<p>I agree with much of which has been said here–especially the part about just saying no to ED. I also would encourage you to bring your parents to visit Olin (especially if you get invited to Candidates’ Weekend) and let them experience it for themselves and talk with students and faculty and ideally, other parents. </p>
<p>Since your dad attended Harvard Business School after college, he may be interested in the fact that 7 (fully 10%) of the class of 2012 were accepted into the Harvard Business School’s 2+2 program. They will enter the business school after working for 2 years. This program only accepts around 100 students every year, so that is an exceptional rate for Olin!</p>
<p>My son just graduated from Olin and we were blown away by his experience there. If it speaks to you, then listen to that inner voice. Also, read through these threads on Olin and find the comments on (Harvard Professor) Tony Wagner’s “Creating Innovators”. It may be another way of introducing your parents to the idea of Olin.</p>
<p>You are considering some great schools, and you may be happy at any of them, but I would say that your experience would be fundamentally different as night and day at your top 3 (Olin, Harvard and Pomona). Only you know for sure which experience you want.</p>