I just want to say something about the above poster as a Pomona student. Context and department matters. Mudd’s science offerings are in general excellent, but to somehow suggest that they are worth a point of consideration above other elite liberal art colleges is a bit unfair. I can only speak for biology from firsthand experience since that’s where I have taken off-campus courses at; I’ve also done research in their labs through the joint HHMI summer research program. Pomona’s biology department is considerably better. The facilities are far nicer than that of Mudd’s biology facilities, opportunities for research at Pomona are widespread due to a rather biology based chemistry department (which adds a robust molecular biology program to Pomona’s offerings), and there is a larger community of students doing Biology at Pomona. Educationally, both schools are similar, with focuses on independent projects and primary literature- I’ve had stronger courses at Pomona, however. Most of the biology attention at Mudd goes towards the intro core biology sequences, whereas at Pomona there is a similar amount of attention to both intro and upperlevel courses.
Meanwhile, if you had an interest in computation biology, Mudd would be better since 2 professors work with computational biology (compared to only one at Pomona) and they have special courses in bioinformatics and computer science with biological applications.
Neuroscience or geology at Mudd? Not really an option. Their core is rather intense too, limiting the number of upper level biology courses you might be able to take.
I’m pretty sure there isn’t a school that triumphs other peers at every single scientific discipline. Some schools are better than others however in certain areas, and my experiences with Mudd and Pomona’s biology department reflect that. I’ve heard physics and CS at Mudd is better than at Pomona, whereas math and chemistry are similar at both schools. I’m ultimately grateful for the opportunity to cross-enroll and to gain the combined net benefit of the Claremont Colleges, but it’s not accurate to list Mudd as the best at every type of scientific discipline. Do your research.