<p>My son’s a senior at Olin and has loved every minute of it. He wants to pursue Physics in grad school, not engineering, but Olin allowed him to take non-engineering courses (i.e. Chinese at Wellesley and Physics at Brandeis, along with a semester in Beijing) so he stayed there. He also loved Harvey Mudd, because it had the strong math/science college within lots of liberal arts options. Have you checked that one out? He was accepted and would have gone there if he hadn’t gotten into Olin.</p>
<p>Another option might be Union College in Schenectady, NY. I’m a HS guidance counselor and toured there a couple of weeks ago and was quite impressed. It’s definitely a small liberal arts college but has a solid engineering program, so perhaps the best of both worlds. Tufts also has that feel (although a bigger campus). Good luck!</p>