<p>just wonder why do we call it Caltech but not CIT?</p>
<p>like MIT, we call it MIT not Masstech!</p>
<p>anybody has any idea/story behind the naming of "Caltech" but not CIT?</p>
<p>This is a prime example of Techer efficiency. See, it takes three syllables to say CIT or MIT, whereas it takes only two to say Caltech. I guess our friends on the East Coast never figured that out.</p>
<p>I've heard it CIT before.</p>
<p>But not often.</p>
<p>Heh, I posted this exact same thread a while back. Some official Caltech documents even say CalTech and every once in a while you see CIT, but it's officially Caltech and they're moving to standardize that across all university publications.</p>
<p>Masstech doesn't sound very appealing; I like MIT better. However, I also think Caltech sounds better than CIT, and "Caltech" looks better than "CalTech." Perhaps it's all just a matter of taste.</p>
<p>caltech sounds better! if it was "CITandMIT" it would get annoying.</p>
<p>I'm waiting for someone to argue in favor of CIT...</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon has claim to CIT</p>
<p>Carnegie Tech... Dad went to "Carnegie Tech" but didn't graduate until after it became Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Interesting, I never realized that Carnegie Tech would have claim to CIT...</p>
<p>By the way, it's Caltech, not CalTech or Cal Tech. This is a way to detect whether someone is a Techer or not.</p>
<p>I would never use CalTech anyway since I like Caltech better.</p>
<p>"Masstech" is reminiscent of "mastectomy," which is certainly not pleasant. </p>
<p>The Mylar balloon that Techers brought to MIT last year said "CIT."</p>
<p>they were drinking.</p>
<p>My Caltech shirt that I bought from the campus store says "CIT."</p>
<p>the bookstore is drinking. you eat bugs. do not contradict me.</p>
<p><em>rawr</em></p>
<p>Do not conform.</p>
<p>Contradict Ben.</p>
<p>Hehe... they probably were drinking, but you could also chock it up to efficiency. CIT has less letters for us to write and more syllables for the MIT students to say. Take that MIT!</p>
<p>So the choice should be made in context. Write CIT but say Caltech when you read it...</p>
<p>Also CIT has three accented syllables making giving it a Molossus meter, which is named that for a reason.</p>
<p>from all my acceptance letters and information sheets from Caltech this year, I did not find a single "CIT"; however, "Caltech" appear on almost every other lines. I guess the formal name is still Caltech?</p>