<p>I became so obsessed with HMC that I'd really do anything to take classes there.
If I apply to CMC how much of a Harvey Mudd experience can I get?</p>
<p>I know this is cheap, but I am desperate for that school</p>
<p>5C students can cross-register for classes and there is some socialization across campuses. But the two colleges you mention have different personalities. Even if you became a “4th floor Mudder,” you would dorm and spend most of your time at CMC. Do you like CMC?</p>
<p>(Edit: I’m sure I butchered that terminology, but by “4th floor Mudder,” I meant an “honorary Mudder” by virtue of hanging out with Mudders and having a similar personality.)</p>
<p>CMC looks pretty nice to me, especially since CMC is one of the most popular colleges my school sends students to
I’d prefer Pomona though. But, if I don’t get into Harvey Mudd, most likely I won’t in Pomona either
What about requirements in CMC? Are they hefty? Can you take those required areas outside CMC?</p>
<p>Well, it’s going to depend on the major you would choose at CMC. For instance, their Math department is actually a joint program with other Claremonts including Mudd.
[Mathematics</a> Department, Claremont McKenna College](<a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/math/]Mathematics”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/math/)
And they have a management-engineering program that might appeal to you… it looks pretty awesome, although it means missing out on those early bonding years at Mudd.
<a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/rdschool/academic/dual/ba_ma_programs.php[/url]”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/rdschool/academic/dual/ba_ma_programs.php</a></p>
<p>But here’s the thing: CMC is not “Mudd Lite.” The average test scores are a few points lower, but CMC looks for leadership. CMC admits tend to be team captains, elected members of student government, or students with other evidence of leadership capacity and experience. Assuming you demonstrate those qualities in ways that compels CMC to admit you, your classmates and suitemates are likely to be more “alpha dog” personalities than Mudders (aside – heavier drinkers too, from what I’ve heard). The atmosphere will be different, and it’s worth evaluating whether you’ll be as comfortable in that atmosphere.</p>
<p>That’s part of why the Consortium is so successful – the colleges have distinct personalities and serve different populations.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>hmmmm
what about engineering?
I know you can major in the other Cs, so is it possible that you do one major in CMC and do an engineering major in Mudd?
Or possibly not major at all in CMC and major in Mudd?</p>
<p>I think you need to go read CMC’s catalog and ask their admissions folks some questions. :)</p>
<p>maruhan2 - Ok, I gotta ask… are your parents ok with this CMC/back-door-HMC idea? It seems like they could end up with a hefty tuition bill for a compromise situation.</p>
<p>it is very expensive.
but, whatever. If such thing works out well, I’m sure they wouldn’t care much.</p>
<p>If you really want to go to Mudd, and you only have marginal interest in CMC, then applying there is a terrible idea.</p>
<p>All technical classes at Harvey Mudd assume you’ve been through the Core Curriculum. This means they’ll assume you know DifEq, MultiV, and LinAl like the back of your hand. You probs couldn’t take these courses at Mudd because they’re set up in a weird half-semester format, and Mudd students have priority getting into them. So far (1 semester) I haven’t seen any non-Mudders in my Core classes.</p>
<p>The place where you’d be at huge disadvantage is lab experience. The college requires 2 semesters of physics lab and 2 of chem lab, which teach lab skills and technical writing at a very high level. You’d have no chance to take the Mudd version of these classes because lab space is tight. Even if you took the equivalents at Joint Science (the CMC, Scripps, Pitzer Science program), you’d be learning the material at a much less rigorous level. </p>
<p>Assuming you want to major in engineering, you probably couldn’t get into a number of the important engineering courses (Experimental Engineering, Design, Clinic) without actually going to Mudd. </p>
<p>Going out on a limb here, if you don’t think you could get in here, then you probably would have difficulty getting reasonable grades in the Mudd technical classes. Of course, I can’t figure that out; that’s the admission’s people’s job. Even if you doubt your ability to get in, you should apply anyways. If they let you in, that means you’ll do just fine.</p>
<p>Maybe you should look into the 3/2 program with CMC? You spend half your time at CMC getting a BA and then the rest of your time at Mudd getting your BS in Engineering.</p>
<p>lol. hm was s’s dream school and tried this a couple of years ago – accepted by hm and rejected by Claremont (at that time there was a joint econ/eng program). don’t waste your time.</p>
<p>ok. thanks for the advices!!
I decided I’m not going to apply to CMC.</p>