<p>I’m surprised neither Tahir nor Graham addressed this earlier, but about Mudd’s honor code…
It’s almost identical to Caltech’s. If you want to try and claim superiority for other aspects of your school, cghen, feel free, but I’m not letting you go anywhere with this one.</p>
<p>The Mudd Honor Code:
“Each member of ASHMC is responsible for maintaining his or her integrity and the integrity of the college community in all academic matters and in all affairs concerning the community.”</p>
<p>Like you, we have take home tests. Like you, we collaborate on homeworks, and it is encouraged that we do so. Like you, we trust our fellow students (we’re only forced to lock our doors because of members of the greater community that take advantage of the trust within the school). And, all Mudd students have access to all buildings at all hours… we’re not allowed into labs w/o a prof, usually, but we all are told the keycode to get into the academic buildings (to drop off/pick up tests, hw, lab writeups, etc).</p>
<p>I’d also like to make a few more comments about research at Mudd. It is incredibly easy to get research here. There’s a great system in place (at least for the bio and chem departments) for applying for summer research, and I, with no research experience, got my top choice of projects, with virutally no background in what I’ll be working on (and I didn’t have to put much effort into the application process, either). Also, all chem and bio majors, and i think some seniors in the other majors as well, are required to do research for their senior thesis. Those that don’t do research do clinic, which is pretty much the same thing, except you’re working with professionals in the field, solving problems for them and often creating contacts for jobs after graduation. </p>
<p>Ok, I’m done. I don’t think Caltech’s a lesser school by any means; I think it’s very much one of those “to each his own” kind of things, but don’t knock Mudd, please, especially on the Mudd forum. We can both be amazing. And I suppose none of this is really relevant to the original poster, and it’s just become our own little school pride thing, so it’s probably time to let it go…</p>