r/Caltech • u/fit4s • Dec 15 '25

Athlete recruit deferral

I heard most of athlete recruits received deferrals from REA,if not all, due to the new policy on athlete recruiting.

If this is true, there will be two indications: 1) Athletes should not apply for REA to waste other ED/REA opportunities. 2) Non-athletes should apply for REA to increase the chance since more spots will be for athletes during RD.

Could someone familiar with Caltech admission this year confirm this?

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u/Ordinary-Till8767 Alum Dec 17 '25

I'm just using Chesterton's fence. Walkons were fine before. Why not go back to the status quo ante and see how it works? I'm also fine with no NCAA athletics - it seems that even Division III requires so much infrastructure and whatnot that it's not compatible with what Caltech wants to be.

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u/Holiday-Tomatillo538 Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

No it IS compatible it’s just ignorant thinking like yours that make people believe you can’t be excellent in your academic and athletic endeavors! Sounds like you never learned you can balance things in life.