Importance of undergraduate big name?

<p>Stats of prospective students just admitted at Mudd (obviously, the matriculated class may differ somewhat), are available at this thread (post number 90): <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvey-mudd-college/481551-official-decisions-thread-6.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/harvey-mudd-college/481551-official-decisions-thread-6.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The numbers are a bit daunting. BUT, don’t rule yourself out based solely on the stats. Strong interview, strong math/science background, and strong non-calfornian high school are all positives that can overcome having relatively weak SAT scores (as is true of the other schools you mention, “relatively weak” is the key phrase–at these schools, relatively weak equates to merit money at many other colleges).</p>