Word: caltech
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...annual college guide, released last month, U.S. News & World Report ranked Harvard second in its list of top universities, with a score of 93. The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) came out on top with...
...rankings] didn't really concern me....There's a lot of arbitrary things that go into those rankings," said Robert B. Willison '03. "Caltech is such a different school from Harvard, it's hard to think of them in the same category...
...Caltech Provost Stephen E. Koonin said a numerical ranking system like the one used by U.S. News & World Report is not a comprehensive measurement of a college's worth...
Koonin noted, however, that the publicity garnered by the U.S. News & World Report survey will probably help Caltech attract applicants and gain more recognition outside of the West Coast...
...Caltech's jump from number four to number one in the rankings can largely be attributed to a change in the methodology of the U.S. News rankings...