<p>bookworm,</p>
<p>Thank-you for your kind words!</p>
<p>I do know someone who has two children at Caltech and their whole family feels that Caltech is the best college in the nation. 
I think academically, it is the strongest school in the country. I also know someone who got his PhD there and he feels he got an amazing education. Nothing can beat the research opportunities at Caltech.</p>
<p>Yep, there’s no perfect school, and it’s great that your son had such an awesome educational path as Caltech for ug and MIT for grad!</p>