<p>The comments are very helpful - keep them coming, everyone!</p>
<p>I think my D is content to know she would major in math or physics and whether that’s at Maine LAC or at Mudd, I expect she would keep to that. At Maine LAC, she might double major in philosophy/math or english/math or physics/math or economics/math…
She told me today she just wants the options of seminar style classes, discussion-based, being able to take classical mythology or something unusual…just to explore what she might want to major in. </p>
<p>Study abroad isn’t a deciding factor for her. She sees them as equally an option at either school.</p>
<p>Weather won’t shift her views - she actually sees No Seasons / sunny so cal as a neutral, and Maine’s weather falls in the neutral category too. She has grown up in south texas and wants a change.</p>
<p>My biggest concern is that the personal fit at Mudd felt SO good, and at maine LAC there might have been the slightest difference because it wasn’t quite as perfect a fit based on the short one day overnight. But the Maine school followed the Mudd ASP and maybe it was hard to top. There seemed no question that she would be socially happy at Mudd.</p>
<p>Her other concern is whether she would have enough of a balance between academics and social life (doesn’t want to be overwhelmed) though having everyone else working as hard as she would be probably makes that less of a fear since part of the social life is over homework. She is somewhat afraid of being chronically sleep deprived.
She’s a tough cookie, though.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of people who went to ASP and were immediately turned off by the vibe? My D said every other prefrosh she met felt just like she did about the ASP, very positive.</p>