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Graduate Admissions To apply for admission to the graduate program in Mechanical Engineering, you must submit an application, available through the Graduate Admissions Office. The application deadline is January 1 of each year. In a typical year, between 200 and 250 applications for graduate study in Mechanical Engineering are received, and 20-25 offers of admission are made. Admissions decisions are made by the faculty, and are determined both by the research opportunities in the applicant's area of interest, and the competitiveness of the applicant's grades, class standing, GRE scores, and letters of recommendation. Most admitted students rank at least in the top 5% of their undergraduate class, and have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.5. The average GRE scores for current students at Caltech are 651 Verbal, 763 Quantitative, 727 Analytical, and 761 Subject for students from American universities. For foreign students, the average scores are 544 Verbal, 777 Quantitative, 685 Analytical, 838 Subject, and 617 TOEFL or 90 TOEFL-iBT. A PDF of the current Mechanical Engineering brochure is available. For further information about graduate study in Mechanical Engineering, please contact: Cheryl Geer Phone: (626) 395-4229
Undergraduate Admissions Please visit the Undergraduate Admissions website for on-line applications, downloadable forms, important dates, and complete information about the undergraduate admissions process. |
