congrats Caltech!

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>Just saw this.
Top</a> 400 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012</p>

<p>1 California Institute of Technology United States 94.8
2 Harvard University United States 93.9
2 Stanford University United States 93.9
4 University of Oxford United Kingdom 93.6
5 Princeton University United States 92.9
6 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 92.4
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 92.3
8 Imperial College London United Kingdom 90.7
9 University of Chicago United States 90.2
10 University of California, Berkeley United States 89.8
11 Yale University United States 89.1
12 Columbia University United States 87.5
13 University of California, Los Angeles United States 87.3
14 Johns Hopkins University United States 85.8
15 ETH Zürich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich Switzerland 85
16 University of Pennsylvania United States 84.9
17 University College London United Kingdom 83.2
18 University of Michigan United States 82.8
19 University of Toronto Canada 81.6
20 Cornell University United States 80.5</p>

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<p>This honor is well deserved and overdued. Caltech has been at the top of science and engineering for a while. It has highest impact per faculty, highest number of paper per faculty, highest % NAS member, highest % Nobel laureates for so long, it is finally recognized. I wonder why it takes so long for Caltech to get this honor. In many so called top universities including Harvard and Stanford, there are many mediocrities with pockets of excellence, In Caltech, there are many excellences with rare pocket of mediocrity. Simply put, Caltech is the beacon of American academic excellence and a model university.</p>

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<p>This is just as exciting! yay water polo! what a week for caltech :)</p>

<p>[Beavers</a> Break Nine Year Losing Spell with Dramatic Victory](<a href=“http://gocaltech.com/sports/mwaterpolo/2011-12/releases/20111006ow248d]Beavers”>http://gocaltech.com/sports/mwaterpolo/2011-12/releases/20111006ow248d)</p>

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<p>WOW - just noticed this… Caltech well deserves this ranking, being perhaps the only college left that prioritizes academic excellence and scientific drive over athletic competition and pageantry. Well done!</p>