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Nah.  CalTech gets confused with Cal Poly even in California. Not much of a national name brand like the others.[/quote]

LOL no. No one in CA or anywhere else confuses CalTech with Cal Poly. Are you the Pomona booster who claims that the school's rankings take an unfair hit because people confuse it with Cal State Pomona? [/quote]

I grew up in California and Caltech did not have much name brand among the general public back then. It was often confused as CalPoly given the name (since Cal implied the Cal State System). The big dogs there were always USC, UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley, and Stanford. Pomona was even more obscure- grew up 20 minutes away, and had never heard of it until recently (I did hear of Caltech growing up on occasion).

I don't know if things have changed, but I doubt it. It's a super tiny (less than 2500 students total), science specialized school with no sports to speak of. Most go to science grad school. Those interests are not aligned with the public eye. Educated folks from top ranked schools will have heard of it, but many haven't. [/quote]

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