Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Caltech professor Jared Leadbetter meets with university admissions ambassadors, from left, Emily Hu, Jj Jones and Miles Jones.

PASADENA, Calif.—In a major shift for one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced on Aug. 30 it is dropping its longstanding admissions ...

I failed my first calculus quiz. It wasn’t that I didn’t study or didn’t do my homework – my brain is just trained to turn itself off at the sight of numbers (or maybe I’m just making excuses). I ...

PASADENA — In a major shift for one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, Caltech announced Thursday, Aug. 31, it is dropping its longstanding admissions requirement for applicants to have ...

Students are invited to sign up for two months of free world-class instruction in subjects such as calculus, physics and chemistry, as well as SAT Prep Numerade—an online education platform founded ...

Kimberly Miranda is the brainy daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and the first in her family to attend college. But she almost didn't make it to the California Institute of Technology. Her Redwood ...