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[quote=Anonymous]Great post and genuine discussions. I remember the YCBK (Your College Bound Kid) podcast did a fantastic spotlight on Harvey Mudd which is known as the best college you’ve never heard of. They spoke in detail how the culture is at Mudd.

Even other schools get some monikers. For example, Caltech is known for drinking from a fire hose, CMU is known as intense and non-collaborative, MIT is known as tough, etc.
 
One of the main reasons is that Mudd is small, and there's no slacking around it. They have the core curriculum for the first two years, which is known as training to be a Mudder. I've heard that you need to take a total of 5 hours of two placement exams to take any advanced (subject) core. Whereas in other schools, you can get credits by submitting your AP scores of 5 except Caltech.
 
Yes, all engineering schools are rigorous, but to use the Orwellian analogy, "All engineering schools are rigorous, but some are more rigorous than others."
 
But don't overlook other great engineering schools like Berkeley, GT, Cornell, Michigan, Mines, Olin, etc. 
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