<p>Are there any schools similar to Harvery Mudd? Similar in that they are a strong science/math liberal arts college. (besides Caltech and MIT)</p>
<p>Pomona, Olin College of Engineering, Swarthmore</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman is very similar.</p>
<p>Similarities:</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Both schools are small tech-focused schools with an emphasis on humanities classes as well. They both have engineering majors, other math/science majors, and no humanities majors.
[</em>]My son has visited both schools, and says both have happy students and caring teachers.
[<em>]Both have pretty much enough housing for all four years.
[</em>]Both have a skewed gender ratio - except Harvey Mudd, for the first time this year, tipped it slightly PAST even to female.
[li]Both have other schools nearby where you can cross-register and find more girls.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Differences: </p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Rose-Hulman has recently always had the #1 spot in USNWR for engineering schools without PhD. Mudd often shares the #1 spot with them.
[</em>]Mudd students have a higher average SAT scores, for whatever that’s worth.
[<em>]Mudd intro classes are presumably harder, since they accept little or no AP credit, and Rose-Hulman accepts more AP credit.
[</em>]Rose-Hulman has engineering degrees with flavors (EE, ChemE, etc.) and Mudd has only an “engineering” degree. (Both have CS and other sciences)
[<em>]Mudd gets more qualified applicants than they can handle and has to turn away qualified applicants. I THINK Rose-Hulman doesn’t typically turn away qualified applicants.
[</em>]Mudd has enough money to give decent need-based aid, and for the most part Rose-Hulman can’t provide as many need-based grants.
[<em>]Rose-Hulman provides more merit-based grants.
[</em>]Both have hands-on classes and the opportunity for research and internship. However, I don’t know if research/internship is GUARANTEED at Rose-Hulman, and it is at Mudd (for the senior thesis/Clinic).[/ul]</p>
<p>Do you require engineering? It’s technically not a liberal arts field, and is what HMC is particularly known for, so if it’s a requirement then the number of LACs is greatly reduced. If you want the physical sciences and math, those are liberal arts fields and there are a lot more potential LACs. Also, are you sure you mean liberal art colleges, or just more tech schools, because Caltech and MIT are not LACs, but all three you mentioned are essentially tech schools, in that they have engineering as well as science/math.</p>
<p>yeah. i wouldn’t really consider harvey mudd as a liberal arts college, though it coins itself as that.</p>
<p>@ maruhan: Um, I’m pretty sure you’re wrong. Being a LAC has very little to do with how many hum classes you take and more to do with undergraduate experience and educational philosophy.</p>
<p>How wikipedia defines a LAC:
(1) smaller size than universities, which usually means more individual attention is given to each student;
(2) residential, which means students live and learn away from home, often for the first time, and learn to live well with others. Additionally, the residential experience of living on campus brings a wide variety of cultural, political, and intellectual events to students who might not otherwise seek them out in a non-residential setting; and
(3) a typically two-year exploration [the Common Core] of the liberal arts or general knowledge before declaring a major</p>
<p>ahh. i see.</p>
<p>i guess it fits the definition.
Well, then, i guess what i really wanted to say is that it’s a liberal arts college that significantly differs from all other liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>@Goldowl: I’d say Pomona is fairly different from Mudd as far as strengths go. Mudd is definitely superior in physical sciences, math, CS, and engineering. Pomona is better for life sciences and pre-med.</p>
<p>I’d definitely agree with Olin. Basically Mudd, but fewer hums and more emphasis on entrepreneurship. Also agree with Swat, which is similar in that it has a general engineering program, and a fairly hardworking/intellectual student body.</p>