criminal
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"First-year students are enrolled in first-term classes...
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
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"chill" - only 70 hour weeks instead of 80 to 100!...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
you can collaborate on your tests and homework. just find a ...
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/20/18
LOL you cannot collaborate on exams and most homework proble...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/20/18
exams are "take home" tests. obviously the profs k...
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/20/18
pass/fail only for two out of the three trimesters your firs...
aggressive voyeur locus
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LJL brother it's that type of pressure cooker environment wh...
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Amethyst frisky set pocket flask
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My Uncle Nick went off for 30 points and 30 boards for Bob K...
Charcoal stage sound barrier
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going to caltech ug in the 50s and early 60s would have been...
Seedy Pozpig
  04/20/18
Everyone wearing legit nerd glasses and playing bridge and d...
Amethyst frisky set pocket flask
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pasenda was probably a legit paradise then
Seedy Pozpig
  04/20/18
*chills at Huntington Library*
boyish wild skinny woman roast beef
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Mark Watney: ...Interesting side note, this is actually h...
Peach tank
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i like this story too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great...
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Yeah, my dad went there in the early 60s, had e.g. Feynman a...
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was and is prob the hardest from a pure academic standpoint ...
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Seedy Pozpig
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Valedictorian at my HS went to Cal Tech. Smartest guy I knew...
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CalTech is the only school I give credence to if someone gra...
aromatic fortuitous meteor prole
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I give its UG more credence than pretty much any grad or pro...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
as i understand, it's like 4 years of math 55 at H
Seedy Pozpig
  04/21/18
lol no
odious resort associate
  04/21/18
You were never admitted to Caltech you liar
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/21/18
Did you end up at MIT? Also CR school, but easier than Calte...
aggressive voyeur locus
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Let's say someone graduates Caltech ug with a perfect 4.0 gp...
Cracking painfully honest round eye gas station
  04/21/18
Not sure a 4.0 is possible, but pretty much any tech job he ...
aggressive voyeur locus
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practically any idiot can be an actuary. that's a bottom 5% ...
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  04/21/18
arent those exams difficult to pass
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
they would get a job at rentech and make more than 100% of e...
cerebral cuckoldry chad
  04/21/18
but then they'd have to move to stony brook
sticky primrose sweet tailpipe
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The only dude I know who works there lives like a pauper. I'...
cerebral cuckoldry chad
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The founder of quora / original CTO of facebook graduated ca...
odious resort associate
  04/21/18
so this guy is a legit genius then
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
yeah he's a savage. Exeter bro
odious resort associate
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It has like zero lay prestige too
Canary trust fund
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yeah, but these guys literally turn down HYPS to go there, s...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
bullshit. very few HYPSM admits go to Caltech.
Cracking painfully honest round eye gas station
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I don't know - just anecdotal but all the guys I knew who we...
aggressive voyeur locus
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According to Parchment, most cross-admits pick MIT / Stanfor...
Amethyst frisky set pocket flask
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Hmm, I can see that (although not sure how comprehensive Par...
aggressive voyeur locus
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(AZN)
Canary trust fund
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IIT > Caltech
Frum misunderstood brethren death wish
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Maybe, I remember in undergrad all the EECS majors bitched n...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
are there any Caltech billionaires?
Frum misunderstood brethren death wish
  04/21/18
there are more employment law millionaires from USC than the...
aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag
  04/21/18
why is this? very sad
Frum misunderstood brethren death wish
  04/21/18
They don't care about $$ that much - many pursue PhDs and ac...
aggressive voyeur locus
  04/21/18
They like to wagecuck.
boyish wild skinny woman roast beef
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aggressive voyeur locus
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JFC this board has gone downhill. Poasters ITT are mystified...
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Fuck you, faggotnigger
Charcoal stage sound barrier
  04/21/18
im legit jelly of the shit stem genius bros will learn abt o...
Seedy Pozpig
  04/21/18
Dude you can do khan academy. Go read a book nigga. "bu...
vigorous flushed chapel
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The only person I know decently well IRL who went to caltech...
cerebral cuckoldry chad
  04/21/18
Where's that thread with that forum where people study like ...
maize multi-colored bbw
  04/21/18
here's a GMAT one http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?threa...
Frum misunderstood brethren death wish
  04/21/18
LJL
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I don't even know how that is possible - do you just retake ...
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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:06 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

https://www.quora.com/Do-you-really-have-to-study-100-hrs-a-week-in-Caltech-to-be-a-top-undergrad-student

Just do get 1600 SAT, work 80-100 hours a week, and still almost fail out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885801)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:11 PM
Author: Trip naked jew



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885832)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:13 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

All of these stories about studying 80+ hours a week sound like complete flame. Are students really waking up at 6 am and studying until midnight every single night of the week, including weekends? Why in the world would anyone do that?

I may be showing my TTT colors but college was pretty chill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885853)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: talking brindle crackhouse

they literally have nothing better to do

the concept that college is supposed to be fun never occurs to them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885858)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:17 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

yeah, these guys turn down schools like HYPS to work even harder at Caltech b/c they are true academics



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885872)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:19 PM
Author: Amethyst frisky set pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885882)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:16 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

Caltech undergrad's core curriculum is harder than most schools' graduate STEM programs, let alone the more senior classes you take for your hard STEM major

I knew a couple people who went here - all got 1600 SAT, easily top of their class in every aspect in HS, but struggled at Caltech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885868)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:18 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

what do these people do when they graduate? they are like the top one thousandth of one percent in terms of math and engineering. they all command enormous salaries and make ground breaking discoveries?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885873)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:20 PM
Author: high-end smoky orchestra pit

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885889)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

where do they work and how much do they make

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885894)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:22 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

the guys i know are either working for top programming shops or pursuing academia for little money

many of them don't care about money tbh - they prefer SCHOLARSHIP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885901)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:31 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

i think a lot of them end up working for the Jet Propulsion Lab, which is part of NASA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885952)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:23 PM
Author: Flatulent Buff Hominid

they should study my ass this evening

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886255)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:13 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

N-ass-a

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886466)



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Date: May 4th, 2020 10:35 PM
Author: Rose Laughsome Candlestick Maker Stock Car



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:41 AM
Author: histrionic vengeful box office

I've heard hiring standards aren't too high at that place.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886580)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:25 PM
Author: boyish wild skinny woman roast beef

"what do these people do when they graduate?"

I have a friend who went to Caltech. He's a metallurgist for a defense contractor. I don't know exactly how much he makes, but I'd guess $150k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885925)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:23 PM
Author: Flatulent Buff Hominid

metallurgist strikes gold. news at 11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886262)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:01 AM
Author: Charcoal stage sound barrier

The only CalTech grad I know works for one of the most prominent VCs around and probably clears over $1MM/year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886643)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:13 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886693)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: high-end smoky orchestra pit

They probably camp out in the library and spend half the time messaging one another and eating smelly ethnic food

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885896)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:12 AM
Author: Crimson sneaky criminal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886839)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: thriller casino dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888062)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: orchid razzle depressive

If they were true scholars, would they not prefer to study the artform of nude male bodybuilding?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886112)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: thriller casino dog poop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888059)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: Charcoal stage sound barrier

CR, the smartest guy I know went there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885895)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:23 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

Same, they all seem generally humble too - i guess that's what happens when you go to Caltech

Meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers and doctors brag nonstop about their supposed intelligence

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885905)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:54 PM
Author: Charcoal stage sound barrier

Agreed. This guy is basically the opposite of an xo poaster: well-adjusted, humble, non-neurotic, focused on meaningful things, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886084)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

CR, pretty much the polar opposite of every lawyer and doctor I know, who are complete arrogant shitheads but also dumb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886213)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:15 AM
Author: Charcoal stage sound barrier

CalTech is 180, bros

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887112)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: yellow school

or go to West Point where you do that plus stay in peak physical shape and learn military tactics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885898)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: sticky primrose sweet tailpipe

fucking LOL at thinking the academics at the academies are anything like caltech. and usmma (the easiest to get into) is the most academically demanding of the academies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885962)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:36 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885984)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:38 PM
Author: Amethyst frisky set pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885999)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:09 AM
Author: Charismatic ape

Standards at the service academies have been gutted for the sake of AA and the football teams.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887297)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:35 AM
Author: Pontificating house

Your post is half right. They have been gutted, and badly, but it isn't AA and football. In case you haven't noticed, West Point's offensive line averages like 245.

Draw a straight line from today's sorry state of the service academies* and the admission of women (and all that came with it).

*and it is a sorry fucking state https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/twitter_02-840x866.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887352)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:51 PM
Author: Charismatic ape

Was counting women under AA, ofs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889274)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:23 PM
Author: Seedy Pozpig

cr, but most of them LOVE what theyre doing and they put the work in for the love of knowledge, not b/c theyre grade grubbing strivers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885909)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:24 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

cr, which is honorable

meanwhile dumbass retard lawyers/doctors brag about their shitty mediocre intelligence: news at 11

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885917)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:24 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

do they have a grad cert i could get? i did calc in high school. I am willing to put in the effort for the higher math stuff to "click"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885918)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:33 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

congrats - you might be put into the "remedial" freshman math classes. If you didn't take real analysis by the time you entered as a freshman, you're a "special kid"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885963)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

really you think i could study at caltech?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885991)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:25 PM
Author: Flatulent Buff Hominid

you could study the lint in the other students' navels

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886271)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:27 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886277)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:13 AM
Author: Crimson sneaky criminal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886843)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

"First-year students are enrolled in first-term classes based upon results of placement exams in math, physics, chemistry, and writing and take all classes in their first two terms on a Pass/Fail basis.[83] There is little competition; collaboration on homework is encouraged and the Honor System encourages take-home tests and flexible homework schedules.[85] Caltech offers co-operative programs with other schools, such as the Pasadena Art Center College of Design and Occidental College."

This sounds pretty chill actually.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885959)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:34 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

"chill" - only 70 hour weeks instead of 80 to 100!

people actually fail out freshman year

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885977)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

you can collaborate on your tests and homework. just find a solid group of guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35885998)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

LOL you cannot collaborate on exams and most homework problems are almost impossible to answer by even the smartest guys there



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886002)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

exams are "take home" tests. obviously the profs know the kids are sharing answers. also its on a pass fail system? sounds aweseom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886016)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:42 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

pass/fail only for two out of the three trimesters your first year

after that, the third trimester first year, and the next 3 years, you are on your own

also these guys are all academic geeks - none of them are cheating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886022)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 3:01 PM
Author: Outnumbered irradiated home trump supporter

LJL brother it's that type of pressure cooker environment where kids are most likely to cheat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889312)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: Amethyst frisky set pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886003)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:50 AM
Author: Charcoal stage sound barrier

My Uncle Nick went off for 30 points and 30 boards for Bob Knight at West Point. Coach Ratface (Mike Krzyewski) was the assistant.

What is the bort's opinion of them? Nick was inducted into the McQuaid Athletic Hall of Fame a few years back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887081)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:47 PM
Author: Seedy Pozpig

going to caltech ug in the 50s and early 60s would have been sick as fuck. clean cut bros like feynman, apostol, etc. running shit in suits. lots of smart as fuck white bros with crew cuts and side parts studying math and gunning for big military industrial complex.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886047)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: Amethyst frisky set pocket flask

Everyone wearing legit nerd glasses and playing bridge and doing HAM radio shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886059)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:53 PM
Author: Seedy Pozpig

pasenda was probably a legit paradise then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886078)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:08 PM
Author: boyish wild skinny woman roast beef

*chills at Huntington Library*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886167)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: Peach tank

Mark Watney: ...Interesting side note, this is actually how the Jet Propulsion Lab was founded. Five guys at Caltech were trying to make rocket fuel and they nearly burned down their dorm. And rather than expel them they banished them to a nearby farm, told them to keep working. And now we have a space program.

- The Martian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886062)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:51 PM
Author: Seedy Pozpig

i like this story too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rose_Bowl_Hoax

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886068)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 10:55 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886100)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: Swashbuckling shaky area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886282)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:07 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy athletic conference



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886440)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:19 AM
Author: maize multi-colored bbw

Yeah, my dad went there in the early 60s, had e.g. Feynman as a prof. Their football team had the Rose Bowl as a home stadium. His guitar-playing dweeb of a freshman roommate won the Nobel prize. A friend of his committed suicide with acid during the year. People also experimented with drugs and shit, LSD, heroin. He got like a 3.1, and that was way above average.

Actually he says his main reason for going was that he heard it was the hardest school to get in to... dunno if it actually was the hardest, although maybe in a more purely academic sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887123)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:32 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

was and is prob the hardest from a pure academic standpoint - no legacy, no AA, no stupid/irrelevant ECs

my friend got a 3.1 in Math/Physics at Caltech and was completely burned out by the end of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888043)



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Date: July 11th, 2018 1:13 PM
Author: Seedy Pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#36405416)



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Date: April 20th, 2018 11:29 PM
Author: disturbing menage

Valedictorian at my HS went to Cal Tech. Smartest guy I knew. Tried to get a Military commission, but got rejected because of heart problems he probably developed from lack of sleep and eating poorly while at Cal Tech.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886283)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:08 AM
Author: aromatic fortuitous meteor prole

CalTech is the only school I give credence to if someone graduated UG.

I am close with a prof there and know a few grads (and two drop outs). It is an insane experience. It is at this point majority Asian. No AA. No BS. No fluff.

My father talked me out of going there and I regret it to this day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886445)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:10 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

I give its UG more credence than pretty much any grad or professional program as well tbh. I think most lawyers/doctors/PhD holders would literally fail out of the UG program.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886454)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:12 AM
Author: Seedy Pozpig

as i understand, it's like 4 years of math 55 at H

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886459)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:02 AM
Author: odious resort associate

lol no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886816)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:27 AM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

You were never admitted to Caltech you liar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886542)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:30 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

Did you end up at MIT? Also CR school, but easier than Caltech to graduate from.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886555)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:20 AM
Author: Cracking painfully honest round eye gas station

Let's say someone graduates Caltech ug with a perfect 4.0 gpa in STEM, and he decides he wants to work in the private sector and make money. What type of career options will he have?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886501)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:25 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

Not sure a 4.0 is possible, but pretty much any tech job he wants if he's a programmer; or he could become an actuary if math guy; or investment banking (if good at mental math)

I think more of them are interested in pursuing academic/research heavy jobs like JPL. A guy with a 4.0 would more likely be pursuing a PhD to get into academia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886533)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 3:44 PM
Author: sienna hairraiser preventive strike

practically any idiot can be an actuary. that's a bottom 5% outcome for a caltech grad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889529)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 3:46 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

arent those exams difficult to pass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889533)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:49 AM
Author: cerebral cuckoldry chad

they would get a job at rentech and make more than 100% of econ/finacne bros from hys, even those who jumped straight to pe/hf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886599)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:57 AM
Author: sticky primrose sweet tailpipe

but then they'd have to move to stony brook

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886632)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:02 AM
Author: cerebral cuckoldry chad

The only dude I know who works there lives like a pauper. I'm guessing that's not uncommon. If you're that smart and accomplished you just aren't the type of person who's trying to drop thousands at whatever MFH club is most popular these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886647)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:05 AM
Author: odious resort associate

The founder of quora / original CTO of facebook graduated caltech with a 4.0 in CS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886821)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:33 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

so this guy is a legit genius then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888051)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 2:48 PM
Author: odious resort associate

yeah he's a savage. Exeter bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889255)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:21 AM
Author: Canary trust fund

It has like zero lay prestige too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886504)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:22 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

yeah, but these guys literally turn down HYPS to go there, so they don't care about that, which is commendable

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886513)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:24 AM
Author: Cracking painfully honest round eye gas station

bullshit. very few HYPSM admits go to Caltech.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886523)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:25 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

I don't know - just anecdotal but all the guys I knew who went to Caltech got into at least one of those (or sometimes all of them)

I don't have the cross admit information, but it's not unbelievable that if you want to pursue hard STEM to go to Caltech over HYPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886535)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:40 AM
Author: Amethyst frisky set pocket flask

According to Parchment, most cross-admits pick MIT / Stanford over Caltech. Those schools give you more options in general, so I'm not surprised. I doubt their student populations are smarter though.

http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Caltech&with=Massachusetts+Institute+of+Technology

http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Caltech&with=Stanford+University



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888097)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:43 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

Hmm, I can see that (although not sure how comprehensive Parchment is), but lol @ picking Princeton or Yale or maybe even Harvard over Caltech if you want to do hard STEM.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888117)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: Canary trust fund

(AZN)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889748)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:29 AM
Author: Frum misunderstood brethren death wish

IIT > Caltech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886553)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:31 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

Maybe, I remember in undergrad all the EECS majors bitched nonstop about the "hardcore Indian students" who took 5 lab classes a semester. Indians work their asses off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886558)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:31 AM
Author: Frum misunderstood brethren death wish

are there any Caltech billionaires?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886559)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:42 AM
Author: aphrodisiac spruce liquid oxygen nowag

there are more employment law millionaires from USC than there are millionaires from caltech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886585)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:48 AM
Author: Frum misunderstood brethren death wish

why is this? very sad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886597)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 1:01 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

They don't care about $$ that much - many pursue PhDs and academia/research

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886641)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 4:33 PM
Author: boyish wild skinny woman roast beef

They like to wagecuck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35889720)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:47 PM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35890943)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:38 AM
Author: Floppy flesh weed whacker base

JFC this board has gone downhill. Poasters ITT are mystified at CalTech and wondering what students could possibly be studying so hard in college or accomplishing after graduation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886572)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:16 AM
Author: Charcoal stage sound barrier

Fuck you, faggotnigger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887114)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:39 AM
Author: Seedy Pozpig

im legit jelly of the shit stem genius bros will learn abt over the course of their lifetimes. figuratively, they travel to places few will get to go

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886574)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:49 AM
Author: vigorous flushed chapel

Dude you can do khan academy. Go read a book nigga. "but the memes will go unpoasted"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886600)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 12:55 AM
Author: cerebral cuckoldry chad

The only person I know decently well IRL who went to caltech is pretty normal and not blow your mind away brilliant, at least they don't come off that way. Very jealous of STEM bros who have the drive/ability from early on to excel there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35886626)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 5:18 AM
Author: maize multi-colored bbw

Where's that thread with that forum where people study like 2 years for the LSAT?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887118)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:21 AM
Author: Frum misunderstood brethren death wish

here's a GMAT one

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=3945548&mc=19&forum_id=2#35813274

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35887313)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

LJL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888056)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: aggressive voyeur locus

I don't even know how that is possible - do you just retake the same practice tests over and over again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#35888055)



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Date: May 4th, 2020 10:34 PM
Author: Seedy Pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955397&forum_id=2#40149745)