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<p>Don’t mistake my post for “recommending” Caltech. I was merely pointing out that MIT isn’t even the best aeronautics program. I think the OP would have little chance at either. For the record though, GALCIT has some 100 graduate students. That isn’t much less than the large aerospace departments, so it isn’t like there are only 5 students. It is the undergraduate programs at Caltech that are comparatively tiny.</p>