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Blog: Olin Admission

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The Final Stretch: How to Navigate Looming Deadlines

Julia Brown

Sometimes a college application deadline can generate anxiety for students. To alleviate some of the stress, Julia Brown shares her take on how to reduce stress and anxiety around deadlines, and particularly around the college application process.

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How to Navigate the hybrid world of college admission: A Guide for Parents and Families From a College Admission Professional – But Also a Mom

Susan Hartley Brisson

While in life, less is usually more, I find, I encourage you to be thoughtful and strategic as you determine when and how to visit the colleges on your child’s list.

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Welcome, Class of 2025!

Emily Roper-Doten

Hey 2025! It gives me so much JOY to welcome you PHYSICALLY to campus, to welcome you as Oliners. Candidates’ Week, and Candidates’ Weekends for my friends who are joining us from a gap year, feel like a lifetime ago or maybe even another planet, but here you are: on campus, together in the Oval, starting your Olin journey.

Blog: The Olinsider

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Engineering is for Everyone: A Musician at Olin

Richard Li '25

The combination of random strangers and new friends all motivating and supporting my work was probably the final (but completely unnecessary) confirmation that Olin was the place I wanted to spend the rest of my time.

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Uncommon Reasons Why I Love Olin

Nathan '23

Being away from Olin for an extended amount of time (that was not a school break) has given me much more time to reflect on what I love about my Olin experience and why it is so awesome!

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From COVID to Campus

Dre Hilton '24

As a rising first-year I had many aspirations for how my year would look pre-COVID. Navigating through campus from a social lens was a completely different experience than I could have ever imagined.

Blog: Career + Graduate Stories

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Olin Alumna Creates Advanced Django Course for LinkedIn Learning

Oliner, Ryan Mitchell, from the class of 2011 has created a new course for LinkedIn Learning.

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Career Fair is Over. Now What?

PGP Staff

We did it, we hosted two career fairs in one day! But, are you still feeling a bit discouraged that things aren’t happening for you?  Don’t despair!  There are still several upcoming recruiting events this fall and there will be more in the spring. 

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