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My First College Interview
tomorrow i am doing an overnight stay and an interview with Harvey Mudd College, this is among my first choices. i'm going to be lead around by a student there and go to classes with them, not sure if they are gonna report anything about me but i will assume they will to be safe. any suggestions about how i should approach this kind of math/science school to most improve my shot at being admited? any help would be appreciated since this could really help me.
things to take into consideration about me -i go to a private highschool in LA -im taking 2 math and 2 science course -one each of the math and science courses are college level -i wont be taking calculus during HS(long story) so i will be taking it over the summer since they require it -i spent last summer at a summer college program at stanford and the year before that worked in a lab for a month -i am a successful 2/4nl player, don't know if this is something to bring up thanks for any help p.s. i plan to major in engineering, 40% of people there major in it |
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Re: My First College Interview
There are better engineering colleges.
Also, only 29% of the population is female. |
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There are better engineering colleges. Also, only 29% of the population is female. [/ QUOTE ] for the first part: yeah, but i know i cannot get into stanford/berkeley engineering, and i really like the way their curriculum works and second part: but it is less than 100ft away from scripps, an all girls school |
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Re: My First College Interview
I would consider how much money Mudd allocates towards their labs/research.
I would also recommend looking at senior design projects to see what you'll be doing senior year, and how it will help you in industry. |
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Only 25% of women attending scripps are actually women.
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I would consider how much money Mudd allocates towards their labs/research. I would also recommend looking at senior design projects to see what you'll be doing senior year, and how it will help you in industry. [/ QUOTE ] the way it works is they have a "clinic" program, where companies like microsoft, boeing, etc. pay harvey mudd some amount to have students solve problems they have |
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I just scanned their site. It seems that you receive a general engineering degree, not a speciality in mechanical/chemical/civil/aerospace?
I also saw their "design projects" or clinic as they call it. From what I could gather, they don't compete against other colleges, which is lame. |
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I just scanned their site. It seems that you receive a general engineering degree, not a speciality in mechanical/chemical/civil/aerospace? I also saw their "design projects" or clinic as they call it. From what I could gather, they don't compete against other colleges, which is lame. [/ QUOTE ] the way their engineering degree works is to prepare for real world and let you work in any field of engineering, also 40-50% of graduating class goes directly to PhD anyway |
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also, the intention of this thread isn't to ask whether or not i should apply, i already know my college list which i can post if necessary. i'll worry about where i go when i know where i've been accepted, the intent of this is to more know what i should do to make this interview and future ones go as well as possible
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the way their engineering degree works is to prepare for real world and let you work in any field of engineering, also 40-50% of graduating class goes directly to PhD anyway [/ QUOTE ] What percentage of students participate in co-ops, which allow you to receive experience in industry? I'm providing you with good questions to ask the university that others won't. |
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