Fun fact I forgot to mention: Caltech gave me the opportunity to conduct research in Nobel Prize Laureate Frances Arnold’s lab! She was super cool and nice 😀
Anecdotally, I don't think MIT has any of the competitiveness that you were describing - Everyone here is also very willing to help with psets or whatever else. I would describe the MIT collaboration culture very similar to what you said about Caltech.
Wow, that's really awesome!!! It's so cool to hear from an actual MIT student!!! I'm a prospective applicant and have a few questions if you don't mind me asking. Anecdotally, I was walking around campus the other day and saw this really cool guy doing a hairpin turn on a skateboard, who promptly ate shit on a curb. That wasn't a question it was just an observation. Does MIT have a cycling club???? Does MIT have a design, build, and fly team???? What do you to think about the famous class 3.091???? I've heard it's 3-0-9- FUN!!!!!!!! Get back to me when you can please.
@@andrewleblanc6343 omg I'm so glad to hear that u are thinking about MIT!!!! I can't imagine a happier place, I know my friend Andrew wakes up every single day ecstatic about going to crew and cranking out 2.002 and 2.005 psets. MIT does have a cycling club but tbh crew is WAY more fun!!! or at least that's what my friends tell me. Also completely unrelated but we have an amazing intro to Western music class!!! I really recommend it. lastly, 3.091 is a whole lot of fun!!!! Definitely take it over 5.111, it's way way better!! Let me know if u have any more questions about MIT or the application process. I actually own a college admissions counseling startup, so I'd be happy to help edit your essays (for a fee of course)
It honestly seems youd thrive in both either way and that is a good thing tbh. I feel like the school choice didn't matter but your passion what to do afterwards college is what played the role.
This video made me realise that while I like medium sized student body, I would like CalTech more because I always wanted to go to LA for school. And it sounds like so me. And while I love that in MIT you don’t need to choose your major until you’re in your sophomore year which is very appealing to me, I feel like the CalTech experience will be a lot more fun. I’ve realised I liked MIT before because of the clout I guess and I would be considered a genius if I go there. But now that I think there’s more to just being considered genius to me but a part of me still wanna consider MIT. But I think I love CalTech too
Nice thoughts!! :) I would say though that the people who know Caltech, they consider Caltech students the cream of the crop when it comes to geniuses XD Not that I think I'm a genius, but that's the response I get from people who are in the know in the tech/research world!
@@wamyy5 okay, Amy THANK YOUUUU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING. Okay so, this makes me wanna go there more now. Like it’s perfect👌🏻 . (Btw, no you are a genius).
You were certainly correct in choosing Caltech over MIT because of the weather and size and such. But then you should have gone to the business school at UC Berkeley (Hass) rather than Sloan. for the same reason. UC Berkeley is awesome and beautiful, and Berkeley is a wonderful and beautiful location.
Hahaha yes the weather in Pasadena is amazing and the city itself is beautiful! Caltech and MIT are more similar in rankings and Sloan is an M7 business school so that’s why I picked it!
I prefer Caltech over MIT because it's smaller & more personal. But you had it the wrong way: MIT was definitely better for Chemical Engineering. Caltech trumps over MIT in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. I hated both engineering & natural sciences because I'm put off spending copious amounts of time in laboratories doing experiments & research. But I made a grave mistake majoring in Mathematics instead of Applied & Computational Mathematics because it's insanely hard doing mathematical proofs. I'm more comfortable calculating numerical solutions to mathematical problems in many areas of business such as actuaries, insurance, engineering companies, financial services, etc.
Você tá dizendo que Caltech é melhor na engenharia de computação ou em matemática aplicada a computação? Desculpe, não sei se tradução do RUclips é precisa...
I think anyone from MIT or Caltech are brainiacs. I’m surprised anyone would say they thought you would go to a better school. I’m from Los Angeles…Boston weather nearly killed me. It’s all I complained about. 😂
Nice informative video, but we have here in Illinois - Northwestern University . Someone who is into performing arts ,like me ,would be the best place to get educated. Like your school , Northwestern offers many majors. The name of the school is so important when looking for a job.
But today most of scientific paper at the most prestigious journa like Nature and Science journal comes from Chinese Academy of Sciences . The number of highly cited papers from TsingHua University and University of Science and Technology of China aka USTC higher than Caltech.
Thank you for answering a question which I’ve always pondered, “Is Cal-Tech more, or less, ‘applied’ science/math than M.I.T.?” I actually thought M.I.T. would be more ‘pure’ Math or ‘theoretical’ Science, and you ‘proved’ me wrong, …or at least, said it wasn’t.
We all know, you didn't apply because you knew you couldn't get in... Hehe. Just friendly fire here from current MIT'27 pre-frosh, I love your content Amy!
You stated that you leaned towards Caltech because you wanted to be a professor. I've been wanting to be a math professor for some time, what advice would you give me, and what is the culture like at Caltech that emphasizes this?
That's awesome you want to be a math professor! The coursework at Caltech is very theoretical, no matter what class it is. Even computer science classes have a lot of theory. This means that you will be trained like a true scientist, one of the highest caliber because this school has really tough content and exams that won't find elsewhere. You'll also be surrounded by other people who enjoy pure science and math
I got my degree at a state university a long time ago. I'm four decades older than you. I knew a young woman who got a degree in psychology at a state university, and she went on to become a major executive at a national bank. She came early and stayed late. She worked very hard all the way up. I think she is in charge the bank's operations of a whole region of the country. My sister got a degree at Oklahoma State University, and she became a CEO at a savings and loan company. I haven't done that much with myself. A lot of it was because I have aspirations to write, but most of the great writers were dead before I got started.
I wanted to apply for MIT although I have been into Caltech since I was a child. I now think differently. What unis do you think I can apply for space-related studies(astrophysics or astrospace engineering)?
Wonderful video, but I think you got one thing wrong about the statistics. Not sure, but I think you did. Caltech has 900 undergrads and MIT has 1,500 undergraduates. The 4,000 is I think the class strength of MIT across all four years. Thanks a lot for the informative tips!
Thanks for watching! Yeah the stats I gave are for the entire undergraduate population across all 4 years. Caltech only has a total of 900 undergraduates - fewer than 250 students per year!
Can I do my ug in Caltech after completing my pg in Btech computer science in a different college. But, can I do specialization in AI and Mechine learning.
Pro location for Pasadena over Boston. Big Con for Boston is not just the weather, it's also the most racist city in the country. But I like the academic calendar at MIT being semester vs. whatever Caltech calls it's academic calendar these days or quarter system. As a senior citizen I only recall things I learned on semester system, I had more time for the material to sink in. The quarter or trimester is always cramming cramming cramming for tests, not the greatest way for my learning style apparently. Everything I learned at quarter system was a waste of money and time in the long run. But you are right about the generally friendly collaborative atmosphere. From someone who's been to all kinds of schools between undergrad and grad, but nothing anywhere near Boston.
Hello, Excuse me. I have a question about a degree at MIT, well it is a degree that there are in many universities in the US, I was wondering if you could please answer my question
I went to Williams College. I walk around the Cal Tech campus because I live in Los Angeles and it reminds me of Williams. Since I am middle aged "black" man, sometimes rhe students and securiry racially profile me because they either don't know/care my IQ is 140 and I even attended Medical School. So I stopped visiting Caltech campus 🤣. However, I'm absolutely positive the college exoerience at Williams is much deeper and impactful than either Cal Tech or MIT. Plus I'm RARELY racially profiled when I go back to Williams campus as middle aged guy with gray hairs. 😊 👍
Fun fact I forgot to mention: Caltech gave me the opportunity to conduct research in Nobel Prize Laureate Frances Arnold’s lab! She was super cool and nice 😀
Wait that's the best thing ever
Are there alternatives to apply for financial aid at CALTECH
Fantastic video! You explained things well. At 11:33 you asked us if we would like to see a similar video. Yes, I would love seeing a similar video.
Thanks so much for watching and for your support! :) Noted, I'll make another video about MIT and Caltech. Have a great day!
Anecdotally, I don't think MIT has any of the competitiveness that you were describing - Everyone here is also very willing to help with psets or whatever else. I would describe the MIT collaboration culture very similar to what you said about Caltech.
Wow, that's really awesome!!! It's so cool to hear from an actual MIT student!!! I'm a prospective applicant and have a few questions if you don't mind me asking. Anecdotally, I was walking around campus the other day and saw this really cool guy doing a hairpin turn on a skateboard, who promptly ate shit on a curb. That wasn't a question it was just an observation. Does MIT have a cycling club???? Does MIT have a design, build, and fly team???? What do you to think about the famous class 3.091???? I've heard it's 3-0-9- FUN!!!!!!!! Get back to me when you can please.
@@andrewleblanc6343 omg I'm so glad to hear that u are thinking about MIT!!!! I can't imagine a happier place, I know my friend Andrew wakes up every single day ecstatic about going to crew and cranking out 2.002 and 2.005 psets. MIT does have a cycling club but tbh crew is WAY more fun!!! or at least that's what my friends tell me. Also completely unrelated but we have an amazing intro to Western music class!!! I really recommend it. lastly, 3.091 is a whole lot of fun!!!! Definitely take it over 5.111, it's way way better!! Let me know if u have any more questions about MIT or the application process. I actually own a college admissions counseling startup, so I'd be happy to help edit your essays (for a fee of course)
@@aaronvliet6019it is really funny that MIT students call their classes by a number because from an outside perspective what even are these classes 😭
@@aaronvliet6019W hustler shades of Jay z big ups
Amy Rocks! Her videos are outstanding.
It honestly seems youd thrive in both either way and that is a good thing tbh. I feel like the school choice didn't matter but your passion what to do afterwards college is what played the role.
Dream school - CalTech and MIT. Hope I get in!
Yay good luck!!
This video made me realise that while I like medium sized student body, I would like CalTech more because I always wanted to go to LA for school. And it sounds like so me. And while I love that in MIT you don’t need to choose your major until you’re in your sophomore year which is very appealing to me, I feel like the CalTech experience will be a lot more fun. I’ve realised I liked MIT before because of the clout I guess and I would be considered a genius if I go there. But now that I think there’s more to just being considered genius to me but a part of me still wanna consider MIT. But I think I love CalTech too
Nice thoughts!! :) I would say though that the people who know Caltech, they consider Caltech students the cream of the crop when it comes to geniuses XD Not that I think I'm a genius, but that's the response I get from people who are in the know in the tech/research world!
@@wamyy5 okay, Amy THANK YOUUUU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING. Okay so, this makes me wanna go there more now. Like it’s perfect👌🏻 . (Btw, no you are a genius).
The real answer of why she didn't apply to MIT is written on a T-shirt in Caltech's student store.
HAHA exactly 😏
Caltech is the best. Nice people. Great weather. Good food. And great atmosphere for learning!
Yes! Totally agree 😊
Turtle Pond.
You were certainly correct in choosing Caltech over MIT because of the weather and size and such. But then you should have gone to the business school at UC Berkeley (Hass) rather than Sloan. for the same reason. UC Berkeley is awesome and beautiful, and Berkeley is a wonderful and beautiful location.
Hahaha yes the weather in Pasadena is amazing and the city itself is beautiful! Caltech and MIT are more similar in rankings and Sloan is an M7 business school so that’s why I picked it!
Way to woke though. It gets in the way of actual merit and advancement, and that's a big no no.
I prefer Caltech over MIT because it's smaller & more personal. But you had it the wrong way: MIT was definitely better for Chemical Engineering. Caltech trumps over MIT in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. I hated both engineering & natural sciences because I'm put off spending copious amounts of time in laboratories doing experiments & research. But I made a grave mistake majoring in Mathematics instead of Applied & Computational Mathematics because it's insanely hard doing mathematical proofs. I'm more comfortable calculating numerical solutions to mathematical problems in many areas of business such as actuaries, insurance, engineering companies, financial services, etc.
Você tá dizendo que Caltech é melhor na engenharia de computação ou em matemática aplicada a computação? Desculpe, não sei se tradução do RUclips é precisa...
I think anyone from MIT or Caltech are brainiacs. I’m surprised anyone would say they thought you would go to a better school. I’m from Los Angeles…Boston weather nearly killed me. It’s all I complained about. 😂
Hahaha yeah unfortunately, a lot of people think Caltech is a state school! Also, yeah SoCal weather is the best
Nice informative video, but we have here in Illinois - Northwestern University . Someone who is into performing arts ,like me ,would be the best place to get educated. Like your school , Northwestern offers many majors. The name of the school is so important when looking for a job.
Yes! Companies like to say they hire from top schools haha. And I agree - the best school for someone is specific to their goals and preferences!
But today most of scientific paper at the most prestigious journa like Nature and Science journal comes from Chinese Academy of Sciences . The number of highly cited papers from TsingHua University and University of Science and Technology of China aka USTC higher than Caltech.
@@venkovic yap. Correct. But, to me it is plausible to argue that China would surpass and supplant US ,and Europe in STEM.
@@venkovic how can it be
I've always of going to MIT but now I'm having second thoughts caltech pretty good
is there someone names Sheldon Cooper? and did you meet him?
Thank you for answering a question which I’ve always pondered, “Is Cal-Tech more, or less, ‘applied’ science/math than M.I.T.?” I actually thought M.I.T. would be more ‘pure’ Math or ‘theoretical’ Science, and you ‘proved’ me wrong, …or at least, said it wasn’t.
Yup, Caltech is more theoretical! Glad to be of help :)
We all know, you didn't apply because you knew you couldn't get in...
Hehe. Just friendly fire here from current MIT'27 pre-frosh, I love your content Amy!
Hahaha just cuz West Coast beat coast 🤣 huge congrats!! And thanks so much - I appreciate you being here with my channel!
what is your opinion going into studying Astrophysics, what college is best maybe caltech?
whoever said Caltech wasn't good is a liar it is like one of the best universities ever. Keep doing what you do God bless you.😇😇😇
I really wanna see Cal Tech play ArtCenter in football at the Rose Bowl
Caltech, my dream school!!
Yay!!! Good luck!
You stated that you leaned towards Caltech because you wanted to be a professor. I've been wanting to be a math professor for some time, what advice would you give me, and what is the culture like at Caltech that emphasizes this?
That's awesome you want to be a math professor! The coursework at Caltech is very theoretical, no matter what class it is. Even computer science classes have a lot of theory. This means that you will be trained like a true scientist, one of the highest caliber because this school has really tough content and exams that won't find elsewhere. You'll also be surrounded by other people who enjoy pure science and math
I got my degree at a state university a long time ago. I'm four decades older than you. I knew a young woman who got a degree in psychology at a state university, and she went on to become a major executive at a national bank. She came early and stayed late. She worked very hard all the way up. I think she is in charge the bank's operations of a whole region of the country. My sister got a degree at Oklahoma State University, and she became a CEO at a savings and loan company. I haven't done that much with myself. A lot of it was because I have aspirations to write, but most of the great writers were dead before I got started.
I wanted to apply for MIT although I have been into Caltech since I was a child. I now think differently. What unis do you think I can apply for space-related studies(astrophysics or astrospace engineering)?
Wonderful video, but I think you got one thing wrong about the statistics. Not sure, but I think you did. Caltech has 900 undergrads and MIT has 1,500 undergraduates. The 4,000 is I think the class strength of MIT across all four years. Thanks a lot for the informative tips!
Thanks for watching! Yeah the stats I gave are for the entire undergraduate population across all 4 years. Caltech only has a total of 900 undergraduates - fewer than 250 students per year!
Can I do my ug in Caltech after completing my pg in Btech computer science in a different college. But, can I do specialization in AI and Mechine learning.
Pro location for Pasadena over Boston. Big Con for Boston is not just the weather, it's also the most racist city in the country. But I like the academic calendar at MIT being semester vs. whatever Caltech calls it's academic calendar these days or quarter system. As a senior citizen I only recall things I learned on semester system, I had more time for the material to sink in. The quarter or trimester is always cramming cramming cramming for tests, not the greatest way for my learning style apparently. Everything I learned at quarter system was a waste of money and time in the long run. But you are right about the generally friendly collaborative atmosphere. From someone who's been to all kinds of schools between undergrad and grad, but nothing anywhere near Boston.
Buts u did apply to MIT... For MBA
U right haha
Hello, Excuse me. I have a question about a degree at MIT, well it is a degree that there are in many universities in the US, I was wondering if you could please answer my question
The only problem with Caltech is that it's in California.
If it's in Texas, it would have been way more popular than MIT.
9:18 You drop a Harry Potter reference to house sorting and don't tell us what house you would have been sorted into at Hogwarts?
Hehe the equivalent of Gryffindor 😊
Is caltech good for master too?
But you did?
I only applied to MIT for MBA!
I went to Williams College. I walk around the Cal Tech campus because I live in Los Angeles and it reminds me of Williams. Since I am middle aged "black" man, sometimes rhe students and securiry racially profile me because they either don't know/care my IQ is 140 and I even attended Medical School. So I stopped visiting Caltech campus 🤣.
However, I'm absolutely positive the college exoerience at Williams is much deeper and impactful than either Cal Tech or MIT. Plus I'm RARELY racially profiled when I go back to Williams campus as middle aged guy with gray hairs. 😊 👍
Caltech is the best tech university in the world. MIT is a finalist for second best.
The grapes are sour...
WAMEN, am i right?
Caltech is about average...😏😏😏
But M.I.T. you're packin' 🥵🥵🥵