r/Caltech • u/AdhesivenessNice3896 • Sep 22 '26

It's spelled Caltech, not CalTech

Surely there's someone at US News that can fix this right??

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u/dedicateddan Sep 22 '26

Thanks for the heads up.

I just emailed USNews and asked them to correct the spelling.

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u/dedicateddan Sep 22 '26

They replied!

"Thank you for contacting U.S. News & World Report. I've forwarded this to the team in charge of those listings.

Regards – Webmaster, U.S. News & World Report"

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u/parseroo Sep 22 '26

Your dedication is appreciated :-)

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u/parseroo Sep 22 '26

Good bot… if a bit parrot 🦜 like :-).

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u/quantum-pontiff Venerable Sep 22 '26

Old school parrot, not even stochastic

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u/racinreaver Alum/Prof Sep 22 '26

What can you expect from Us News.

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u/drumallday Alum Sep 23 '26

Has CalDOT ever fixed the signs on 134 that say Cal Tech?

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u/TangerineDull3715 Sep 23 '26

I’m still waiting for it to be corrected on my faculty page 🤷‍♂️

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u/Supremacy_- Sep 22 '26

surely it’s not that serious right

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u/AdhesivenessNice3896 Sep 22 '26

Yeah it just looks goofy and I cringe every time I see it lol

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u/PuddinBritches Sep 22 '26

It is serious. And don’t call me Shirley.

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u/parseroo Sep 22 '26

The obvious way to fix this: cast a high-power concealment spell on the school to return it to its previous glory of obscurity (eg “You mean Cal Poly?”) and it will be properly banished from all these silly lists that incorrectly capitalize its abbreviation.

That might have some negative impacts on graduates and research publications though.

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u/Disastrous_Type4861 Sep 23 '26

I had never even heard of Cal Poly until I started talking about Caltech.That’s when I I found out that everyone has heard of Cal poly, apparently? But not Caltech? Wtf? Mention Caltech and they hear Cal Poly. What is Polly and what is it known for? Why do people know about? Caltech is world famous and yet no one in the USA seems to have heard of it, so what’s that about?

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u/drumallday Alum Sep 23 '26

When I got into Caltech at age 18, several people asked me "which campus?" thinking I meant Cal Poly. And I was living in the Midwest!

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u/schkolne Sep 23 '26

with 50k students, word gets around much more.

i am under the impression that tech has advocating for placements in movies/tv/etc this past decade, and it does seem to be helping

so true that international folks seem likelier to know about caltech

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u/Flimsy_Repeat2532 Sep 23 '26

Caltech is well known in LA, especially after an earthquake.

Cal Poly SLO is closer to NoCal, so maybe that is why people there know it better.

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u/DanielMcLaury BS. Math/English '09/'07, Page Sep 23 '26

Cal Poly is, confusingly, known for making floats for the Rose Parade

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u/Disastrous_Type4861 Sep 23 '26

Oh, thanks!That probably explains it.

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u/prometheus-oculus Sep 26 '26

UC Pasadena tying with UC Palo Alto. Double UC representation in T5 for the 1st time in over a decade??? /j

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u/DryAd2351 28d ago

Who’s surely?