<p>Not quite old is estimating that Caltech has had 10,000 undergrad alums, and out of those 10,000 7 were Nobel laureates, hence 7/10,000. Not quite old also estimates that MIT has had 10 times as many students, and with 9 or 10 Nobel laureates MIT’s ratio would be 10/100,000.</p>
<p>The 7/1 ratio you mentioned is the astonishing “difference in ratios” that Not quite old referred to.</p>
<p>To MIT’s credit, a great many of its students are engineers and mathematicians and such who would not be considered for Nobel prizes in the areas of Chemistry, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Economics, or Physics.</p>