<p>I'm not in Caltech, but I still was curious enough to investigate the Caltech network: (and compare it with a couple of others)</p>
<p>So they're out. Hahaha. Anyways, here's some interesting trends I found on some college networks:</p>
<p>==</p>
<p>Caltech Network Statistics
Back to Caltech
Top Music</p>
<p>1
Radiohead
2
Pink Floyd
3
Coldplay
4
The Beatles
5
Nirvana
6
Led Zeppelin
7
Green Day
8
Linkin Park
9
Jimmy Eat World
10
Muse</p>
<p>Top Movies</p>
<p>1
Fight Club
2
Lord Of The Rings
3
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
4
Pulp Fiction
5
Star Wars
6
Gladiator
7
Office Space
8
The Matrix
9
Memento
10
Garden State</p>
<p>Top Interests</p>
<p>1
Music
2
Reading
3
Hiking
4
Movies
5
Cooking
6
Photography
7
Swimming
8
Basketball
9
Running
10
Math</p>
<p>Top TV</p>
<p>1
Family Guy
2
Scrubs
3
House
4
Futurama
5
Arrested Development
6
Grey's Anatomy
7
Heroes
8
South Park
9
Lost
10
Simpsons</p>
<p>Top Books</p>
<p>1
Ender's Game
2
Harry Potter
3
1984
4
Dune
5
Lord Of The Rings
6
Crime And Punishment
7
Catch-22
8
Pride And Prejudice
9
Catcher In The Rye
10
Atlas Shrugged</p>
<p>Sex</p>
<p>51%
Male
26%
None Listed
23%
Female</p>
<p>Political Views</p>
<p>54%
None Listed
16%
Liberal
8%
Moderate
6%
Very Liberal
5%
Other
4%
Apathetic
4%
Conservative
3%
Libertarian</p>
<p>Relationship Status</p>
<p>47%
None Listed
24%
Single
19%
In a Relationship
6%
Married
2%
Engaged
2%
It's Complicated</p>
<p>===</p>
<p>MIT:</p>
<p>MIT Network Statistics
Back to MIT
Top Music</p>
<p>1
Coldplay
2
Radiohead
3
U2
4
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5
Green Day
6
Weezer
7
The Beatles
8
Jack Johnson
9
Pink Floyd
10
The Killers</p>
<p>Top Movies</p>
<p>1
Fight Club
2
Office Space
3
Pulp Fiction
4
The Matrix
5
Shawshank Redemption
6
Gladiator
7
Good Will Hunting
8
Lord Of The Rings
9
Love Actually
10
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind</p>
<p>Top Interests</p>
<p>1
Music
2
Reading
3
Running
4
Movies
5
Soccer
6
Tennis
7
Cooking
8
Photography
9
Dancing
10
Skiing</p>
<p>Top TV</p>
<p>1
Family Guy
2
24
3
House
4
Grey's Anatomy
5
Lost
6
The Office
7
Scrubs
8
Arrested Development
9
Heroes
10
Friends</p>
<p>Top Books</p>
<p>1
Harry Potter
2
Ender's Game
3
1984
4
Pride And Prejudice
5
The Great Gatsby
6
Catcher In The Rye
7
Catch-22
8
Brave New World
9
Lord Of The Rings
10
Crime And Punishment</p>
<p>Sex</p>
<p>44%
Male
30%
None Listed
26%
Female</p>
<p>Political Views</p>
<p>60%
None Listed
15%
Liberal
9%
Moderate
4%
Very Liberal
3%
Other
3%
Conservative
2%
Apathetic
2%
Libertarian
1%
Very Conservative</p>
<p>Relationship Status</p>
<p>52%
None Listed
20%
Single
17%
In a Relationship
7%
Married
2%
Engaged
2%
It's Complicated
1%
In an Open Relationship</p>
<p>==</p>
<p>Chicago:</p>
<p>UChicago Network Statistics
Back to UChicago
Top Music</p>
<p>1
The Beatles
2
Radiohead
3
Coldplay
4
Bob Dylan
5
U2
6
Pink Floyd
7
Red Hot Chili Peppers
8
The Shins
9
Led Zeppelin
10
Jack Johnson</p>
<p>Top Movies</p>
<p>1
Fight Club
2
Pulp Fiction
3
Amelie
4
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
5
Love Actually
6
Office Space
7
Little Miss Sunshine
8
Gladiator
9
Lord Of The Rings
10
Casablanca</p>
<p>Top Interests</p>
<p>1
Music
2
Reading
3
Movies
4
Cooking
5
Politics
6
Traveling
7
Running
8
Writing
9
Dancing
10
Photography</p>
<p>Top TV</p>
<p>1
Family Guy
2
Grey's Anatomy
3
House
4
Lost
5
Arrested Development
6
The Office
7
Scrubs
8
Seinfeld
9
24
10
Project Runway</p>
<p>Top Books</p>
<p>1
Harry Potter
2
1984
3
Pride And Prejudice
4
The Great Gatsby
5
Crime And Punishment
6
Catch-22
7
Catcher In The Rye
8
To Kill A Mockingbird
9
Brave New World
10
Ender's Game</p>
<p>Sex</p>
<p>38%
Male
35%
Female
27%
None Listed</p>
<p>Political Views</p>
<p>53%
None Listed
17%
Liberal
8%
Moderate
7%
Very Liberal
5%
Other
3%
Libertarian
3%
Conservative
2%
Apathetic
1%
Very Conservative</p>
<p>Relationship Status</p>
<p>50%
None Listed
19%
Single
18%
In a Relationship
8%
Married
3%
It's Complicated
2%
Engaged
1%
In an Open Relationship</p>
<p>==</p>
<p>Harvard:</p>
<p>===</p>
<p>Harvard Network Statistics
Back to Harvard
Top Music</p>
<p>1
Coldplay
2
U2
3
Radiohead
4
The Beatles
5
Jack Johnson
6
Bob Dylan
7
The Killers
8
Weezer
9
Counting Crows</p>
<p>Top Movies</p>
<p>1
Love Actually
2
Fight Club
3
Good Will Hunting
4
Shawshank Redemption
5
Gladiator
6
Office Space
7
Amelie
8
Zoolander
9
Braveheart
10
Pulp Fiction</p>
<p>Top Interests</p>
<p>1
Music
2
Reading
3
Politics
4
Running
5
Movies
6
Traveling
7
Travel
8
Dancing
9
Tennis
10
Cooking</p>
<p>Top TV</p>
<p>1
Family Guy
2
24
3
Grey's Anatomy
4
Lost
5
The Office
6
Arrested Development
7
House
8
Entourage
9
Seinfeld
10
Scrubs</p>
<p>Top Books</p>
<p>1
Harry Potter
2
Pride And Prejudice
3
The Great Gatsby
4
1984
5
To Kill A Mockingbird
6
Catch-22
7
Catcher In The Rye
8
Lolita
9
Ender's Game
10
Crime And Punishment</p>
<p>Sex</p>
<p>38%
Male
31%
None Listed
31%
Female</p>
<p>Political Views</p>
<p>61%
None Listed
17%
Liberal
8%
Moderate
5%
Very Liberal
3%
Other
3%
Conservative
1%
Apathetic
1%
Libertarian</p>
<p>Relationship Status</p>
<p>57%
None Listed
16%
Single
15%
In a Relationship
8%
Married
2%
Engaged
1%
It's Complicated
1%
In an Open Relationship</p>
<p>==
LOL!!!</p>
<p>Caltech:</p>
<p>19%
In a Relationship</p>
<p>That's higher than Harvard or MIT, but one is wise to be skeptical of such numbers since most people don't disclose this (or they marry their best friends).</p>
<p>As for interests, with the exception of Math at #10, most Caltech students are relatively neurotypical.</p>