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Blog: Olin Admission

Blog Entry An Olin student sits on a table in the RoboLab at Olin College.

Unexpected Reasons to Choose Olin College

March 27, 2025 - 12:04PM EDT ">Rachel Horwitz

In the college search process, it can be increasingly hard to decide if you should apply or enroll at a specific school when there are so many wonderful options. Your best bet is to look for what’s unexpected.

Blog Entry A prospective student works on a project task during Candidates Weekend 2020.

What Makes Candidates’ Weekend Unique?

January 29, 2025 - 10:36AM EST ">The Office of Admission & Financial Aid

Olin College of Engineering was created to be a cutting-edge and singular educational experience for engineers and as such, part of our application process includes an equally unique step: Candidates’ Weekend.

Blog Entry Students participate in a Design Nature activity on Olin's campus.

Explore Olin at Our Fall Open House

September 12, 2024 - 10:01AM EDT ">The Office of Admission & Financial Aid

Come learn about Olin at our Fall Open House on Saturday, September 28th from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM!

Blog: The Olinsider

Blog Entry multiple Olin students sitting at the dining hall taking a selfie

Heads or Tails: The Choice to Come to Olin!

November 14, 2023 - 11:52AM EST ">Esther Aduamah

Hey, my name is Esther and I’m a first year here at Olin! It might surprise you to know that choosing Olin involved flipping a coin between my top choices, but and let me tell you, I couldn't be happier with my decision. My experiences here have been nothing short of the silly, amazing, random, serendipitous journey that I hoped to have when I went to college.

Blog Entry Formula SAE Racecar design

What's up with Olin Clubs? Part Two

November 7, 2023 - 4:58PM EST ">Camilo, Melissa, Dexter, Dokyun

Welcome to Part Two of our blog series “What’s up with Olin Clubs” where we introduce you to just a few of the MANY Olin clubs offered on our campus. Our students love being busy (in a fun way) and they want to share with you what’s up!

Blog Entry Olin student working in the shop welding

Olin's Majors: The Student POV

November 3, 2023 - 11:41AM EDT ">Pauline Peterson

Hello! My name is Pauline and I’m a current sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering and concentrating on entrepreneurship and one of the main reasons I decided to come to Olin was the classes. To show the range of Olin majors to be explored I went around and interviewed Oliner upperclassmen within the different majors. Read below about their varied academic journeys and the majors they’ve pursued.