College Selection Help: First Gen! Berkeley v. Irvine v. LA v. UW v. Harvey Mudd

My husband graduated from Mudd with a humanities concentration in French (major was Physics and he eventually got his PhD from Caltech). I graduated from CMC (Bio/Math double) and I only took a few classes at Mudd but loved the faculty for the Bio classes I took. I now own a software company and hire from a regional engineering focused school (Colorado School of Mines) and I’m always fascinated at the fact that most of the Mines kids, they take so few humanities courses. I love that HMC requires more humanities from all of its students. If Mudd is affordable and you have the chance, I’m a huge fan of the Claremont Colleges. Congrats on your options!