<p>Agree that Caltech is underrated. It’s much harder to get into than Penn and Duke, the undergrad program is the most rigorous in the country, and IMO, the alumni are far more impressive to me.</p>
<p>USNews used to rig the rankings so that HYP would beat Caltech and is out to get Caltech.
[Information</a> Processing: Cooking the books: US News college rankings](<a href=“http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2007/07/cooking-books-us-news-college-rankings.html]Information”>Information Processing: Cooking the books: US News college rankings)</p>