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I don't think many informed people really believe that schools like CMC are better institutions than Mudd. They might be better LACs, but that's just because Mudd really isn't a pure LAC.
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Oh AKr, whoops, AF, while your points are well taken and worth noting, I think your conclusions show how you just felt in the perennial trap of placing the silly label of "BETTER Institution" on schools that should not be compared. Go read my post #22 for my views on this.
While HMC compares easily to that little "Junior College in Pasadena," would someone interested in performing arts not find Scripps a ... better institution for her? How do you define what constitutes a "better" institution? Selectivity or graduation rates? Ot that absolutely asinine USNews yardstick of "variances in expected graduation rates which placed Harvey Mudd DEAD LAST in that category? Or dropout rates? Or quality papers written by faculty?
The reality is that there is absolutely no consensus on what matters to ... students! And, fwiw, there is also no definition of what constitutes a
pure LAC. If that definition is available somewhere on HMC's campus, please share it with us.
PS For the record, I have written many times about HMC being underrated by USNews.