Not sure who said Mudd is “better for engineering students”’. That is baloney. All the majors they offer are strong. It is a hard school, but no more or less for non-engineering majors. It isn’t great for pre-med given grade deflation and med schools’ focus on that. But otherwise, you would find strong physics, chem, math, and CS majors, with excellent employment and grad school results afterwards. And kids with other outside interests have a lot of other opportunities at the 5Cs.