<p>I live in California and I really want to go to Harvey Mudd for the engineering program, but my sister whose a year younger than me wants to go to Berkeley. I don't want to go to a school less prestigious than my sister. Which is more prestigious? Berkeley or Harvey Mudd? On a national AND worldwide scale. Is Harvey Mudd more highly regarded?</p>
<p>You should go to Harvard. No school can beat Harvard in terms of national and worldwide prestige.</p>
<p>Gotta love going to college for vanity and spite.</p>
<p>KWU, the school is harvey mudd, not harvard. For Electrical Engineering/ Computer Science, Berkeley is more well known. For everything else, it’s practically a tie but you’ll probably find a better education (smaller classes, etc.) at harvey mudd and fit in more with the engineer-type of students.</p>
<p>Berkeley is more prestigious, and I’m in an area that sends many people to HMC and few to Cal. If prestige is an issue, go to Berkeley. I won’t judge you – prestige was the biggest factor in my search and in my decision</p>
<p>Are you for real? Prestige is indeed something to consider, but future employers or grad schools are more important to impress than your sister, right?</p>
<p>In many countries outside of the US, Berkeley is highly respected. Not many people have even heard of Mudd. But I would surmise Mudd is prestigious for those who care. </p>
<p>For international prestige: Berkeley >>> Mudd. It’s not even close. </p>
<p>And, kwu was right, no school can ever beat Harvard when it comes to prestige race nationally or internationally. But this is Berkeley vs Mudd. :D</p>
<p>Your inferiority complex with your sister is pretty pathetic, but at the same time, I welcome it. I’m considering applying to HMC as well, and I’ll certainly get lots of help from self-selecting thanks to insecure folks like yourself. And college isn’t for making impressions;.the only place where that matters is with employers, and a degree at HMC is certainly highly regarded by employers, possibly more so than one from Berkeley.</p>
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<p>There aren’t many people at HMC period.</p>
<p>Someone seems awfully confident. Who says you’ll get in at Harvey Mudd? ;)</p>
<p>Both are excellent engineering schools but I think Berkeley is an overall more prestigious university especially abroad. Both will undeniably provide a great education so go to Harvey Mudd if you like the campus feel better. Otherwise, apply to both then consider them both. Financial might become a factor so don’t limit yourself to only these two schools. Good luck.</p>
<p>“Berkeley is more prestigious, and I’m in an area that sends many people to HMC and few to Cal. If prestige is an issue, go to Berkeley. I won’t judge you – prestige was the biggest factor in my search and in my decision”</p>
<p>Sends many people to Mudd? Really? I mean, they only take in about 200 a year, and I’ve seen the breakdown by state and whatnot, and it’s really not terribly lopsided, so I have a hard time imagining they’d take more than a few people from any one area consistently. Where are you that sends “many” people?</p>
<p>My view on the prestige - On a national scale within engineering or science circles, a Mudd degree seems to be regarded more highly than a Cal degree. On an international scale in any sense, Cal will be more prestigious, Mudd isn’t heard of. On a national scale for the common person, Cal will again trump Mudd. So if what you’re going for is impressing people on the streets by telling them where you’re going…</p>
<p>Take kwu’s advice and go to Harvard. Or settle for Cal. But personally, I wouldn’t base my decision on one-upping my sister.</p>
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<p>On a worldwide scale, Berkeley is definitely more prestigious than Harvey Mudd. I’m an international and I had never heard of Harvey Mudd before coming to the States. </p>
<p>Compared to Mudd, Berkeley also offers a much greater pool of engineering classes to choose from and has more distinguished professors.</p>
<p>Berkeley is more prestigious, it’s not even close but the education at Harvey Mudd is just as good as UC-Berkeley and may be better if you prefer a small LAC type school rather than a large school.</p>
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<p>It doesn’t make sense to go to Harvard if you want to major in engineering. As an engineer, most people will be impressed though if you say you go to MIT or Caltech, maybe Stanford.</p>
<p>Berkeley hands down. I’ve never even heard of Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>bdl, don’t confuse name recognition and prestige. More people know Ohio State than Swarthmore, but that hardly means Ohio State is more prestigious. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>It is absurd to imply that Mudd students are in any way less impressive than their Berkeley counterparts. Mudd students are smarter in aggregate, and Mudd falls behind only Caltech in PhD production, holding its own with MIT in raw numbers. As I have posted before, Mudd graduates get paid roughly the same as Caltech and MIT graduates and slightly more than Berkeley engineering graduates.</p>
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<p>“Many” relative to the class size. My school alone has sent five or so students to HMC in one year, and of course there are more in the area. I’m not talking about half the incoming class. But I am on the West Coast.</p>
<p>More prestigious?</p>
<p>Within the engineering commmunity . . . Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>The wide world . . . Cal. </p>
<p>They ar every different places to go to school. </p>
<p>Is a bigger or a smaller school a better fit for you?</p>
<p>Answer that and you’ll know where to go</p>
<p>Kei</p>
<p>And for those that never heard of Mudd or Cal Poly SLO for engineering . . . I hope it stay that way forever :-)</p>
<p>In the serious engineering world, Harvey Mudd is at the top of prestige for undergraduate education in science/math/engineering. </p>
<p>I start my new <em>crazy</em> job on Monday. Numerous people said (on Friday), “Well, [this other guy] in the company was from Harvey Mudd so you have quite a technical performance to live up to.”</p>
<p>Listen. If you want to get into the top PhD programs or the companies that no one has heard of because they are so on the edge (and secretive, like mine), Mudd is your choice. </p>
<p>Work hard for your glamour. </p>
<p>-Recent HMC grad at top tight-lipped company</p>