<p>Imo, it's better than Berkeley, Duke, and all of the Ivy's at engineering. In a study recently done, college graduates from Harvey Mudd get the highest salaries out of all the colleges.</p>
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<p>HMC is an LAC and generally LACs get less public exposure than research universities.</p>
<p>Because many posters (especially the high school students on this site) are obsessed about getting into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or Stanford, despite the fact that there are many better schools than Harvard and Yale for engineering.</p>
<p>It’s a LAC and its on the west coast. (Pomona doesn’t get a lot of cc posts either, at least relative to Williams, Amherst & Swat.)</p>
<p>btw: you are foolish to say that Mudd is “better” than Cal, Duke and the Ivies. HMC may be GREAT, but it is impossible to say it is better (or worse, for that matter) than a Uni since it is so different. And also foolish to believe self-reported payscale data. (AP Stats)</p>
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A qualified expert opinion, I’m sure.
The Payscale “study” is hilariously bad. This has been discussed plenty of times before on this forum.</p>
<p>I think Harvey Mudd is mentioned quite often around here considering its small size and relatively self-selecting applicant pool. It’s a fine school, and I don’t think there’s any need to wildly promote it over other excellent schools. It can stand on its own.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is an exceptional college and is truly outstanding in math, science and engineering. Those in the know, know about Harvey Mudd. However, it is very different than most universities and other LAC’s. It’s got a very unique student body that is not for everyone and it is very small. I think that is why it tends to go unmentioned. Great school though. My son’s final two were Harvey Mudd and Cal. He was actually a recruited athlete at Mudd. In the end, he chose Cal. Mudd was just too small for him.</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is very respected especially for its aeronautics program</p>
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I suggest reading more threads. Mudd was mentioned in every thread about LACs and science/engineering I have ever read, as well as a good many others besides. </p>
<p>If any of the Claremonts gets neglected, it’s Scripps or Pitzer. The other three get quite a bit of love, and the consortium as a whole gets far more attention than most of their peer colleges.</p>
<p>Imo, only MIT, Cal Tech, and maybe Stanford can beat Harvey Mudd in engineering.</p>
<p>^ Yet another constructive opinion. You are an expert on this matter because…?</p>
<p>My brother got into Duke, Harvey Mudd, and Berkeley for engineering. He chose Berkeley though. I and many other people would have probably chosen Harvey Mudd.</p>
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<p>How about Johns Hopkins for biomedical engineering (typicaly considered #1). And UCSD (#2)…does HMC even do biomed eng?</p>
<p>One HUGE downside to LACs is the limited size of their program offerings…</p>
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<p>And this is proof of what? The evidentiary ice around you is thinning quickly.</p>
<p>Despite that, Mudd is extremely well-known and respected in the circles that matter.</p>
<p>Besides biomedical engineering (because of it’s great hospital), Johns Hopkins engineering department is not that great. UCSD is not better than Berkeley. let alone Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>I’ve actually observed Harvey Mudd mentioned all over the place. Quite a few people recommended I add it to my list because I was looking for a school strong in engineering that wasn’t all about engineering. The LAC + science combo is pretty tough to beat if that’s what you’re looking for…but not everyone is.</p>
<p>The thing is it’s not one of the Ivies, and it’s not one of the high-profile science & engineering schools (think CMU, MIT, Caltech), so it doesn’t get either side of the hype. As people have already said, the people in the know regard it highly.</p>
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Your brother is obviously a very smart guy… ;)</p>
<p>HMC is great too…it’s just a completely different environment that’s not for everyone…and neither is Berkeley for that matter. Different strokes for different folks. Aren’t you glad life in the US gives you choices?</p>
<p>Why are the combined SAT and GPA scores required to get into Harvey Mudd are only lower than MIT and Cal Tech and are higher than everybody else’s then?</p>
<p>^ Uhhh, because it’s small (engineering focused) and selective…???</p>
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<p>The survey is misleading because Mudd only produces engineers. It produces no poets, school teachers, or social workers (for example) whose presence in the alumni data base would bring the salary average down. And the fact that it only produces engineers is probably one reason that it’s not as effusively cited on CC as schools such as MIT and Georgia Tech which, while known for engineering, offer a broader spectrum of fields.</p>
<p>Heidegger, overall UCSD is not better than Berkeley in engineering. However, their biomedical engineering is considered to be better than Berkeley’s by many. UCSD is outstanding in this area.</p>