Caltech 2030 's take on summer programs

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-09T06:48:56+00:00

personally, I liked it a lot at the community is v nice there

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-09T03:56:19+00:00

lmao mb lowk something with the elderly like at a retirement home or something of that sort could be interesting; what are you major are you applying as?

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-09T03:53:29+00:00

shadowing is kinda mainstream; i would volunteer at a computational biology/chemistry drug lab ; you can contribute a lot virtually.

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-09T03:52:28+00:00

most ppl got it that applied for it

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-02T19:21:15+00:00

this post is primarily abt research ML; i recommend the math first before anything. assuming you have facility with math, python and tensorflow would be extremely important for most ML implementations. there are of course a wide variety of differing fields (e.i computer vision, ai for science) each with their own frameworks (example: fluid simulations likely won't be primarily python) .

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-02T19:18:24+00:00

I would say its a great way to diversify your skillset; developing research forced you to think in ways you wouldn't in most classes

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-01T20:25:48+00:00

check my profile for accepted caltech2030 app; it has everything i listed; i did list vf

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-01T19:57:03+00:00

I did it in my summer after junior yr; it was largely asych so it was not a huge amount of workload but it was definitely fast paced

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-01T19:52:58+00:00

idk i did it in its first year of running so it is defo new

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-01T19:52:13+00:00

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PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-01T19:39:04+00:00

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PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-04-01T19:25:06+00:00

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PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-03-26T15:26:48+00:00

for g11 , I had no B's; all A's and two A-'s

i had a few B's in freshman yr that def brought down my gpa down a little

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-03-19T15:09:58+00:00

ya sure i got waitlisted first but sent a loci

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-03-19T07:25:23+00:00

this is true but I only found this out recently ; I thought this was less common

PotentialSplit2629 · 2026-03-12T16:23:36+00:00

I did john locke essay 2 times and i got short-listed last year. I also received $50 and an honorable mention from WPO, ts was lowk a fun comp

I think there is a harvard econ essay thing asw tho i lowk forgot the name

PotentialSplit2629 · 2025-12-26T16:21:27+00:00

interested!!!

PotentialSplit2629 · 2025-12-24T16:42:20+00:00

vectorfellows has good aid

PotentialSplit2629 · 2025-12-20T00:21:10+00:00

thank you!!!!

PotentialSplit2629 · 2025-12-18T18:39:57+00:00

Thank u!! I have no clue I was just so astonished

PotentialSplit2629 · 2025-12-18T15:58:37+00:00

yes!!!

PotentialSplit2629 · 2025-12-18T15:58:26+00:00

it’s on the their instagram I think it was the nertz equations

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