<p>I am an International student. I want to know about the fin. aid given to students in Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>My senior got into Harvey Mudd with a full scholarship (international too).</p>
<p>I have a very solid science/research portfolio. Was previously aiming for Caltech/Stanford/MIT, but I srsly cant afford the big bucks (i am on parent scholarship XD), so I need to know more about Harvey Mudd's aid coz I believe they are more generous and I have greater bargaining power for HMC compared to the former institutes.</p>
<p>They don’t give out a lot of full scholarships. You should consider yourself lucky, and if I were you, I’d take this offer. You likely won’t get many good offers like this. Harvey Mudd is a top notch school for math, science and engineering.</p>
<p>is it a strategic decision to go into HMC with a good scholarship package than get into MIT/Caltech undergrad with full payment?</p>
<p>HMC has an ‘unspecialized’ engineering program, which means at the end of the day, I get a BSc in what? I am kinda nervous about that outcome lol</p>
<p>I don’t understand this thread. indianmonster, you have been accepted to Harvey Mudd with a full scholarship or you’re wondering if you might be accepted to Harvey Mudd with a full scholarship? I don’t know what a parent scholarship XD is.</p>
<p>In general the more prestigious the school the more likely you are to get a full scholarship but it is going to be even more difficult for you coming from the pool of international applicants.</p>
<p>I am applying for financial aid @ harvey mudd. NO, I have not got it :(</p>
<p>Parent scholarship means my parents are paying lol. sorry for that.</p>
<p>I am just wondering how good is harvey mudd’s engineering program, considering that they do not have a specialized engineering program (eg. compsci, mechE stuff like that). </p>
<p>Second, I was wondering how generous Harvey Mudd is compared to ‘conventional’ top tier colleges like MIT/Stanford.</p>
<p>i’m sitting here trying to figure out exactly what to say to you right now…</p>
<p>first off, there is a degree of international ignorance when it comes to the top undergraduate technical institutions in the USA. of course you’ve heard of stanford and mit - the movies portray these institutions as the pinnacles of human accomplishment. in some ways, they are, but the name really comes from the graduate program, which is NOT the undergraduate program.</p>
<p>secondly, you have NO bargaining power over hmc. they applicant pool his heavily overqualified for most institutions and is particularly rich in people who actually want to be there. we are not intimidated by big-name schools like stanford, mit, or caltech. in nearly all cases our students can match or exceed the skill-set of these other institutions.</p>
<p>lastly, i suggest you do some real research into what hmc engineering is all about. it is definitely no cakewalk… and the lack of specialization is something that the school consciously maintains - it does not exist out of deficiency.</p>
<p>if you are after layman prestige, please move on to the next school. hmc does not want you. if you are after a damn good (hell, spectacular) education, think about hmc.</p>
<p>and as a side note, in the states, we (hmc graduates) have absolutely no problem finding outstanding job and grad-school placement.</p>
<p>In terms of cost, HMC will likely be similar to Caltech/MIT/Stanford. A full scholarship is unlikely. They do offer $10k/yr (out of ~$50k I believe) if you have good enough test scores, though I don’t know if Internationals are eligible.</p>
<p>I did not intend to be rude or anything so…</p>
<p>I do not have any type of ‘international’ ignorance. MIT/Caltech/Stanford etc DO have very good undergrad programs and considering that if those students apply for a job, to lets say a tech company (lets say software engineering), do THOSE grads fare better with their ‘specialized’ degree compared to HMC alumni? Thats what I meant to ask and please do not take it to heart.</p>
<p>I am not in for raw prestige… I am in for the BEST undergrad engineering program in the states with a very good financial package. thats why I even considered HMC</p>
<p>and please, fyi, acceptance rates at HMC are much greater than in Stanford or Caltech. I meant that I would have a greater bargaining power considering I apply for fin. aid to HMC than Stanford (which would outright reject me unless I was god). </p>
<p>This duly does not mean HMC’s program is bad (i know of people correlating acceptance rates with ‘best engineering programs’). </p>
<p>For any school you will be in the international pool of applicants. Admission and financial aid will be harder for you to come by. What you really need to know about is financial aid for international students. You might want to post this question on the Harvey Mudd site.</p>
<p>you have no bargaining power because most of the schools you have mentioned are not need blind to international students. this means that your ability to pay will be a factor in the admissions process. I agree with Pea that you will be evaluated in the whole pool of international applicants. There are far many more applicants than there are spots in U.S. universities (especially spots where there will also be $$ coming).</p>
<p>My recommendation is that you cast a really wide net of schools to apply to. Be sure that you also apply to schools where you would be at the top of the applicant pool and in a strong position to obtain merit money or possibly a full ride since money is a factor. This may mean giving up some of the “prestige” that you are looking for but there are tradeoffs in everything.</p>
<p>ye sybbie. That probably is my plan, coz there really is no point spending 100k+ for a BSc cert at the end unless it really is worth it. I am aiming for very solid undergrad engineering programs coz I am going to do business in graduate school (probably in Northwestern Uni), hence the engineering program should be good.</p>
<p>i dont understand how graduates from RPI and some less known schools have a greater salary than those from CMU, berkeley, cornell, michigan, etc.
that chart is seriously flawed, to a point of being whacked.</p>
<p>indianmonster, i believe hmc has a full tuition scholarship but its very specific that you must be a double major. one in the sciences and the other in a social science. i remember when i toured claremont, they had stated this scholarship as a joint program between claremont and hmc. i can’t remember the specifics, i doubt it was based on financial need. it was a merit scholarship</p>
<p>do such merit scholarship apply to internationals? coz I think such a program would be fantastics esp since I wunno double major in Engineering/Econs</p>