<p>I want to go visit one of the Claremont colleges. So I applied to Harvey Mudd's diversity visit, but I don't really want to attend to Harvey Mudd, for a variety of reasons, even though I'm looking into engineering at other schools. I would rather go to CMC or ponoma. But CMC doesnt have a program and i havent heard back from Pomona yet. But I got in to Harvey Mudd's visit. Should I go or should I wait to see if I get into the Pomona even if that means If I cant get in i don't go at all because I need to respond to the Harvey Mudd today, and I decide not to go later I have to pay for the plane ticket.</p>
<p>If you are interested in engineering, Harvey Mudd is the only one of the Claremont colleges that is suitable. CMC appears to be heavily “economics” (really business) oriented, while Pomona is more of a typical LAC with various liberal arts majors but no engineering.</p>
<p>The Claremont colleges “share” an extended campus. You’ll get a feeling of what it is like to be a student in anyone of the colleges simply by visiting Harvey Mudd. While there think about doing an admissions tour of Pomona or Claremont in addition to the program you’ve signed up for at Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>I agree with UCBA alumnus; if you are interested in engineering, Harvey Mudd is the only one which directly offers it. While at Pomona you can major in chemical engineering (through chemistry), environmental engineering (though EA), or 3-2 (with Caltech or WUSTL), you have to take a significant number of your classes at Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>You should just take the Harvey Mudd offer if you want to see the colleges; Pomona’s fly-in is very selective, and they recruit heavily from the South and for URM students. But be prepared to spend a significant amount of your time at Harvey Mudd. Who knows, you might just fall in love with it! And as fogcity says, the colleges are contiguous to one another, so you can easily stop by the admission offices at the other 2 schools.</p>
<p>Pretty simple answer. You should take advantage of the sponsored trip to Harvey Mudd. </p>
<p>Not only will it allow you to learn about the programs at Harvey Mudd, but also get a better understanding of the “combined programs” that are offered by Pomona and … the other schools in the consortium. Before leaving, google Zook + Pomona and Higdon + Keck. With the visit, this should go a long way in separating the truth from some of the usual fictional accounts (an euphemism for BS) posted above. To save you time, here are the links:</p>
<p>[Special</a> Programs and Opportunities - Pomona College - Acalog ACMS?](<a href=“Pomona College - Acalog ACMS™”>Special Programs and Opportunities - Pomona College - Acalog ACMS™)
[Keck</a> Science :: Academics : Management Engineering](<a href=“http://www.jsd.claremont.edu/majors/managementengineering.asp]Keck”>http://www.jsd.claremont.edu/majors/managementengineering.asp)
<a href=“http://www.cmc.edu/rdschool/academic/dual/ba_bs_economics_engi.php[/url]”>http://www.cmc.edu/rdschool/academic/dual/ba_bs_economics_engi.php</a></p>
<p>Fwiw, diversity fly-in trips remain mostly programs that are subject to by-invitation rules. The selectivity of the programs also remains in the eye of the beholder.</p>
<p>If you’re confused by what Xiggi means by “Zook + Pomona…Keck”, both are the respective pre-engineering advisors at the schools, so if you want to ask them any questions about engineering you should contact them or visit them when you arrive. Alfred Kwok is the advisor for chemical engineering at Pomona, so there’s another contact. Keck is the joint science center that CMC, Scripps, and Pitzer share. CMC also has its share of engineering options (I’m less familiar with them as a Pomona student), but it seems that like Pomona the majority of the engineering classes are taken at Harvey Mudd. (<a href=“https://www.jsd.claremont.edu/majors/ee.asp[/url]”>https://www.jsd.claremont.edu/majors/ee.asp</a>)</p>
<p>You might like Mudd better than you expect, too. My D wasn’t sure about Mudd when she first visited, but was won over (actually by her accepted students visit). Give them a try, you might be surprised.</p>
<p>Re: <a href=“https://www.jsd.claremont.edu/majors/ee.asp[/url]”>https://www.jsd.claremont.edu/majors/ee.asp</a></p>
<p>That is really a 3+2 program, not a “native” engineering program at CMC, although since the “2” school is Harvey Mudd, the “transfer” process is not as big a deal as with most 3+2 programs. However, it certainly involves attending Harvey Mudd, and is five years total instead of four.</p>
<p>[Accredited</a> Program Search](<a href=“http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx]Accredited”>http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx) indicates that only Harvey Mudd among the Claremont colleges has a “native” engineering degree program. So any engineering degree program involving the other Claremont colleges would either involve Harvey Mudd or transferring away to some other school to finish the engineering degree.</p>
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Chemical engineering curriculum and chemistry curriculum are very different. As a chemical engineering major before, I can tell you the “chemistry engineering” track within the chemistry department at Pomona covers only a small fraction of the chemE courses I took.</p>
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<p>Oh, there could not be much discussion about that part. It was the rest of the information that deserved some cleaning up. :)</p>
<p>@Sam Lee, yes, you’re definitely right. I think it’s meant to be for the 3-2 program.</p>
<p>Take the fly in!</p>
<p>You are not taking advantage of Mudd. You are giving them a chance to show you things about them you would not learn otherwise.</p>