I am glad to learn more about the prevalence of research for Cal Tech students. I am not as familiar with Cal Tech as I am with MIT. MIT undergraduate size is about four times as large as undergrad at Cal Tech. MIT’s graduate student population is almost 5000 students, many in PhD programs. MIT offers an MBA in business as well as PhDs in business and economics, and subjects like architecture and urban planning that are not focused on at Cal Tech. Thus the cross over between management and engineering and entrepreneurship subjects are strong at MIT. UROP (undergraduate research ) at MIT is readily available for credit or pay depending on the professor’s budget. There is always a way to do research over summers or IAP (January period at MIT. ) There is a strong focus on going abroad for MIT students, in the summers, not sure that is the best use of an undergraduate student’s time, but it is a strong focus that leads undergraduate students to travel a lot, and maybe that is a slight negative for MIT. MIT students can certainly stay in the US and get summer jobs. Placement office is very strong at MIT and alumni network phenomenal.