<p>Are there any other selective liberal arts colleges that are like Harvey Mudd?</p>
<p>By that, I mean their core curriculum is more focused on math and the physical sciences.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is not really a liberal arts college. It is a small tech/science/engineering undergrad college. The offerings out side of the sciences are fairly limited, as they are at most tech schools. But, more importantly, the student body is 100% focused on math/science/engineering, so that is a very different college experience than a liberal arts college where your roomate might by a physics major or an econ major or an English major. As far as "fit", you really have to think of it as an alternative to MIT, Caltech, etc. However, Mudd does have the advantage of being located on a campus with several liberal arts colleges. In many ways, I think it may be the best "quality of life" of any of the undergrad tech schools.</p>
<p>Pomona is the top LAC of the Claremont Consortium -- a school with an equal emphasis on the three key areas of a liberal arts education: math/science, social sciences, and humanities. Pomona and many of the top LACs have superb science departments. Some, like Swarthmore, have highly regarded undergrad engineering departsments.</p>
<p>Rose Hulman may be considered somewhat like Mudd-- small science/tech school. However, it doesn't have a lot of other schools around it. One person told me that in Terre Haute, Indiana, their big weekend excitement was going to the Wal Mart.</p>