<p>Could anybody offer their opinions in figuring out how these 3 schools comapre for engineering. My friend is trying to decide-he'll have scholarship money for all 3 but Mudd may cost the most. Any input will be most appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>engineering- mudd is probably the best of the bunch, in my personal opinion. of course, this is kind of biased as i go to mudd.</p>
<p>in second, cal. georgia tech, third.</p>
<p>note, however, that mudd does not have specific engineering majors. you would be a general engineer. i like this but you (or your friend) may not. being technically proficient in all fields is important, me thinks.</p>
<p>how far behind MIT and Caltech and Stanford is Mudd?</p>
<p>How would you compare Mudd with Cornell, Northwestern, JHU, Tufts, and Duke engineering?</p>
<p>behind? not.</p>
<p>i would say that it is right up there (same aptitude) with mit, caltech, and stanford...especially for engineering.</p>
<p>oh, sorrry, I heard before that caltech/mit/stanford were the best schools for engineering. So Mudd is better than the rest of the schools I named and at the same level as caltech/mit/stanford?</p>
<p>that is correct atomicfusion.</p>
<p>i don't think there is anything you can do to produce more competent engineers.</p>
<p>primab,</p>
<p>Either Cal or Harvey Mudd would probably be the best choices, and I think the differences between the two in overall quality of undergraduate education are small (though I would give the edge to Cal if only because of all of its resources).</p>
<p>Have your friend choose based on if he wants a small school or a large school experience. If he doesn't care, I'd probably say go to the one that's cheaper.</p>
<p>On another note, I wouldn't be so sure that Mudd is at the same level of MIT/Stanford for engineering - those schools are pretty amazing and are recognized as the best. It's really kind of hard to compare them (hence why US News doesn't) considering Mudd's lack of a graduate program, but I'm biased towards thinking schools with a graduate program can provide better opportunities for motivated students. </p>
<p>Anyway, I like Harvey Mudd a lot, and I think it's a great school. But I guess I wouldn't be so confident saying they're the best or tied for the best.</p>
<p>Well considering students are FORCED to delve into (I think all?) engineering disciplines fresh and soph year, Harvey Mudd has one of the hardest academic programs around. Which brings up education philosophies as its hard comparing Mudd to MIT persay due to the fact that Mudd promotes a broader educational background. Furthermore the size of Mudd, small, allows this since they can fit everyone into the classes whereas that is not exactly true in a school like Cal.</p>
<p>As far as research goes, JPL is a hop skip away and HM does compel students to research i believe.</p>
<p>All that said, I wouldnt call HM better or worse than MIT, Caltech, Stanford... but i would defiantly consider it extremely different in regard to its educational philosphy.</p>
<p>I wish it is as good and I think it is as good too</p>