<p>I did some research on Olin about a year ago, seems like a really amazing place.</p>
<p>Some very good comments, tomboy, particularly about Oliners learning not to take NO for an answer. </p>
<p>Best of both worlds. . . my daughter will graduate from Olin in May, and has been accepted for grad school at MIT! :)</p>
<p>tomboy, what type of research do most people at olin do? as I hear more about olin, I become more interested. However, I am thinking of ultimately going into research...what type of oppurtunities are there? do olin students do a lot of science research or is it mainly engineering? how much exposure is there to science at a higher level (not necessarily engineering)</p>
<p>Not tomboy, but a Wellesley student. I have a friend who did an Engineering project at Olin. It was pretty cool. But Wellesley people would do science at Wellesley and go to Olin for engineering.</p>
<p>Olin students research many different things. I did a little research on evolvable hardware with FPGAs. But my friends did research on snake robots, discrete math, computer networks, biomaterials, walking robots, biology stuff, etc. I'm sure the students who did research could give you more specific information. Basically, at minimum you can do research in anything one of our professors is remotely interested in. But you can also pick your own topic, find a faculty sponsor, and research that as well. I was not that interested in academia or research so I did not do much. But if you want to do research, I think you can start after your first semester freshman year and many students do.</p>