The Value of a Good Question
Caltech young alumni trustee Mason Smith (BS ’09) knows the value of a good question.
Undergraduate Scholarships
Caltech is among a small percentage of private U.S. institutions that make admissions decisions based solely on merit—and keeping it that way is a top priority. Currently, more than half of Caltech undergraduates receive financial assistance. When you invest in scholarships, you help ensure that bright, hardworking students can pursue their dreams at Caltech, regardless of their financial means. Learn about how you can magnify the impact of your scholarship gift through a limited-time matching program.
To start a conversation about your potential gift, email give@caltech.edu or call (626) 395-4863.
Support Caltech Students
How the Space Race Powered a Caltech Scholarship
Bob Gardner Jr. and Mardi Gardner Sossaman are following in their parents’ footsteps with a new $5 million gift to endow the Gardner Family Scholarships.
Mathematician in Motion
For as long as he can remember, David Ignacio Fager has adored mathematics. In high school, he lived for Mu Alpha Theta competitions and skipped ahead in math textbooks the way impatient readers sometimes peek at the last page of a mystery novel.
Covering All His Bases
Thanks to scholarships, Alex Wuschner can play baseball and try the dozen other things that make his Caltech experience fulfilling.
Scholarship Gift Affirms the Power of Education
When Max J. Kay (BS ’73) and Naida Shaw created the Dr. Stanley E. Whitcomb Scholarship at Caltech, they fulfilled two personal goals.
For Caltech Scholarship Recipients, Opportunities Abound
Scholarships can change students’ lives, and they play an essential role in Caltech’s ability to attract talented, creative undergraduates.
In Situ and Out of Context
In search of inspiration for a senior research project on the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Caltech junior and biology major Jade Livingston assembled an ad hoc think tank of physics and engineering students.
The Synthesist
Like many who come to Caltech to learn and explore, undergraduate Damien Bérubé dreams of changing the world with science and engineering. But his personal vision—the force that drives him in the classroom, the lab, and beyond—is an uncommon one.