California Institute of Technology Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 97% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 80% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 86% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 14% of our freshman graduate in five years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• engineering/applied science
• biology
• electrical engineering

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 1.90
• Sophomore: 1.90
• Junior: 1.90
• Senior: 1.90

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Trimester System (three terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in September.

• 52% continue immediately.

• Medical School: 13%
• Dental School: 1%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 86%

• UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, Caltech, Cornell University, Harvard University, University of
• Illinois, MIT, University of Michigan, Princeton University, Stanford U.

• biotech and pharmaceutical companies, software ddevelopment and computer hardware companies, management consulting firms

• Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize-winning chemist; Edward Lewis, Nobel Prize-winning biologist; Gordon Moore, chairman and founder, Intel.