<p>is anyone else still awaiting his or her final verdict?</p>
<p>Still am. Haven’t heard anything in ages, though.</p>
<p>Admissions sent students the final 2015 stats on June 2nd, so my guess is that they’re done. Room placement is in progess, and course placement is about to begin, so I can’t imagine why they’d suddenly admit a few more.</p>
<p>It is my understanding that on May 23rd emails were sent out to all remaining students on the alternate list that either stated:</p>
<p>"Thank you for your continued interest in HMC. We appreciate your patience and we had hoped to give you good news about including you in our first year class. Unfortunately, all spaces in the class of 2015 are currently filled, and we do not anticipate making more offers of admission…We truly regret that space did not open up for you this year.</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>When we last contacted you about the status of our alternate list, we promised that we would be in touch again…While we remain over-enrolled for the fall, we are only over by a small number. History has shown that our outlook can change during the summer, especially if a few enrolling students change their minds about their college plans. This would leave us with an opportunity to admit a few students from the alternate list. We remain interested in your candidacy, so we invite you to stay with our alternate list a bit longer. We will continue to keep you informed until space opens up or until mid July, after which all admission for the fall will be closed. …You are in fact part of a small group of students that are being offered continued candidacy for admission to HMC…"</p>
<p>I believe HMC initially let in two waves of students off their alternate list. I am unaware of where things stand now. Mid July is Friday!</p>
<p>Good luck to those few remaining on the alternate list!</p>
<p>My son was on the short waitlist at HC and just heard on Thursday that he is in. It had been his first choice school and now he is trying to decide if he should take their offer or stick with his decision to go to WPI. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>@pcpeacock: I think there are several very clear differences between Mudd and WPI and your son should consider those differences and make his own decision.
- Look at the difference in who his classmates will be. Not that SAT scores are everything, but compare the midrange SATs of the two schools: CR Mudd 680-770 vs WPI 560-660, Math Mudd 740-790 vs WPI 630-720, Writing Mudd 660-750 WPI 560-660. Does your son like to be challenged by his peers or does he like to be the big fish in the pond?
- Humanities: The humanities education will be more extensive at Mudd and comes with the opportunity to take classes at all of the other Claremont Colleges. Is the requirement for more humanities a positive factor or a negative factor for your son?
- Geography: WPI has more of a regional reputation and Mudd has a national reputation among those who are in the know in STEM fields. That said, my east coast Mudder has ended up staying in California. Where does your son see himself living after college?
- Grad school: 47% of Mudd students go directly on to grad school compared to 20% of WPI students. Does your son envision his BS as his terminal degree?</p>
<p>I’m sure others can add more, but you can start with these factors.</p>
<p>Thanks mother of perl! You have made some great points that we have been pondering. Seeing them in B&W does help. I have to say my biggest negative about Mudd is that it is in CA and we don’t want him to go that far and very possibly stay in CA, BUT we know that we don’t want to and won’t hold him back from the opportunity. He wants to get his Phd so Mudd would be great for him and we do think the intensity of the Mudders appeals to him. He thinks he will connect with them as they are very focused but fun and interesting. Thank you again-any other advice out there?</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son on his acceptances. Has he reached a final decision?</p>
<p>Also, something to note is the huge difference in size between WPI and Mudd. While WPI is +3,000 undergrads alone, Mudd is barely more than 700. If the medium size of WPI attracted your son to it in the first place, that might be a +1 for WPI in this situation.</p>
<p>Is he really sure that he will major in a field that Mudd offers? Has he visited either or both schools?
Mudd is small, but there is the CConsortium which adds a certain kind of size and diversity.
How about costs?</p>