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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine complaining about putting Cal Tech on the same "list" as Harvard or MIT. Delusional folks need to get out more.

Imagine complaining about Cal Tech starting out as a technical school, as if the Ivies starting out as clergy schools makes them better.

Cal Tech lacks medical/business/law and graduate schools in many disciplines yet ranks among the best in the US and world on science and engineering research alone.

The student-faculty ratio at Cal Tech is 3:1. It's similar to European research institutes that primarily exists entirely for research and accepts a few undergraduates every year, smaller than most high schools. [/quote]

Let’s just say CalTech is an adopted child of your imaginary list that’s constantly in fear of being kicked out of the imaginary group. Even these CalTech nerds wouldn’t be there had they gotten into Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Columbia... [/quote]

You are wrong.  Caltech (not CalTech or Cal Tech) is a peer of MIT, both undergrad and grad.  In many fields, Caltech is by far the best place in the country.  JPL was founded because a couple of Caltech students were experimenting with rocket motors, and nearly blew up the labs.  Instead of kicking them out, they gave them a place to experiment away from population.

Caltech seismology lab is world class.  Far better than the MIT or Harvard counterparts.

There are other examples.

Fundamentally, though, I would not want my child to go to Caltech Undergrad.  I would choose a more LAC curriculum.[/quote]

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