<p>I am an international student who just heard about Olin college.
After I heard about its curriculum and watched videos about the college,
I became instantly fascinated with the Olin College. Yet, I worried over whether the Olin curriculum could fit my education. Since I am considering to major in both engineering field and pure math (or maybe physics), I want to know the information about Olin's pure math/science courses such as how deep or various the courses are. I also consider to cross-register pure math/science courses at nearby colleges like Brandeis University. But I heard that cross-registration is somewhat unpopular for the class schedule problem and distance problem. So Whether from Olin itself or from other close universities, is there any "common" way to take pure math/science courses?
And is cross-registration popular for Olin students?</p>
<p>Hi Phs,
There are several students who wanted a strong math background and took pretty much every math class that Olin offered (we offer quite a few). A couple went abroad to Budapesh and studied at a math institute there during their junior year. There are also some good science classes over at Wellesley you can take (I don't know about their math offerings). </p>
<p>Cross-registration is very common -- we usually have 80+ students taking classes at Wellesley, about 30-40 taking classes at Babson and 10 taking classes at Brandeis. Those are the three that we have agreements with right now, but who knows what other institutions we will have agreements with in the future.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, what videos about Olin have you seen?</p>
<p>Also, it's possible for Olin students to design their own "General Engineering with _______" major, so you could design an Engineering with Math program if you wanted. General Engineering with Bioengineering, Materials Science, Computing, and Systems are also options if you want something besides MechE or ECE.</p>
<p>Wow !
I am just happy to know that Olin can provide quite a few pure math/science courses and there are some students who actually want a math background. </p>
<p>And for Tostie14, so far I only watched a few videos posted at Olin website.
I think it's about Olin curriculum and the Olin's founding history.</p>
<p>Again, thank you for all your answers !
I hope to be an Olin student next year !</p>
<p>Personally I don't think much of the LACS you mentioned. Just my personal feelings. Unless of course I'm looking to find a girl :D.</p>
<p>But Olin looks like a great place. I'm hoping they open up some cross registering with MIT or Amherst. That would make Olin perfect. (There's no way they have the really high advanced math courses at such a small school. Plus what if I wanted to take art? I'll rather do that at Amherst than at a former girl school to prepare girls to marry Ivy League husbands, which is what Wellesley, Babson, Brandeis, Smith, Radcliffe etc were)</p>
<p>And most of those small liberal arts schools were simply preparing wives for Ivy Graduates...the honest truth.</p>
<p>Which is why the graduate programs at the Ivies always sets aside a spot for teir chosen "girl school" so they can assure their graduates of marrying right.</p>
<p>Why do you think the women at Penn aren't that great but the guys always get these really hot LAC wives?</p>
<p>Kamikazewave, you might want to try being a bit less offensive. What you've said might once have been the case, especially for the likes of Smith, Vassar, Barnard, etc., but to think a modern-day women's liberal arts school like Wellesley isn't comparable to schools like Amherst, Pomona, or Carleton is quite a leap on your part. In any case, Amherst is almost certainly too far away for cross-enrollment to be reasonable.</p>
<p>Smith had 17 undergraduate Fulbrights this year. Compare that with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Penn, Brown, or Dartmouth, and you might be in for a surprise.</p>
<p>Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of the American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers, and staff of every nationality, religion, and political orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity, and freedom of expression.</p>
<p>I like fishing. What happened to Smith? In the Amherst viewbook it said it was a women's college.</p>
<p>And Tostie, you need to figure out when people are joking :D. If I'm like this all the time, do you think I'll even be considering Amherst? Plus, from what I heard most girls-only schools aren't that hot anyways. :D</p>
<p>Kamikazewave, I used to live in western Massachusetts, and visited Boston often. Taking classes at Amherst while living at Olin is completely out of the question, even if you drive as badly as most Boston drivers do. Way too far. As for Smith, many of the students used to--and perhaps still do--take pride in the large lesbian contingent on campus. No judgements implied, I just think your fishing expeditions may not pan out.</p>