Other colleges like Harvey Mudd

interesteddad
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:01:42 +0000

Harvey Mudd is not really a liberal arts college. It is a small tech/science/engineering undergrad college. The offerings out side of the sciences are fairly limited, as they are at most tech schools. But, more importantly, the student body is 100% focused on math/science/engineering, so that is a very different college experience than a liberal arts college where your roomate might by a physics major or an econ major or an English major. As far as “fit”, you really have to think of it as an alternative to MIT, Caltech, etc. However, Mudd does have the advantage of being located on a campus with several liberal arts colleges. In many ways, I think it may be the best “quality of life” of any of the undergrad tech schools.

Pomona is the top LAC of the Claremont Consortium – a school with an equal emphasis on the three key areas of a liberal arts education: math/science, social sciences, and humanities. Pomona and many of the top LACs have superb science departments. Some, like Swarthmore, have highly regarded undergrad engineering departsments.