[Crawford]

I went to grad school down the street from MIT, and we had some MIT students in certain classes, and they didn't seem particularly different from other students. They were smart, of course.

But I'd guess MIT and Caltech are more techie and "nerdy", and probably a bit more male, than peer institutions? Maybe Caltech moreso, bc it's so small and hyper-specialized? MIT has some liberal artsy programs.