<p>I have also read similar things about Caltech’s cross admit woes although I think they win more than 10% against MIT and Stanford. Yet the Avery study which is linked in this thread puts Caltech at #2. I think the most likely explanation for this seemingly inexplicable discrepancy is that the year the data for Avery’s study was collected was the year Caltech was ranked #1 by US News. My guess is that Caltech’s desirability spiked that year after jumping from 9th to 1st in US News and Caltech did unusually well in cross-admit battles that year.</p>