What are my chances - Olin

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances of getting into Franklin Olin College of Engineering?</p>

<p>SAT: 2270: Math 800 CR: 710 W: 760</p>

<p>Rank: 14/645 top 2.5%</p>

<p>APs: 9th: none, 10th: AP Stats - 5, AP World - 5, 11th: AP Calc BC - 5, AP Physics B - 5, AP Computer Science A - 5, AP Lang - 4. 12th (right now): AP Computer Science AB, AP Microecon, AP Physics C, AP French</p>

<p>Math Team (9, 10, 11, 12)
12: President of Varsity Team. Placed in many local tournaments 11: President of Varsity Team. AIME qualifier (7). AMC school high scorer (124.5). Georgia ARML A participant (4th in nation). ARML team second place high scorer. Placed 4th in Georgia Tech High School Competition; won $750 scholarship. Placed 2nd in nation in National Beta Conference in Math. 10. Georgia ARML B participant (team placed 17th in nation). Placed in several tournaments.</p>

<p>FBLA (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>11: Placed 1st in State Conference, 8th in National Conference in Java Programming. Placed 6th in State Conference, 1st in Regional Conference in Business Calculations. 10: Placed 2nd in State Conference (qualified for nationals) in Business Math. 9: Placed 3rd in State Conference in Business Math.</p>

<p>Volunteering Hours (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>9: Made vegetable soup and sandwiches to give to downtown areas. Organized religious singing projects twice a year. 10: Beta Club member. 11: Beta Club member. National Honour Society Member. Tutored students as part of Tutors in Action Club. 12: Beta Club Treasurer. Attended and helped organize Senior Prom in Ivy Hall Home for the Elderly. National Honour Society Member. Helped tutor students as part of Tutors in Action Club. 50+ hours of service totally.</p>

<p>Piano and Violin (9, 10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>Have been playing piano for 9 years. Superior rating in Piano Festival throughout high school. Won 80 point cup for Piano Festival. Participated in Spring audition. Won $20 in a regional piano competition. Played in numerous piano recitals. Have been playing Indian Carnatic Violin for 7 years. Given multiple mini-concerts in temple with violin (solo and combined).</p>

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<p>Your stats and ECs look competitive for Olin! Have you visited?</p>

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<p>ooo ARML! impressive in math team. I really couldn't judge your stats though as I don't know anything about admissions there. But your work in math team is good so I can say you have good ECs</p>

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<p>I also have SAT II Scores of Math II: 800, Physics: 800.</p>

<p>Is it harder to get into Olin or MIT? What are my chances for MIT, and if anybody knows, the Georgia Tech Presidential Scholarship program? Does anybody have any other comments about Olin?</p>

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<p>i think u have a good shot</p>

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<p>If you post on the Olin message board here, you'll probably get some comments from students. ... some current and some alums check in there now and then.</p>

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<p>Gender and ethnicity?</p>

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<p>I'm an Asian Male (Indian).</p>

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<p>Olin? The Olin that just sprung up 5 years ago or so and is a big hit? If that’s the one I’d say MIT is easier to get in. I have a friend applying to Olin, but his chances are very very slim, but his credentials are a bit lower than yours. Nevertheless, Olin would be your hardest college in that case…</p>

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<p>sorry, but MIT isn’t easier to get into than Olin. Try Caltech, you may have a better chance there.</p>

<h1>11 in my D HS was accepted and is attending Olin.</h1>

<h1>2 & #9 are attending UPenn</h1>

<h1>7 is in JHU</h1>

<h1>3 & #4 are freezing in Ithaca</h1>

<h1>1 is at MIT</h1>

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<p>See today’s (9/30/07) NY Times magazine, nice Olin article.</p>

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<p>Beg to differ leftylafty. There were several students I know of from last year who were accepted to MIT, but rejected at Olin.</p>

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<p>It’s all about fit.</p>

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<p>conundrum,
from collegeboard.org</p>

<p>OLIN
Type of School Private
College of Engineering Four-year
Coed
Percent applicants admitted: 17%
Regionally Accredited
New England Association of Colleges and Schools
Calendar: Semester
Degrees offered: Bachelor’s </p>

<p>Setting
Suburban setting
Large town (10,000 - 49,999)
Residential campus
Size
Total undergrads: 304
Degree-seeking undergrads: 304
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 89<br>
94% in top 10th of graduating class
100% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class </p>

<p>MIT
Type of School Private
University Four-year
Coed
Percent applicants admitted: 13% (at convocation - 12% was stated)
Regionally Accredited
New England Association of Colleges and Schools
College Board member
Calendar: 4-1-4
Degrees offered: Bachelor’s
Master’s
Doctoral </p>

<p>Setting
Urban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
Size
Total undergrads: 4,127
Degree-seeking undergrads: 4,114
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,002
Graduate enrollment: 6,126 </p>

<p>97% in top 10th of graduating class
100% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class </p>

<p>I do not know if Olin’s class consist of all tops in thier class, or are they only in the top 10%. I cant provide any olin specifics. On the MIT side, my D and her roommates are all vals (3). I could not say with any confidence - that if my D would have applied to olin - would they have admitted her / i dont know - she didnt try. I do know that she had a higher level of confidence with both Caltech and Cornell, but she felt MIT was harder because they expected a higher level of commitment across more categories.</p>

<p>but I will conceded this one fact - that weighs significantly - OLIN is free!</p>

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<p>I don’t really want to get into an argument about which school is harder to get into or which school is better. They both are exceptional schools with many good qualities. They also are both well respected. As ChrisD stated, whether you get into a school or not is really about fit. Do you fit what the school is looking for? However, I will add a few more statistics to the discussion. These are taken from the Princeton Review and Olin websites. </p>

<p>SAT Critical Reading middle 50% range
MIT - 660-760 Olin - 700-790
SAT Math Middle 50% range
MIT - 720 - 800 Olin - 740-800
TPR Projected Range Writing
MIT - 720-770 Olin - 720 -770</p>

<p>As far as valedictorians/salutatorians go…Out of 304 students, Olin has 43 Valedictorians and 18 Salutatorians. This number is really meaningless, because many private schools do not rank students. My son’s private high school did not rank its students, but each year chose the student body president to be the valedictorian regardless of their GPA. </p>

<p>Olin also has 6 US Presidential Scholars, 205 AP Scholars, 128 National Merit Finalists and their average GPA is 4.21 out of 4.0.</p>

<p>If you ask most students at Olin why they chose Olin over schools like MIT, Cal Tech, and Carnegie Mellon (which a large majority were also accepted too) they have many reasons. The free tuition is just a bonus. Students at Olin chose their school because they were excited to attend an institution that was shaking up the way engineering is taught in the U.S. They were excited about doing hands-on projects and research from their first day as freshmen at the school. They liked the idea that they would know their professors personally, and that they would never have a TA teaching their class. They appreciated the cooperative atmosphere at Olin where students work in teams and help each other. The students are awesome at Olin because they have so many other interests besides engineering, and the professors are equally awesome.</p>

<p>Olin ranked very high in several important categories on the Princeton Review website:</p>

<h1>6 Dorms Are Like Palaces</h1>

<h1>7 Best Campus Food</h1>

<h1>12 Great Career/Job Placement Services</h1>

<h1>15 Professors Make Themselves Accessible</h1>

<h1>10 Best Quality of Life</h1>

<p>Olin is different in so many ways from the typical engineering school, and the students that apply there tend to be self selecting. The admit rate really has more to do with the number of applicants versus the number of slots available, not the quality of students. In summary, both are fine schools and a student will do well regardless of which school they are accepted to.</p>

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<p>Thought I’d add my opinions since my son’s a freshman at Olin this year. He is truly loving every busy minute of the experience and said again last week that the Olin community is an amazing place filled with incredible people.</p>

<p>He was not at the very top of his class, and I know there were others out there who had better standing in their graduating classes, but I think what came through for him in his application and at Candidate’s Weekend is that he is truly curious and excited about learning. This isn’t something that was easily quantifiable. Olin, in my opinion, does a great job at identifying that magical fit of students who will thrive at their school. It’s not the right place for everybody, as my husband and I noted during the Candidate’s Weekend. At the start of CW the Dean of Admissions told all of the students that everyone of them had the academic qualifications to get them to that stage in the admissions process, but from that point on it was all about fit. It was clear that some of the students there found the whole experience and environment too intense and personal - remember, there are only 300 students there!</p>

<p>As far as competetiveness, Olin had just over 1000 applicants last year, 180 were invited to the Candidate’s Weekends, and ultimately 100 were accepted. So it continues to become more selective, which I imagine will be reflected in next year’s stats.</p>

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<p>My daughter graduated from Olin in May. </p>

<p>When she applied, the school had no accreditation. So, students who chose Olin were willing to take a risk on the school. </p>

<p>Now that the school is accredited, I hope the application process keeps attracting that sort of student who’s willing to take risks. I hope it doesn’t degenerate into the rut of ratings crunching we often see here on CC. </p>

<p>The Olin students my daughter graduated with could not have cared less about what awards their fellow students had won in high school. This all becomes pretty clear at CW.</p>

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<p>chrisd- I couldn’t agree with you more. Olin is not about competition. I struggled with whether to post the statistics I did, because I know that is not what Olin is about. Students don’t go around bragging about their scores or grades that they’ve gotten in class. That is what appealed to my son. All of the students admitted to Olin are smart, amazing students, but Olin is about so much more than statistics.</p>

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<p>olin is the hardest school to get into in the country considering they are possibly the best engineering school and only accept 80 kids per year… they care a lot about personality fyi</p>