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It is probably hyperbole....particularly since Caltech is only going to look for STEM excellence, whereas Harvard and Yale are more holistic.  But,  the typical Caltech student will have a better academic resume than the typical engineering student at those schools.[/quote]

Academic resume under holistic evaluation is much broadly defined. I know at some ivy sceas, students go in with no intention of working in the engineering field. They branch out to business, finance, law, arts, music, or whatever. Their passion is not in engineering. They may never have tinkered with traditional engineering stuff in their life. They tinker with ideas of how to use engineering concepts in fields in which a Sheldon Cooper never imagined. A Sheldon Cooper who never kissed a girl in his life doesn’t have what it takes to get into an ivy. He just doesn’t doesn’t have “it,” whatever that is. [/quote]

Caltech admissions, by all accounts, is holistic in that they care about extracurriculars, particular engineering-focused extracurriculars.

Ivy holistic admissions, on the other hand, means legacy, politically-influential admissions, donor admissions, along with some sprinkling of leadership-focused extracurriculars.

However, something that people don't seem to understand, again, is that to get into Caltech you need scores + engineering-heavy extracurriculars. 
Such students would easily get into any Ivy engineering based solely on their scores and engineering extracurriculars. 
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Let’s try this way Dopey.

If CalTech rejects someone who goes on to win a Nobel, CalTech will be soul searching, possibly discussing defunding the school. If HYPS did the same, they’ll be bragging they reject even Nobel winners. It’s a different process. Some schools are more about who they admit. Ivys are less about who they admit and more about who they keep out. [/quote]
First of all, you are clearly an idiot and your low intelligence shows.
Second of all, you seem to pathetically worship the Ivies as if they are some holy grail of academia. They are not. You sucking up to Ivy admissions is not going to get your low intelligence brethren in, so stop the sycophantry.

[quote]Then tell us wise Dopey, why isn’t Harvard 40%+ Asian like some of these tech schools?  Surely you must know. [/quote]
Idiot, Harvard quite clearly racially discriminates against Asians. [/quote]

DP - I do not see the PP "worshipping" ivy admissions in any way, just disputing your baseless, unevidenced claim.

For argument let's assume that H does discriminate against Asians.  Doesn't that completely invalidate your point?[/quote]

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