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The Voices of Olin's Class of 2027: College Essay Snippets Part 2

Victoria Moore

In Part Two of this blog series, we are hoping to debunk one of the major myths about writing college essays...the idea that there are certain topics that are better or more persuasive than others. To demonstrate our point, in this blog we give you even more stellar examples of the range of college essays done by students of the Class of 2027.

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The Voices of Olin's Class of 2027: College Essay Snippets Part I

Victoria Moore

Writing your college essays may seem like a daunting and scary task. Our three-part blog series though is here to help! We’ve compiled snippets of essays from our Class of 2027 that stood out to our counseling staff for their creativity and authenticity.

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Holistic Admission: The Whole Nine Yards

Susan Hartley-Brisson

As anyone who knows me will confirm, I love sports metaphors. After this web search, however, I’m realizing that one of my favorites, “the whole nine yards,” isn’t about football, as I had thought. It does refer to the entirety of something, though, which is consistent with what I want to talk about in this blog. When you apply to Olin, we consider carefully and thoroughly your entire application, the whole nine yards.

Blog: The Olinsider

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Student Research at Olin

Pauline Petersen '26

From creating robotic fish with the ability to autonomously swim across the ocean to designing satellites for launch into orbit, Olin College of Engineering offers students a wide range of research projects, from paid investigations to those for college credit, or simply to explore a concept in a field of interest.

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Office of Admission & Financial Aid hosts in-person Mix & Mingle Fly-In

Pauline Petersen

Olin recently hosted its first in-person Fly-In program since 2019. This two-day event welcomed high school seniors from around the country with strong potential for Olin’s collaborative, project-based engineering curriculum.

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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.

Blog: Career + Graduate Stories

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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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Applying to Graduate School

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