OLIN TOWN MEETING FALL 2016 UPDATE Welcome Class of 2020 Welcoming Olin’s first years is one of the most exciting moments of the new academic year. While the official statistics for the Class of 2020 will not be finalized until October, the results are impressive, particularly for our new Admission and Financial Aid team. We enrolled 83 first years, including 13 returning from a gap year (compared to 26 for the previous class). In addition, a total of nine students are taking a gap year this year, including seven from the Class of 2020 and two from the Class of 2019. Eleven percent of the Class of 2020 are under-represented minority students, compared to 6% of the previous class. The Class of 2020 is 47% female, compared to 46% in the previous class. We also welcome two 4+1 students to campus! Finally, the Admission and Financial Aid Team is currently in the middle of implementing a new prospect and application management system called Slate.
Olin Shines in Rankings It’s the time of year when college rankings start piling up, and the college continues its impressive showing on a number of different lists: Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com) Best 381 Colleges Best Northeastern Colleges Colleges That Pay You Back #4 Best Classroom Experience #4 Professors Get High Marks #7 Students Study the Most #7 Top Internship Opportunities #11 Best College Dorms #19 There’s a Game? #20 Great Financial Aid #25 Best Financial Aid
Princeton Review’s rankings are based on survey responses from thousands of students each year. Once again, Olin ranked in the top of many categories. Olin wasn’t included on some of the ranking lists related to student quality of life on which we appeared last year (such as Best Quality of Life and LGBTQ-Friendly). We have reached out to Princeton Review’s editorial staff to request their insight into these changes and we look forward to their response.
Move-in Day, Class of 2020 US News & World Report Olin retained its #3 spot on the Undergraduate Engineering list of non-doctoral institutions. Rose-Hulman tops the list, followed by Harvey Mudd at #2. The US Military Academy, which shared our #3 spot last year, has dropped to #4. We are also ranked #2 for both our ECE and for ME programs. MIT, Stanford, UC-Berkeley, CalTech and Georgia Tech top the ranking of institutions with engineering doctoral programs. These rankings are based solely on the results of a peer assessment survey and demonstrate the respect for Olin among our peers. College Factual In a newer entry to the college rankings game, College Factual has ranked Olin the #18 institution in the nation and #4 institution in Massachusetts. The national list is topped by Yale and Harvard, MIT is ranked #12, Harvey Mudd is #15 and CalTech is #16, so we are in good company. These results were released in USA Today, College Factual’s media partner, on September 12.