<p>As a parent, I never know exactly what different people mean when they say “geeks”. I think you can find out a lot about the type of student that attends Olin by reading other posts and reading blog posts on the Olin website, etc. I think the students at Olin are geeky in the best way, meaning they are intensely curious about all things and passionate about learning. They have both quirky hobbies and mainstream interests, some party, some don’t, some have always made things (or taken them apart) some haven’t, some are athletic, some aren’t, some are gamers, some aren’t. Their daily dress is nerdy casual, but, boy, do they clean up well!!
If you compare them to a conventional group of students at any other small school–I imagine most would say they are geeky–but they are also friendly and outgoing and even the ones who are quieter in general have no problem speaking up in class or getting involved. Olin prides itself in turning out engineers who have not only hard skills, but soft skills that are not what people generally expect from engineers (ability to express oneself well, interest in arts, humanities an social sciences, empathy and caring for our world and one another friendliness, sense of humor etc. etc.). Does that fit the bill, OP?</p>