This weekend kicked off our fall recruitment events around the country with admission information sessions held in the homes of Olin parents in Gaithersburg, MD, and Oakton, VA. I represented the Admission Office at each event and spent more than the two scheduled hours answering all kinds of questions for the attending students and family. They seemed fascinated by our innovative curriculum, our one-of-a-kind admission process, and our small, safe, supportive campus community. And by the end of both events, I found the following thought written across each students' and parents' faces...
"Olin College is too good to be true."
If I put myself in their place and consider everything they were told about Olin by me, by our parents and by one of our alumni attending the events, I understand them coming away with this impression. Olin does sound like a utopia of higher learning and engineering. Even the story of its creation - that in 2001, 30 aspiring college students passed on offers of admission to top-ranked colleges and universities to attend an engineering school that didn't exist yet - reads like the premise of a CW pilot script.
But Olin is very real, and it is every bit as special and unique as we all say it is. During these recruitment events, my colleagues and I can tell students and their parents a lot about Olin - about our innovative curriculum, our remarkable students and our beautiful campus - but the best thing we can tell you is to come see for yourself*.
*Don't get me wrong, these recruitment events offer attendees an outstanding opportunity to learn about Olin, meet members of our extended community, and determine if Olin is a school you want to investigate further. They're worth your time, especially if a trip to Needham, MA, is not an immediate option.
Olin does sound too good to be true. But seeing is believing, and if you have the chance to attend our Fall Open House or sign up for a campus tour, we'll be excited to welcome you - just as we are excited to meet many of you as we continue our travels around the country this fall.
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