Insight into life as an English major at Caltech

SURF is an awesome summer research opportunity; not only a chance to research new science, but also research about yourself as a scientist: Is computation...

Move-in recap and reflections

Admissions Ambassador Introduction: Tessa Pierce

Hiiiiiiiii everyone (:3). My name is Chi, a contributing blogger at the Caltech Admission Student Blog. A little bit more about myself: I an majoring...

Introduction to Ankita!

My name is Jen. I'm a rising junior in the CNS option, an admissions ambassador, the secretary of Dabney Hovse, and in my free time,...

What’s up everyone! I’m Santiago Adams, I’m starting work as a blogger for the Caltech Admissions Blog and also work as a tour guide on...

Hello! My name is Dilichi Nwankwo, and I am an Admissions Ambassador on the blogger team. I am currently in my third year here at...

At the time of writing, I've just finished up my summer internship in Copenhagen (I will tell you all about it in another blog post...

Hi everyone! My name is Juni, and I'm a Junior from Baltimore, MD. As a native of east coast seasons and cold weather, sunny California...

I'm Lucas Demetriades, an Undergraduate Admissions Counselor at Caltech and the Admissions Officer (AO) responsible for the re-launch of our student blog with the help...

Just last week, on an unassuming Thursday, the astro(physics) community got served two humongous cakes at once. Both the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational...

It was the Friday night of midterms during my first year at Caltech, and I was alone in the library. That weekend (week five of...

In order to get a good sense of the Caltech community, there is no better way than to talk to the students themselves. To give...

I’d like to think that I keep a tidy desk, but hey— entropy prevails for everyone. Here’s a breakdown of all the items you could...

Over my nearly three years at Caltech, I’ve explored a lot of different study spots. Besides the obvious places like the library or my House...

A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the mountains are beautiful, and mysterious sounds echo between our walls while we don’t even pretend...

My grandma always says that it rains whenever Dragons (superior zodiac sign) travel, and sure enough, it was raining when I landed at LAX for...

Growing up as a kid, I LOVED Legos. Getting the opportunity to go to Legoland since it’s relatively close to campus was one of the...

Depending on the house and style of room that you choose, rooms can look pretty different at Caltech. Generally, the south houses (Blacker, Dabney, Fleming,...

Note: I’ll hyperlink some of the concepts I think are cool in this article, but generally, the topics I mention from classes should not be...

1. What’s your favorite place to go to study or hang out at Caltech? It honestly changes depending on my mood. I’m someone who gets...

If I could give one piece of advice to all incoming freshmen at Caltech, I would say this: find an organization and time management system...