<p>I've heard of CalPoly, but CalTech?</p>
<p>You haven't heard of CalTech? California Institute of Technology?</p>
<p>California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is comparable to UCSB, UCD & UCI as far as entering stats are concerned.</p>
<p>Cal Tech is really only comparable to HYPSM in regards to entering stats (and one of the premier institutes for technical research and learning in the US).</p>
<p>ahhhh....yeah my dad keeps trying to get me to apply to CalPoly and i thought it was ridiculous...
so CalTech is a Stanford, just less known?</p>
<p>Cal Tech is very well known in technical circles. It's a smaller, more prestigious version of MIT.</p>
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<p>= 100 vs 1</p>
<p>is CalPoly still respectable?</p>
<p>CalPoly is respectable, it's just not at the level of a CalTech.</p>
<p>CalTech is also very small & in Pasadena. It's about as tough to get into as MIT & there are quite a few students who apply to both schools. There is a "friendly rivalry" between the two schools, where the do geek pranks on one another.
Santa Clara University is another school that has a good engineering program & good internship opportunities, especially due to its location in/near Silicon Valley.
Both CalTech and Santa Clara U are smaller private schools & would cost more than in-state publics for CA residents (unless you get merit or need-based aid).</p>
<p>Caltech is the west coast's version of MIT. It is not a spinoff, however. It has its own unique student body and is renown for producing some of the top mathematicians and scientists of our time. Caltech (in my opinion) has a far superior engineering program to CalPoly, though Caltech is very heavy in the theory of such things as the intrinsic study of engineering sciences... like a rigorous approach to electronics and fluids rather than a directly applicable one. </p>
<p>I get the feeling (from working with grads from both places) that Caltech students know a lot more of the "why" systems do the things they do. It is a different level of understanding... which you'd only get at a few institutions in the States. If you'd like to contrast MIT and Caltech things get a little fuzzy. Though they have very similar applicant pools (pretty equally qualified) many consider MIT an institution that has a slight engineering flare while Caltech has a slight science flare.</p>
<p>I'm not saying that Caltech is necessarily better than CalPoly for everyone, though. If you don't want all of the rigorous "why" background (like a scientist) and you really want to jump into more applicational engineering CalPoly may be better for you.</p>
<p>Nah im not trying to see which one was better, I was just confused haha</p>
Santa Clara is nowhere as good as Caltech. Not even close.
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