Can I get into Mudd without being a genius?

malgorium
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:49:34 +0000

Things might have changed a whole lot, but I graduated from Mudd class of 2000, and I am nothing close to a genius. Am I in the upper echelon of the population in terms of intelligence? I suppose, but to me, a genius is someone for whom difficult material and concepts just come to naturally and without a lot of effort. I didn’t know many people like that when I was at Mudd.

I’m a high school math teacher now, and one of my calculus BC kids applied to Mudd early decision and she got in! I don’t mean this as a slight at all, but she’s not a ‘genius’ either. However she’s extremely bright, and socially well-adjusted (which is something that’s not THAT common at Mudd), friendly, and involved in a lot of extra-curriculars. I’m happy that Mudd isn’t just looking for raw numbers on a transcript and continues to look at each student as a whole.