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The Caltech argument in this argument doesn't take into account that Caltech is a very small school. They enroll around 200 new undergrad students a year whic
by haditab 8y ago
The Caltech argument in this argument doesn't take into account that Caltech is a very small school. They enroll around 200 new undergrad students a year which is about 1/10 the number most Ivy league schools admit. I think this is the primary factor why you don't see many big name Caltech grads, there aren't as many of them. Especially when you are comparing Caltech to ALL Ivy league schools grouped together.
- chabons 8y agoThis, and the fact that they're a technical school by nature. Politics and business garners more news cycles than hard science, and hence skews peoples perception of the prestige of a university or success of their alumni. Look at the number of Nobel prizes per capita and Caltech blows Harvard out of the water. 17 Nobel prizes over 22k living alum for Caltech, versus 48 over 371k for Harvard. Even if you only look at financial success, CalTech still comes out ahead in both early and mid-career (https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors). They should try comparing to a state school with similar academic focus and ratings. TL;DR: Small school focusing on low-visibility fields is a poor comparison.
- haditab 8y agoExactly. Seems like the author was not qualified to write this article in any way.