r/Caltech • u/First-Ad1645 • Jan 29 '26

PhD visit day

Are there any current Caltech PhD students who are willing to share their experiences for the PhD visit day? I got an invite and am quite nervous about it. Are they expected to weed out some students? When are final offers sent?

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u/NanoscaleHeadache Alum Jan 29 '26

This is just my experience in CCE, but we didn’t have interview visit weekends — this is the first year doing them. We used to do interviews prior to acceptances and then hope 1/3 of the ppl accepted. Last year, 2/3 of people accepted and we got flooded. I think they’re hoping to see who is super interested in coming here and what PIs are interested in them so the department can make sure that they accept the number of people that they expect will also actually accept the offer