UVA vs Harvey Mudd BME [International student]

DadTwoGirls
Wed, 15 May 2024 18:13:49 +0000

I do not think that you can expect to be accepted off a waitlist. However, it might make sense to be prepared and at least consider what you might do if you were to get accepted off the waitlist.

I do not think that I would pay attention to the average salary for graduates from various schools. One issue is that many (not all) recent graduates are more likely to get a job in the area near the university or college that they graduated from. Southern California, or at least LA, is an expensive area to live in. This impacts the average salaries of graduates. This does not mean that they live any better, they just get paid a bit more and then pay more for their rent and other expenses.

As an international student, you should not expect to be able to stay in the US after graduation. There is some possibility of staying short term, but there is a lot of uncertainty and being able to stay in the US long term is unlikely. As such you should pay attention to what your job opportunities are likely to be in your home country. If you already have either US citizenship or US permanent residence this concern of course would not apply, regardless of where you are living now.

These are both very good schools. Both programs will be academically demanding. I think of Harvey Mudd as particularly academically demanding (approximately on an MIT/Caltech level) but I am not sure whether this is true.

Congratulations on your acceptance to UVA. It is a very good university.