<p>Just chiming in here - we are just back from ASP as well. The freshman English course is fairly like most at good schools, but with a Mudd twist - it’s not taught SOLELY by English profs, but rather across the board. I believe there are about a dozen of them, with various focus topics, and that frosh will probably get a first or second or third choice. I’m not sure, however, if it is one or two semesters.
A ‘student union’ is the common term for a large hangout space - sometimes there are rooms for clubs, and various student services like tutoring and food, etc.
It looks like there are plenty of places for students to gather at Mudd, none are called a union.
I also have more of a feel now for how connected the colleges are - I didn’t know that most Mudders end up taking classes at the other colleges. It’s also only a moderate walk all the way across the campuses and there are back paths that avoid traffic (Not that Claremont has a lot of traffic) and give the place more of a feel of one large entity.
As a parent, I didn’t end up seeing the dorms (I did see them last year, but I don’t remember them well. There were tours but I did other things.) Any thoughts on which dorms are 1) quiet and 2) music orientated</p>