[fullmetal]

Caltech gets dinged for a few reasons.  First is that their student population is tiny.  Secondly, you don't need that many raw resources to support such a tiny school, so they don't draw as much in the way of donations, fundraising efforts, etc.  Additionally, their alumni generally don't have stellar memories of Tech...it is a place where sharp minds are forged through extremely intense pressures, and those minds never forget the nature of those pressures.

Among my several Caltech friends, most (if not all) said they wouldn't encourage their kids to go to Caltech.  I, as the lone Stanford alum, said that I loved my school and would even do it all over again.  I got a few jealous stares--though they don't know how hard I made it on myself!

[fullmetal]

Caltech gets dinged for a few reasons.  First is that their student population is tiny.  Secondly, you don't need that many raw resources to support such a tiny school, so they don't draw as much in the way of donations, fundraising efforts, etc.  Additionally, their alumni generally don't have stellar memories of Tech...it is a place where sharp minds are forged through extremely intense pressures, and those minds never forget the nature of those pressures.

Among my several Caltech friends, most (if not all) said they wouldn't encourage their kids to go to Caltech.  I, as the lone Stanford alum, said that I loved my school and would even do it all over again.  I got a few jealous stares--though they don't know how hard I made it on myself!