gelderm

Can anyone advise my daughter on two very different schools? Her top three have been Brown, Mudd, and Penn (in that order). Her top two seem very different and nearly impossible for us to compare and contrast for her. She's always loved Brown but her engineering interests point her towards the better and more challenging program at Mudd. Her parents are not engineers and have been of little help with her science and math interests. She has had many outside interests in a large suburban high school (varsity soccer, band) and not focused yet on any type of engineering major. Did any other Brown students, current or future, share this or any similar dilemma? Any advice in the next couple of days will be appreciated.

Amadeuic

Well, Harvey Mudd probably has the better engineering program, but she should come to Brown.

erkadurka

i visited mudd and personally didn't like it, because they thought they were better than everyone else, including mit, caltech, and the other claremonts. This kind of atmosphere turns me off...

I don't go there, but just visited, so my opinion might not be a true representation of the school.

modestmelody

This really belongs on the main Brown page. Very few people click through to the class specific page.

I think you should take a look at some of my posts on the Brown board on physical sciences and engineering. Go to "Search" and then click "Advanced Search" and put my username in the User box and "engineering" in the main search box (or physical sciences). If you really want to get fancy, select only the Brown board from the list of boards on CC to check out my posts here.