<p>Olin is my first choice right now, what are my chances?</p>
<p>White Male at public school in MD
WGPA(w/o 9th grade): 4.77
SAT(1 sitting):Math 780;CR 800;Writing 660
SATII:Physics 780; Math 2 800
National AP Scholar after Junior year:
Physics Mech. 5
Physics E/M 5
Calc BC 5
Stat 5
Comp Sci AB 5
World Hist. 5
Amer. Gov. 4
Comp Sci A 4</p>
<p>Senior Year Sched: Multivariable Calc, Optics/Quantum Mechanics, AP European History, AP Literature/Composition, internship</p>
<p>Plenty of Honors societies, pres. physics club</p>
<p>Crew Team since Freshman year, was co-captain last year. I have two medals (1 gold and 1 silver) from the National Capital Area Championship Regatta. I am a coxswain</p>
<p>Last summer did an internship at Naval Research Lab working in the satellite engineering lab. Will get a good rec from my mentor. Currently doing an internship at the NIH working in the High Performance Computing and Informatics Lab.</p>
<p>Pit orchestra grades 10 and 12. Perform regularly with jazz quartet around the DC Metro area, including for non-profits and charities. This will be the topic of my passion essay probably. If not, it will be about Crew.</p>
<p>Took intro to elec. engineering at Johns Hopkins, received an A. I also attended CTY and took fundamentals of Computer Science and received an A.</p>
<p>Hey Bob,
Based on your description, it looks like you’re fairly well-rounded. Things that Olin will take into account in addition are things like your school’s academic profile (average GPA, number of AP classes available, etc.), your essay, and your recommendation letters. Then if you get into Candidates Weekend, you will need to make a good impression in your individual and group interviews. If you are still feeling a need to make yourself stand-out even more, you can always do some volunteer work/community service, but it sounds like you’ve already got a full load, and anything else might just be gravy.</p>
<p>Anyways, I’m speaking only as a former employee of the Office of Admission and in no way does my opinion represent that of Olin College’s Office of Admission. Best of luck to you and feel free to ask questions to help determine if Olin is the right fit for you. (IMHO, figuring out if Olin is the right fit for you is just as important as whether or not you are the right fit for Olin.)</p>
<p>Thanks, I didn’t post it but I also have ~275 community service hours from volunteering at soup kitchens, Children’s Inn at NIH, and being a Counselor in Training at a day camp. At the Candidates weekends, how do they determine which applicants to choose? Do they watch who participates best with the other candidates and constantly judge the applicants, or is it mostly a fun weekend with a couple interviews.
~Bob</p>
<p>Mostly fun weekend with a couple of interviews.</p>
<p>From Olin’s admissions blog, about Candidates Weekends:</p>
<p>Each Candidates’ Weekend includes LOTS and LOTS of information about Olin (for both Candidates and parents), a Design Build (led by our current students – waaaay fun!), a 25-minute individual interview with members of the Olin community, and a couple of group facilitation/interaction exercises. Oh and we feed you like there’s no tomorrow! The whole thing runs from Friday afternoon until Saturday evening; then we send everyone home.</p>
<p>This is pretty true to my daughter’s CW experience, several years ago. One point that was made several times was that all the application numbers (gpa, sat scores, class rank, etc) are irrelevant at CW. . . .be a pleasant, articulate, enthusiastic person, do not talk about your stats. Work well in small groups.</p>