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 5th, 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)
25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
SAT EBRW | 710 | 760 |
SAT Math | 750 | 790 |
SAT Combined | 1470 | 1540 |
ACT Composite | 34 | 35 |
ACT Math | 33 | 35 |
ACT English | 34 | 35 |
Activities
Students in the Class of 2022 participated in the following activities before coming to Olin:
81% Community Service | 66% Competitive Robotics Teams |
65% Part-Time Work | 57% Athletics |
52% Academic Teams | 35% Instrumental Music |
29% Research | 20% Art |
17% Student Government | 14% Drama |
9% Vocal Music |
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