Olin College of Engineering

Basics

85 students

• 52% female identified
• 9% are first-generation college students
• 14% are Pell eligible 
• 39% are students of color (U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
• 15% are underrepresented students of color (U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
• 9% are international students

25 U.S. States are represented (permanent address)

Top 5 states represented: California, Massachusetts, Texas, New York, Illinois/Maryland/New Jersey tied for 5^th, all with 4 students each (by permanent address)

Countries represented by address (permanent) or citizenship: Bolivia, Canada, China, Greece, India, and South Korea

Academics

• Mean unweighted GPA of 3.9
• 15 students were honored as National Merit Scholars or Finalists
• 45 AP Scholars (25 with Distinction/9 with Honor)
• 33% were captain of an academic team

Test Scores (Middle 50% Range)

Activities 

Students in the Class of 2022 participated in the following activities before coming to Olin:

Fun Facts & Accomplishments

• One is a boxer
• One wants to found a STEM high school for Latinx students that focuses on project-based learning and career mentorship
• One is a cartoonist, authoring an Amazon #1 Bestseller in their category
• One designed a patent-pending automated inventory system for use aboard the International Space Station
• One is a short film producer
• A few were TEDx curators or coordinators in their areas
• One climbed Mt. Fuji
• One spent a gap year researching and helping run a gallery of antique oriental rugs
• One builds sailboats and sailbots
• One is co-chair of the Youth Council for their town
• One loves Back to the Future
• One invented a wearable tech glove to help the severely speech-impaired communicate
• At least one works on their family’s farm
• One designed and created a terrace garden using only waste material like used glass and plastic bottles, flat tires, and used wooden pallets
• One built an Android app for pedestrian safety that capitalizes on the philosophy of safety in numbers
• One ran two marathons
• One made an entire dress out of real leaves
• One stayed up until 3am folding a collapsing origami hat that was wearable
• One organized a county-wide summit for local Gay-Straight Alliances
• One runs an overseas service to tutor girls in Nigeria in STEM subjects
• One spent a gap year designing a complete, open, freely-licensed digital citizenship curriculum that covers important skills like computational thinking, identity exploration and media literacy
• One has acted in eight Shakespeare plays
• One presented a keynote about the importance of project-based learning at a national educational conference for teachers