<p>I'm applying to both and my college advisor recommends me to withdraw one from the two.</p>
<p>Which one should I take out?</p>
<p>To reverse the question, if I am admitted to both, which one should I go to?</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd, indubitably.</p>
<p>go to Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>but Rose-Hulman is much easier to get into and Rose-Hulman is a very good engineering school too!</p>
<p>same differences b/n them…HMC is more liberal and laid back probably</p>
<p>HMC is more prestigious…but RHIT is usually ranked higher and is less selective so take your pick</p>
<p>If you know for sure what engineering specialty you want to major; desire a specific engineering degree with more course choices in your desired discipline and can stand the colder climate of Terre Haute, Rose Hulman is the choice.</p>
<p>If you want a warmer climate (though still a relatively sleepy, suburban environ) with an intensive, broad-based engineering education within a prestigious consortium of liberal arts colleges, Harvey Mudd is the choice.</p>
<p>Terre Haute is in podunk Indiana. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd no question and in an incredible area with great weather and wonderful consortium of other schools in which you can take classes and make friends.</p>
<p>My husband has hired lots of engineers and he would not hesitate hiring Harvey Mudd engineers. Both are good schools, but HMC has the edge.</p>
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Let’s not go overboard here. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of an Inland Empire suburb described as an “incredible area”. </p>
<p>A few years ago, Caltrans extended the 210 freeway past Claremont…surely this allows easier access to the sites of L.A…40 miles away.</p>
<p>Hot, dry, smoggy and windy are not exactly my ideals when it comes to “great weather”.</p>
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<p>I stand corrected UCBChemEGrad.</p>
<p>What I mean is that everything that one could possibly want is fairly close by all the while being able to attend an excellent school in a very safe town. You can get to LA and all it has to offer fairly quickly and although the weather is warm and even very hot at times, the humidity is very low(Most people adore dry climates) and absolutely beats the heck out of the long, long dark dismal winters that many good schools have to endure. </p>
<p>There is a reason that so many pay the high prices to live in the South West. </p>
<p>With that said, my son is willing to endure a long, cold, wet winter to attend a great school. He has not decided where he is going yet(And we will have to wait and see where he gets accepted). He will miss the sunshine that CA offers if he leaves CA. We live in Nor-Cal and have a bit colder winter than southern Cal and we have more rain in the winter and early spring months. It’s very, very hot here in the summer, but I love the dry weather. I have lived all over the country and absolutely love the weather here.</p>
<p>Not sure if the smog is as bad at HMC as it’s in LA.</p>
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It’s worse. Usually downwind from the LA basin and snugged up against the San Gabriel mountains keeps the smog in. Although, hot dry Santa Ana winds in September-December usually give the IE (and LA) its clearest days.</p>
<p>Getting back to the main question…</p>
<p>Do you think you are a strong enough candidate to get into both??? If you are considering removing yourself from one, do you run the risk of not getting into one or the other or are you a shoe in to both based on your stats???</p>
<p>HMC’s air is much better than LA. There arent any local producers of pollution, and we are far enough from the mountains where it is not an issue. The smog is certainly visible from campus though; it makes for some very interesting sunsets. </p>
<p>There is however a bit of construction going on a bit south of HMC that can be noticable if you venture down there for classes.</p>
<p>OP: Can I ask why your GC thinks you should withdraw one of the two? Apply to both and maybe your decision will be made for you.</p>
<p>Ya, there really is no reason to withdraw one unless you are REALLY strapped for cash.</p>
<p>^ My reaction too. Why are you supposed to withdraw one application? Especially since, if your stats put you in the running for Mudd, the RHIT application is probably “priority,” streamlined, and free…</p>