Can I get into Mudd without being a genius?

mathboy98
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:14:30 +0000

Oh come on. Nobody who got into Mudd from my school was a genius. That definitely includes me. Let’s not toss around compliments too quickly, or the term “genius” becomes really meaningless. I know a Mudd physics graduate + some who went there in my year + others like myself who just got in, and none of them qualifies as a genius. Same with Caltech…they’re very high scoring, good students, and far beyond the level of the tests like AP Physics and AP Calculus.

Then again, I rest my case because they may very well be geniuses by the common definition…my advice is not to refrain from going to Mudd, rather to try to overcome your fear and realize you can be very smart.