<p>POIH,
Olin is not quite free – tuition is free, but one must still pay for room & board, etc. Olin was based largely on the Harvey Mudd model, however, and the former head of the math dept. at Mudd left to become Dean of Faculty (I believe) at Olin.</p>
<p>Mudd has a stellar record of getting students into top grad schools and into NSF fellowships. Because of its small size it’s not a household name, but it is highly regarded among top grad schools. I saw a link here in the past day or so that mentioned comments from profs at Cornell and Princeton raving about hte quality of the Mudd students. I will try to find it – I thought I’d bookmarked it.</p>