>>10889097(continued from previous) The grad scene there is much more sophisticated, but probably harder to get in. Undergrad admissions, while nominally selective, is a complete crapshoot and while they do accept Olympiad winners and national science fair finalists and such, the rest of the population is fairly "meh." The same problems are there that plague most elite college campuses, but to a much greater extent: people are horny, proud, egotistical, while pretending to be virtuous and while pretending that moral virtue and having intellectual power is somehow synonymous. It's rare to find a genuinely kind, decent person to share genuine experiences or struggles with. A lot of the undergrads use each other to cheat on exams, a sort of academic equivalent of the old "pump-and-dump."
I don't regret going there though because of the strong name-brand and good exit opportunities. But, not gonna lie, it probably scarred that part of my brain that deals with human relationships and interactions.
To conclude, screw Caltech, screw Los Angeles, and fuck sunny California. So glad I'm finally out of there. Feel free to ask me more questions.
