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[quote=Anonymous]MIT is a wonderful university, among the best in the world in tech, engineering, bio sciences, social sciences etc... Caltech is a different beast, and the more rigorous of the two institutes - they do not tolerate mediocrity and there is very little support for the undergrads. It's a true sink-or-swim situation. You won't meet many Caltech grads (<250/class), but they are universally smart and have swum in the deep end of the pool. MIT is rigorous, but there is more student support and more of a traditional university feel - frats, parties, sports are more relevant. Some of the Cambridge colleges are similar but you really only study one subject there and they use the tutorial system. They also have no other requirements (humanities) unlike most US universities. I think for the breadth of excellence at the academic level in the US, the only peer might be Stanford, but it's a totally different feel as many know. Princeton, Harvard and Cornell all have good academic breadth, but their engineering/CS is less applied/more theoretical so not really peers. My 2cents for what it's worth.[/quote]

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