Harvey Mudd, UChic, Harvard, or CMU?

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<p>Wow. I like that everyone has different opinions.</p>

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<p>cantthink, also realize where you want to spend the next four years of your life. Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh...they're very different places!</p>

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<p>If you say no to Harvard you will be among the few, the elite, those students who have enough self-respect to not need other people validating them based on where you went to college.</p>

<p>It really depends on what you want to do as well. If you are going to medical school, that's like 180k right there on top of your 100k in cost for Harvard. Money speaks. If you are going to get a job straight out of college, the harvard name will likely be well-worth it.</p>

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<p>I think I am going to CMU. Harvard is being very rude on the phone; when I called to ask a few questions, they treated me like I was just another wannabe for the "best" school in the country.</p>

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<p>hahaha...its Harvard. Snobfest is part of its name.</p>

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<p>Ick. I hate snobs.</p>

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<p>Save Harvard for grad school. You will need the 100k later. CMU for free is amazing.</p>

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<p>You have wonderful choices. If you didn't have to worry about the money, I would say Uchicago. My guess is that you would not encounter that snobbism from a Midwestern school. I agree with Durran that CMU for free is amazing. IMHO, Chicago is the best big city to live in. but Boston and Pittsburgh are fun, too!</p>

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<p>Ignore the OMGHarvard!!1 people. You'd do great at CMU and it makes so much more sense financially. Visit all of the campuses, and pick the place that seems like you would enjoy the most.</p>

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<p>I have been everywhere, but it feels like October was ages ago. I was at Harvey Mudd just a week ago, though.</p>

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<p>I seriously hate these "Harvard Harvard!!!" people. Personally I'd go with CMU.G'luck choosing, those are some awesome schools you get to pick from.</p>

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<p>The best option- your local community college. Better yet McDonalds</p>

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<p>Is that your best attempt at being sardonic? I know what you are thinking: middle-class girl thinks this choice will change the world. It won't. But it will change mine.</p>

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<p>If you are looking to go to grad school keep in mind that Harvey Mudd is very hard and i think has pretty noticeable grade deflation.</p>

<p>Lower gpa coupled with the relative lack of prestige compared to Harvard and CMU will hurt your grad school admissions.</p>

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<p>If everyone here seems to know that HMC is so hard, then why don't grad admissions people know/care?</p>

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<p>hmc students do get into grad schools. the phenomenon is that if they get into grad school they get into the top ones. harvards, CMU, stanford, berkeley, mit, caltech, u chig, etc.. weird, huh? i guess it makes sense since the bigger "more prestigious" schools are a lot more familiar with how undergrad academics really work around the country.</p>

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<p>let me clarify: i've heard several stories about people getting rejected from mediocre grad schools and get into the dream schools.</p>

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<p>How's that possible? Im mean ya its work, but there are times you've got to suck it up (and looking at all the lemons they play hard too heh).</p>

<p>Seriously visit the campuses and find the fit. Undergrad REALLY doesnt matter, and from the seniors I talked to anyone who wanted to get into a good Grad school from HMC got into one (one guy got accepted into 11/12 schools lol). Oh, and HMC has the highest turnout rate for PhDs... but honestly its whatever feels right for you.</p>

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<p>i don't know.</p>

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<p>"Upon graduation, more than 40 percent of Harvey Mudd’s students enter graduate school, often at the nation’s most prestigious universities. Virtually all of these students receive fellowships and assistantships. Those choosing to enter into the workforce are recruited heavily, often by many top national and international firms. More than 40 percent of Harvey Mudd alumni hold Ph.D.’s, the highest percentage among undergraduate colleges in the country."</p>

<p>from source:
<a href="http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/idd.asp?sponsor=1&inunId=6575%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://iiswinprd03.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/idd.asp?sponsor=1&inunId=6575&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>"About 40 percent of Harvey Mudd College's alumni complete Ph.D. programs, one of the highest figures for any school in the United States."
<a href="http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-212598%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-212598&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>