<p>I think the nerdy/geeky background of that urbandictionary definition, is probably great evidence that it is the right definition :|</p>
<p>That is unfortunately correct.</p>
<p>Not that I think âover 9000â jokes are cool, but in defense of Harvey Mudd âover 9000â has become a widely used internet meme and someone who uses it isnât necessarily a dragon ball z fanatic.</p>
<p>Not that I really have a clue about what my son does at Mudd (which makes both of us happy), but I have never heard him mention dragon z ball or heard an over 9000 joke, so I think that the earlier post that there are all types at Mudd if you seek them out is correct. For a science, math, engineering driven group, they seem pretty diverse/interesting to me.</p>
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True! Iâve heard it used by many folks whoâve never watched or even heard of Dragonball Z. Kind of like âAll your base are belong to us.â In both cases, as I understand it, the joke comes from eye-rolling sarcasm over the cheesiness of the original source.</p>
<p>During geek<em>sonâs college search, one of the things that impressed me the most about Mudd is the diversity of its students. I donât mean ethnic or socioeconomic diversity (although Iâm sure thatâs there since most colleges work so hard to get it), but diversity of personalities, backgrounds, and interests. I imagine there are some two-dimensional characters there, but I havenât encountered them or heard about them. What I met, and what geek</em>son told me about, were mostly people who could easily hold up their end of a very interesting, free-wheeling conversation over a two-hour lunch. Perhaps thatâs more typical of upperclassmen than of entering students; if so, Mudd must be having the right effect.</p>
<p>Based on my limited observations and Muddslingerâs post about his/her schedule, Iâd say that his/her current lack of a social life is self-imposed. How many lifelong friends are you going to make while youâre hiding in your room, showering, sleeping, or watching sitcom reruns?</p>
<p>(As a 40-something mom, I must cop to enjoying the occasional round of Super Smash Bros myself. :o)</p>
<p>As a mom of a rising junior, I have to agree with geek mom. My son is an outgoing, social kind of guy, and is holding a 3.3 GPA in engineering. He studies very hard, does tons of group study (which is social), and also seems to have a fun partying, hanging out with friends, etc. You have to get out there and find your people - trust they are out there.</p>
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<p>Well, I canât Iâve made any friends at Mudd in the first place, so itâs possible that itâs self-imposed. There are also two trends that I can point out about studying and social life.</p>
<p>One thing that Iâve noticed is that having a GPA over 3.4 or so makes Mudd a LOT less fun. My roommates and I got 3.6+ GPAâs. One of my roommates transferred, and the other shares my views about Muddâs social life pretty much exactly. So possibly laying off the books more and doing other things would be beneficial. GPA get exponentially harder to maintain the higher up the scale you go.</p>
<p>Iâve noticed that studying in groups helps the social life quite a bit, but 95% of the time if my roommate and I didnât understand a question, then nobody else did either. I got in the habit of studying primarily in my room where itâs easier to concentrate, then compare answers with my roommates. Also in hindsight I placed out of most of frosh math as well as the intro computer science course, and never needed much help in physics or hum. That basically limited my collaboration opportunities to only two or three classes, which wasnât much. And one of those was chem, and I would always just collaborate with people in my hall for that so I didnât have any need to leave.</p>
<p>Its worth noting a couple of things. First, things get easier as you progress through Mudd. The core is a reaper of souls, and often less interesting than our major courses. Also, different majors have different difficulties associated with them.</p>
<p>As a physics major I have a 3.7+ GPA overall. Yet I would consider myself a decently out-going person - at least enough to satisfy a college student. I dont party every night, but at least a couple per week. I hang out with friends and just chill at least a couple other nights of the week. And then I usually get in a couple nights of intense work. </p>
<p>Something that I find really helpful is just having a lot of friends in major with whom you can work with. This means usually you can have some mix socializing and working going on, and just more people to go to for help when needed. âDrinking quantumâ was fun when it happened, even though it was at 50% pace or so.</p>
<p>ââDrinking quantumâ was fun when it happened, even though it was at 50% pace or so.â</p>
<p>Based upon this wordingâŠit sounds like drinking quantum got stuff done (100%) and then did not get stuff done (0%) and thus the statistical mean is 50%.</p>
<p>Amused by quantized drinking quantum âwhen it happenedâ.</p>
<p>Whatâs drinking quantum?</p>
<p>drinking <<insert class=ââ name=ââ here=ââ>> is when you do ridiculous homework for that class while drinking alcoholic beverages.</insert></p>
<p>examples:
drinking quantum
drinking stems
drinking big stems</p>
<p>this is not to be confused with events like kingâs cup (everyone drinking IN materials science while reviewing solid state physics with prof king) or sahakianâs âwaterâ bottle.</p>
<p>but really, mudders donât drink THAT much⊠only when we are driven to do so! :D</p>
<p>Nope, it was more like drinking frontloaded with only slight drinking through the assignment, so it starts at like 20% and then ends at 80%</p>
<p>Hi, Fiona, congrats on getting in Harvey Mudd. itâs a great school.
I read your blog a year ago and you said you like to go MIT. What make you change?</p>
<p>I belive you can go MIT too based on your results. BtW, I am your fansâŠ</p>
<p>mudd is a heck of a schoo; the only thing i wouldnt like about it is that its a no no pretyy much if u end up not liking math, science and enginering</p>
<p>harvey mudd alumnus makes the 3rd most amount of money right after graduation. its behind caltech & MIT.</p>
<p>if iâve ever read any piece of unsourced information, thatâs it.</p>
<p>and I am by no means a mudd/caltech/mit hater.</p>
<p>Believe it comes from this: [Best</a> Colleges, Best College Majors, Best College Degrees](<a href=âhttp://www.payscale.com/best-colleges]Bestâ>2023 College Rankings by Salary Potential | Payscale)</p>
<p>^ Based on median salaries, from self-reported populations, excluding those who hold graduate degrees, with a +/- 10% confidence interval. :eek: Itâs an interesting survey, but I donât think it would convince me to run out and buy a brand new truck if I were a newly accepted Mudder.</p>
<p>On the subject of jobs, though, at pre-frosh weekend I was very impressed with the measures HMC has taken to help graduating Mudders find good jobs in the economic downturn. Letâs just say the large public uni I attended (with the dinosaurs) didnât go to such lengths.</p>
<p>Wasnât a salary survey listing HMC among the top 3 earners published in the Wall Street Journal?</p>