<p>I'm a female interested in mechanical engineering. My question is- I could:</p>
<p>A: Apply to Harvey Mudd ED
B: Apply to either Cornell or Yale EA</p>
<p>If I apply ED to HMC, I won't have a choice if I were to get into the other three.
If I apply EA to Cornell or Yale, I obviously don't have the choice of applying ED to HMC.</p>
<p>Which school do you think is best?
I personally think Harvey Mudd is the best choice because of it's research opportunities, small classes, and industry connections, as well as good connections to top Grad schools.</p>
<p>However, obviously, it isn't very prestigious outside of the engineering field.</p>
<p>I think Yale is SCEA, so you couldn’t apply EA anywhere else, even though it’s non-binding. ED doesn’t mean you can’t apply EA elsewhere. I would <em>strongly</em> suggest not applying early if it’s binding and you don’t know where you want to go.</p>
<p>Yeah, Yale is SCEA, I think Cornell is too… just curious… how strict is ED’s binding? I mean what if you were just like screw you guys I’m going somewhere else? (I wouldn’t do that, I’m just curious)</p>
<p>Same for SCEA… how do they know you didn’t apply anywhere else?</p>
<p>Also… it IS easier to get in applying ED/EA, right??</p>
<p>So your actual options for applying early are
A. Apply to Yale SCEA
B. Apply to Harvey Mudd ED
C. Apply to Cornell ED</p>
<p>Each one is mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that Yale is the weakest of the Ivies for engineering, so you might want to look at some rankings and reconsider.
It’s not significantly easier to get in to Yale or Cornell ED. I’m not sure about Harvey Mudd. For Yale and Cornell, at least, the applicant pool is actually a little more competitive, just because those are the people who are going to be set on the schools and apply early. Since you have a chance in both the EA/ED round and the RD round, you’re chances are equal and possibly a tinge “better.”</p>
<p>I know Yale doesn’t have the best engineering program. However, I would much rather go there if I did not get into my other three schools. Why would I get into Yale over the other three? Because as stated before they aren’t as reputable in engineering, and I also have legacy. Plus I’m female which always helps in that field.</p>
<p>So are you suggesting I apply Cornell ED or Yale SCEA?</p>
<p>How sure of you about going into engineering? If you’re pretty unsure and you got into all those schools I’d probably go to Yale beacuse of its well-roundedness.</p>
<p>I’m pretty dang sure I want to go into engineering. I’ve been to an Engineering Seminar at Santa Clara this summer (for high school seniors) as well as did a little research with a Chemical Engineering professor. I definitely like the well-roundedness of both Berkeley, Cornell, and Yale. Yale and Cornell’s not-too-small but not-too- large atmosphere also appeals to me. Not to say that Harvey Mudd is that small or not well-rounded with its consortium.</p>
<p>Cornell has a pretty good research program I think, and their curriculum can be very flexible.
The only bad thing I have to say about it is its relative isolation. That sort of thing might make me go crazy.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’d go to Yale for engineering, but I’ve never really looked into that school.</p>