<p>Suin is right: Getting in may be the hard part at many selective colleges, but it’s the easy part at Mudd. If all those ECs represent significant time commitments, then the good news is that rajasa must have pretty good time management skills – which are likely to be critical.</p>
<p>The other geek mom is right: rajasa may have commended status now, but won’t know about semifinalist status until September. Mudd offers a small (~$1k/year with some modifiers) NM scholarship for finalists who identify Mudd as their first choice by the deadline.</p>
<p>I agree with others’ comments regarding math testing. A higher SATI M score would be advisable, and the SATII Math II (c or no c) is required (and the curve for that test is better than the Math I anyway). </p>
<p>An ED application might possibly be advantageous here, but applying ED means the tests have to be finished in November. Not a lot of retake opportunities there.</p>
<p>Also agree with dawncoming. The stats seem to say “bright and well-rounded” and “likes to help people,” but I’m not really seeing “furiously passionate about STEM.” I see ECs in practically everything but STEM, and nothing out of the ordinary STEM-wise in the high school classes. That combined with the math scores would have me really wondering, why Mudd? And “why Mudd” is very important.</p>
<p>Overall, I think I wouldn’t be as optimistic as the prefrosh respondents without some other evidence of STEM passion and proficiency.</p>
<p>(Note: “STEM” == Science/Technology/Engineering/Math.)</p>