@boneh3ad I do want to do some research as an undergrad. For somewhere like Mudd that doesn’t have PhD programs, shouldn’t there be ample research opportunities still?
@monydad I know, I’ve read that Chem E is one of the hardest engineering majors. Unfortunately my parents don’t seem to believe me and think that it’s bogus…
@eyemgh In terms of a tangible ROI, Harvey Mudd ranks second (https://www.payscale.com/college-roi), so do you think that going in that much debt is still very dangerous? I shouldn’t have said the word ‘nurturing’- what I meant was that I wanted a collaborative engineering environment with good access to professors, etc… Something along those lines. I applaud your son for looking past rankings and bumper sticker pride-- I myself am trying to get past those things (for example: who in Canada/across the world has heard of Harvey Mudd? People don’t go there for its commonplace prestige), but they are pretty important to me, nevertheless.