Can I get into Mudd without being a genius?

mathboy98
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:59:00 +0000

I have posted many times that, for instance, private schools like the standard HYPS category grow increasingly more wary of accepting what are classified as “purely intellectual” students. I.e., without anything else like EC’s. I think HMC is likely to be a more forgiving of these types, and in fact encourages them. Hence, I think the percentage of students who’re overall quite academically oriented [beyond just a few laughs and good scores and grades] will be fairly high.

Then again, I think if someone is really into math, science and engineering, just going to that environment can trigger him/her to become more academic, if that’s what they want.