最近几年因为DEI学生质量急剧下降，教授非常恼火。希望能拨乱反正。 Faculty petition January 16, 2024 Dear faculty colleagues: Over the past few years, faculty colleagues across campus have noticed and commented on a sharp decline in the quantitative skills of our undergraduate students. In particular, although many of our undergraduates are of the same caliber as in the past, there has been a concerning drop in preparedness at the low end of the distribution. This decline has worsened with recent changes in our admissions practices, and is particularly acute for the current sophomore class. An inordinate number of students are failing courses, honor code violations are on the rise, and requests for tutors and extensions have substantially increased. Some faculty report having to adjust grading practices, as well as course content, to the change in student population. We fear that this decline will have disastrous consequences for our students’ training and career outcomes, for Caltech’s educational mission, and for Caltech’s reputation at large. ... Decline of Caltech’s performance in prestigious student competitions Historically, our students have had an outsized presence at the Putnam math competition, with multiple Putnam Fellows (top 6 finishers), and topping the competition more than any school other than Harvard and MIT. But since 2010 there has been a steady decline in Caltech’s showing. Over the past few years, Caltech’s performance fell precipitously: since 2019 we have had zero students in the top 100. This is distressing for a school that touts itself on being a destination for top STEM talent. MIT, on the other hand, is sweeping the top spots. A similar decline relative to other universities has been seen in coding competitions, such as the ACM-ICPC, where in the past few years Caltech has even failed to qualify for the international competition (before that it was a contender for the top spots). ... https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/04/26/letter-sat-reinstatement/
好的理工学校都这样吧。 Caltech的缺点是本科生太少。
社会这么操蛋，就没毕业再给自己hard模式了，随波逐流躺平混日子就好
我对上大学的孩子们说过：开卷考是最难的
我以为他家孩子会选择MIT呢
CIT 对女性很不友好的学校
因为他和他老婆都是校友，对加州理工很有感情的
也许人家转到更高新的行业，未必就是读伤了
能不能不要对体育娃这么多偏见，Caltech游泳男队的平均gpa上一年是3.97，女队gpa3.93
https://swimswam.com/cscaa-announces-2024-spring-scholar-all-america-teams/
这学校和MIT一样，都没有体育特招生。教练没有决定权，只能报名单，admission office 还要按照academic 标准再审一遍
问过里面的运动队队员 教练推荐的话 录取概率提高多少。回答提高 1% 从 5% 提高到 5.05%
不是的， 藤校虽然都是 D1，但除了 Yale，好像都是教练说了算。
里面的运动员肯定这么说啊😜😜
藤校都一样啊，前提是学业要过bar，coach才能说了算，大藤bar最高。
Why
坏不坏不知道，Caltech毕业的中国留学生还有能力不够强的？都是最拔尖儿的人才啊。那你的要求的确比较高。
啥叫性价比？省了钱买鸡蛋？
它根本就不是一个正常的大学。不但能开出来的课太少，而且SOCIAL CYCLE选择即有限又同质。
严格的说， 它就是一个为期四年的学术研讨班 （semilar）
并不是。身边知道很多成绩中等，被哈佛，哥大，达特茅斯，康奈尔，UPENN录取的网球队员。还有Stanford，UChicago等。圈子不大，大家都知道。
那是因为她当时的男朋友被M据了，去了CIT,她妈妈也是那里毕业的，所以她选择了CIT，可惜两个人又分手了。不知道她今年下半年会不会申请转回M
好多年前，有幸和一个同事有过合作。人家就是CIT本科，MIT博士，相处超舒服。
不是的，我认识两个进了caltech 的孩子，都是体育背景很强，虽然学习也好，但是学习好的太多了，都说是体育有很大助力
GaTech容易多了，当然比MIT，Caltech差两档
他们对运动员成绩要求的bar很低，没挂科就行了。就看运动成绩
这消息都打听到了？圈内人士啊
Faculty petition
January 16, 2024
Dear faculty colleagues:
Over the past few years, faculty colleagues across campus have noticed and commented on a sharp decline in the quantitative skills of our undergraduate students. In particular, although many of our undergraduates are of the same caliber as in the past, there has been a concerning drop in preparedness at the low end of the distribution. This decline has worsened with recent changes in our admissions practices, and is particularly acute for the current sophomore class. An inordinate number of students are failing courses, honor code violations are on the rise, and requests for tutors and extensions have substantially increased. Some faculty report having to adjust grading practices, as well as course content, to the change in student population.
We fear that this decline will have disastrous consequences for our students’ training and career outcomes, for Caltech’s educational mission, and for Caltech’s reputation at large. ...
Decline of Caltech’s performance in prestigious student competitions
Historically, our students have had an outsized presence at the Putnam math competition, with multiple Putnam Fellows (top 6 finishers), and topping the competition more than any school other than Harvard and MIT. But since 2010 there has been a steady decline in Caltech’s showing. Over the past few years, Caltech’s performance fell precipitously: since 2019 we have had zero students in the top 100. This is distressing for a school that touts itself on being a destination for top STEM talent. MIT, on the other hand, is sweeping the top spots.
A similar decline relative to other universities has been seen in coding competitions, such as the ACM-ICPC, where in the past few years Caltech has even failed to qualify for the international competition (before that it was a contender for the top spots).
...
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/04/26/letter-sat-reinstatement/
也不好读，邻居儿子去了，很辛苦，经常熬夜
没错，我们学校进去的是踢足球的孩子，学习好但不是top 前几月cit的好几个教授在校报上公开呼吁招生应该降低体育比重