<p>Is it obvious?
Help me decide. I was accepted at both. I am thinking in engineering, physics or math but I would like to take some courses on business, economy, or just something else than science. People in this website compares Harvey Mudd with the Ivies, is it that good? I sometimes feel comments overrate it.
A friend from Harvard told me that the reputation of Colgate is high above that of HMC. I live abroad, I don't know anything. In my country both are as unknown as colleges in latin america are for americans.
Do Harvey mudd graduates do big things after they graduate?</p>
<p>mafp, I don't know too much about Colgate, but from the little I know about HMC, it's an amazing place. If I hadn't gotten into Princeton, it'd be very high up on my list. That said, it's for a certain kind of student. If you're a hardcore math/sci guy willing to live through some long nights and difficult problems, it's a great place. The placement of their graduates at high-tech firms is certainly very impressive to say the least. Their clinics, where you have the chance to work with a big name company on a major project, is also amazing. I've heard a few of those projects, and they totally blew me away.</p>
<p>I know very little about Colgate and so I won't comment much on it. But personally, I think Harvey Mudd is an amazing school. As for whether or not it's ivy caliber, that depends on what you mean. Overall prestige? No. Humanities strength? No. But math/science strength? Without a shade of doubt.</p>
<p>I saw this post of yours on the MIT's board as well. IMO, you should post it on Colgate's and Harvey Mudd's boards. I guess most students accepted to MIT/Princeton would have a much sketchier knowledge about these schools than students at the schools themselves. However, since you're into science/engineering, Harvey Mudd is probably a better fit for you than Colgate, which is a bit more artsy.</p>
<p>Thank you both.
I also posted it the there, but I wanted to know the opinions of people at this schools. (My first choice was Princeton) It has been hard, everybody in these forums talk very well about HMC, but just talk about parties when refering to Colgate. If Colgate is among the top 20 LACs, and ranked better than HMC... Well I dont know.</p>
<p>I live in California, so the Claremont Colleges are quite well known and respected (HMC is #2 for best undergrad engineering program at non-doctoral universities).The atmosphere appears to be very intense and competitive at Harvey Mudd. If you like a suburban setting, then HMC would be perfect for you.</p>
<p>People tell me Colgate's campus and atmosphere resembles Princeton's, but I don't know too much about it. The student body is medium, compared to HMC's, which is considered small. Also, Colgate is located in a rural area, so that might be a good or bad thing for you.</p>
<p>About the rankings, do you think they are trustable in this specific case? That puts Rose Hulman on par with Cooper Union and Harvey Mudd, and I have not hear so many good things form Rose Hulman as I have heard about the other two.
Anyway the discussion is still between colgate and Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>tchaikovsky,
Where else where you accepted, what other options did you seriously consdier, why you chose princeton, and what would you like to study?</p>
<p>Sorry for asking that much questions =) I'm just trying to make the most form these chats :)</p>
<p>I wouldn't take the rankings too seriously...I was just trying to cite how strong of an engineering program HMC has.</p>
<p>I was acceped to Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn, Williams, Johns Hopkins, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCD.</p>
<p>Besides Princeton, I was looking at Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Penn. I was accepted to the Juilliard-Columbia Program, which is an incredible opportunity that was hard for me to pass up. However, I guess what pushed me towards Princeton was the fact that the conductor offered me a chair in the symphony orchestra as an oboist. That, and the awesome campus, professors, and resources Princeton has to offer. I'm planning on a major in English/Comparative Literature/Philosophy as a prelaw student. </p>
<p>Anyways, I don't want to detract from your thread, so let's turn the discussion back to HMC vs. Colgate.</p>
<p>Do you know Dean of engineering school Maria Klawe at Princeton is the incoming president of Harvey Mudd? This will tell you how well Harvey Mudd is respected in science/engineering field.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hmc.edu/headline/Klawe.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.hmc.edu/headline/Klawe.html</a></p>
<p>Wow, tchaikovsky, you should have left some more options to other ppl ;) .</p>
<p>Colgate is in the village of Hamilton, an even more rural place than Pton, which is rather suburban. Colgate used to have a party scene, because of its isolation to major cities. However, since the death of 4 students due to an alcohol-related accident, the administration is trying to curb the party scene. Colgate has made an effort to bring the vibrant life of the cities onto campus by organizing events and inviting performers to perform on campus on week-ends. Not that all students care a lot about it, I heard. But you'll like Colgate if you love nature. The landscape surrounding the campus is absolutely gorgeous, and its rural location means that there are lots of trees, you can simply have a walk and enjoy. Although HMC is definitely for engn/hardcore science, Colgate is also a fine college.</p>
<p>Btw, if you're interested in MIT, you must have seen on <a href="http://my.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://my.mit.edu</a> about a hack on Caltech recently. It is based on a HMC hack on Caltech 20 years ago. Here are some links:
<a href="http://jessie.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/04/mit_hacks_calte.html%5B/url%5D">http://jessie.mitblogs.com/archives/2006/04/mit_hacks_calte.html</a>
<a href="http://www.mitcannon.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.mitcannon.com</a> --> official website. It also mentions about the HMC hack 20 years ago.</p>