Class of 2023 Profile
Basics
86 students
- 57% female (based on legal sex)
- 7% are first-generation college students
- 20% are Pell eligible
- 52% are students of color (U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
- 20% are underrepresented students of color (U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
- 8% are international students
20 U.S. States and the District of Columbia are represented (home address)
Top 5 states represented: California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, and Minnesota (by home address)
Countries represented by home address or citizenship: South Korea, Colombia, France, India, Nigeria, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, and Sweden
Academics
Mean unweighted GPA of 3.9
9 students were named National Merit Scholars or Finalists
43 AP Scholars (19 with Distinction/5 with Honor)
36% were captain of an academic team
Activities
Students in the Class of 2023 participated in the following activities before coming to Olin:
| 71% Community Service | 57% Competitive Robotics Teams | |
| 59% Part-Time Work | 64% Athletics | |
| 55% Academic Teams |
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| 23% Research | 32% Visual Arts | |
| 15% Student Government | 16% Drama | |
| 13% Publications Staff |
Fun Facts & Accomplishments
- One co-founded a brass band call The Pepper
- One is the lead guitarist in a music fusion club
- One designed a device that attempts to clean the Florida Everglades of harmful algae blooms
- One built a wood-fired brick pizza oven in their backyard
- One competed in local and international Canoe Polo tournaments
- One co-founded a global digital platform delivering optimistic eco-feminist news and ideas on global challenges for next generation girls
- One created a net-zero and zero waste project for their school’s campus
- One is a Sunday School teacher
- One is a pilot for wildfire monitoring projects in Africa
- One composes original slam poetry
- One designed and built a gait rehabilitation machine for patients with mobility impairment
- One has over a decade of wood-working experience
- One is part of the Ranger Corp at Great Basin National Park
- One builds and restores houses
- One cared for chickens as Head Agricultural Proctor at their school
- One has been involved in a theater production every year since kindergarten
- Several are black belts in martial arts
- One created a weekly course call “FUNgineering 101” to introduce young students to engineering
- One can solve a Rubik’s cube in 25 seconds
- One is a competitive gymnast
- One teaches young people about animal husbandry and goat showmanship, having raised and cared for six goats over seven years in a city
- Two are SoundCloud artists
- One works on the LA Times Sunday Crossword every weekend with their mom