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<p>I don’t think this is clear. They’re probably both very hard. Honestly, it’s probably pointless to compare them. Ask a few of the Harvey Mudd students who frequent CC, like rocketDA or atomicfusion, and they’ll probably disagree that the former is tougher. </p>
<p>Yes, “success” being defined in terms of how well students actually do academically…there are worse schools in the sense that raw competition is worse elsewhere. As far as rigor of average courseload, Caltech is probably not to be beaten easily at all.</p>