<p>WAmom - if its still held, the new student program info is usually sent at the start of the summer - its hosted by a family of a current student. And I'm a mid-decade mudd grad, found this site while googling for the WIBSTR logo a bit back. </p>
<p>desiking - I can't say it increases chances of admissions, but when I was there, the majority of applicants came from the west coast states, with CA being the big leader, followed by WA. They were doing a lot of work at that point, trying to increase exposure of the school on the east coast through college fair visits and such</p>