What does everyone else think? Is it as hard as Harvey Mudd and Cooper Union?
Well, I personally think Rose-Hulman is like a private version (thus with more individual attention) of Purdue or University of Illinois, both highly regarded engineering schools. However, I think schools like Harvey Mudd, Cooper Union, or Olin Engineering, offer quite a non-traditional curriculum. For instance, at Harvey Mudd, the common engineering core seems a little more than the set of common required classes here. I think if you are comparing Rose to Mudd, it’s almost like comparing the traditional engineering curriculum to one that’s unique only to Mudd. That is, you have majors in Electrical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, etc etc at schools like Rose, Purdue, GaTech, but not at Harvey Mudd. All they have is a well-rounded major called Engineering (besides computer science, mathematics, etc etc).
