<p>“Based on your qualifications, I would guess that had you been a male applying in the regular pool, you would have not been accepted. That is not to say you wouldnt be a positive force at Mudd; I believe you can and really hope you will be. However, you will need to work your ass off once you get here, just as I did, to make up any gap between you and the other students, just as I did. The easy part of a Mudd education is getting in, youve done that, but next year is where the real challenge begins. You may have been given the unique chance at a Mudd education because of your gender, but getting through will be a unisex feat, and will be the way to prove yourself, and the UCs, beyond any doubt that you could have gone anywhere and succeeded. Good luck and kick ass.”</p>
<p>Many of us who have actually gone through Mudd from start to finish have a problem with the way that Mudd tries to artificially balance the gender ratio. A good percentage of the alums feel that applicants should be put on equal ground and the best should only be admitted. If this means more boys, great. If this means more girls, great.</p>
<p>Mudd does NO ONE a favor by admitting unprepared students. Unfortunately, in this day and age this happens to manifest itself in a sizeable portion of the female population. By my estimates, 20% of female students drop out at Mudd. A lot of times it isn’t even that they can’t do the work or are getting really bad grades. They get tired of engineering/science and want to do something else… I think Mudd puts so much energy into getting girls to come that sometimes the girls are almost tricked into thinking that engineering is more glamorous and fun than it is. After their first year they are ready to do something else… especially when they don’t get A’s like they did in HS.</p>
<p>I actually haven’t looked at your stats, BlackRoses (except I do remember some SAT troubles awhile back). I would take this as a word of caution.</p>
<p>P.S… and of those who do make it through a good chunk of them want nothing to do with engineering/science.</p>
<p>You can call me sexist but I’m just telling you how it is.</p>