<p>"Now, to rtkysg, now we’re getting somewhere. Harvard and MIT have better brand names. So now the next question is, why is that? "</p>
<p>I think it is no longer a secret that the East Coast takes the cake when we’re talking about prestige and supremacy. It is of no coincidence that the White House and Wall-Street belong to the East Coast. MIT has traditionally had more funding, more rich people than Caltech. Rich people on the East Coast would undoubtedly donate to MIT and Harvard rather than to Caltech, don’t you think? Even for the STS winners, the well-rounded Stanford comes into mind after Harvard and MIT. I think you shall agree with me that in terms of faculty, academic, resource and environment, Caltech is no lesser than MIT and Harvard, although Caltech generally does not have many “development case” admissions of those billionaires’ son/daughter.</p>
<p>If Caltech with its strongest student body in US couldn’t claim the crown from East Coast side, how would Berkeley, a public school, full of mediocre students, even compete. On the other hand, if Caltech, and also Berkeley are located in East Coast, things may be completely different. Berkeley’s name may even come out more often than Stanford :)</p>