<p>I won’t be attending Olin until the fall, so this is mostly info scraped together from CW/websites/etc., and in no way all-encompassing. : )
Well, we’ve only had one graduating class so far, but the results have been pretty astonishing:
<a href=“http://careers.olin.edu/docs/profiles/Class%20of%202006%20Profile_Current.pdf[/url]”>http://careers.olin.edu/docs/profiles/Class%20of%202006%20Profile_Current.pdf</a>
To quickly sum up that document, 14 went to top grad school programs for math/science/engineering, 10 to other types of graduate school, 24 went to work for companies, 4 students founded 3 companies, and 3 to other pursuits.
Don’t know about you, but that strikes me as pretty amazing. : )</p>
<p>Here’s an article on Seahorse Power, one of the 3 companies mentioned:
<a href=“http://www.olin.edu/homepage_featurestory.asp?id=75[/url]”>http://www.olin.edu/homepage_featurestory.asp?id=75</a></p>
<p>You should probably check out the post-graduate planning site, too: <a href=“http://careers.olin.edu/[/url]”>http://careers.olin.edu/</a></p>
<p>And some articles on the first graduating class:
<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2006/05/20/the_first_class_graduates_from_olin_college_of_engineering/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2006/05/20/the_first_class_graduates_from_olin_college_of_engineering/</a>
<a href=“http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2006/05/08/story1.html[/url]”>http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2006/05/08/story1.html</a></p>
<p>For a more subjective point of view, I got to speak to some alumni during CW (okay, I got to listen to them talk and ask a few questions. ; ) ), 2 of whom were attending MIT. And they both said that they didn’t seem to have a harder time in grad school than any other grad students, even when compared with people who did their undergrad at MIT too.
In fact, someone pointed out that having a school no one’s ever heard of on your application can actually work to your advantage: they’ll look at it closer out of sheer curiosity. ; ) Though I’m sure by the time the class of '12 graduates, schools like MIT and Stanford’s grad departments will be very familiar with Olin.</p>
<p>Hope that helped! Good luck with your son’s college apps. : )</p>