<p>Harvey Mudd is a very strongly sciency school. Although students are required to take about 1/3 of their classes in the humanities, there isn’t much of a culture for appreciating humanties. That said, the other Claremont Colleges are more focused on the humanities, and there are a lot of great classes to take at those schools. (Every Mudd student is required to take at least 5 humanties classes on Mudd’s campus. I find those coures offerings less interesting than those at the other schools, but they are okay.)</p>
<p>As for affording Mudd, filling out financial aid forms is a yearly struggle, but a necessary one for me and many other students. Mudd doesn’t give the top financial aid packages (Pomona is better), but it is a lot better than many other schools like Carnegie Mellon. If you think you qualify for financial aid, you should definitely consider how much financial aid a school gives. In fact, saying on your application that you will apply for financial aid can reduce your chances of being accepted at some schools. In my college process I considered schools like Carnegie Mellon, Reed, and Trinity even though I knew that those schools had less money for financial aid. I ended up being waitlisted at two of those schools probably because I wanted to be considered for financial aid.</p>