<p>“HMC has engineering as its most popular major and CT has math/physics (I think, shoot me if i am wrong).”</p>
<p>“Overall Caltech might be higher because, as Seiken points out, Mudd is ~45% engineering. The data is thus skewed in a way because engineering drives the average down.”</p>
<p>Engineering is the most popular major at Caltech as well (although of course we don’t just call it “Engineering” but rather break it up into the various disciplines). Well over <em>50%</em> of each Caltech class graduates from the Engineering and Applied Science division. (see, for example: <a href=“http://pr.caltech.edu/commencement/06/bs.pdf[/url]”>http://pr.caltech.edu/commencement/06/bs.pdf</a>) So this is not the explanation for any variation.</p>
<p>“This discussion is about Mudd and Berkeley. It is a bit distracting if you have to jump on every little thing that mentions Caltech…even if it isn’t necessarily an insult to Caltech. Can’t you just live with the fact that they are not too terribly different in their qualities?”</p>
<p>I’m only correcting inaccuracies as I come across them. It may not “insult” Caltech to imply that it’s “not too terribly different” from Harvey Mudd, but it <em>is</em> inaccurate in a number of specific ways. I’d never jump on a general statement of opinion like that–everyone is entitled to his or her opinion–but when a factual inaccuracy comes up that I’m able to rectify (such as the above statements or the original “back and forth post” that mentioned Caltech), I will.</p>