<p>Poly fell from grace about 2 decades ago due to - from what i hear, poor decisions regarding funding. It’s working its way back up top to its original position to stand with caltech/mit/etc but it’ll be a while before that happens. There’s a reason why poly grads are amongst the top 10 most well paid graduates in the nation but has relatively tanked in ratings on U.S news as of recent years. The work here is supposedly rigorous enough to wipe out half of every incoming class within 100 credits (Wouldn’t know about this yet personally, I’m starting my 2nd semester as a freshman)</p>