College Visit - School with 100% scholarship for all - Olin School of Engineering

Hello,

Yesterday, my daughters and I visit a college that provides a 100% scholarship for tuition to all students. This one is located in Needham, Massachusetts and is the Olin College of Engineering.

Its a small school that started accepting students 8 years ago. Its accredited as a college and its engineering program is accredited by ABET. The have about 80-90 students per class. Everything is brand new and the school has some excellent equipment and academic space. They abut a great school, Babson College, and share some resources with them.

Its a very interesting program that my daughter is thinking about. The school has high academic requirements for acceptance and is looking for students who are interested in the unusual and innovative engineering process that Olin provides. Worth thinking about.

So now I know there are more of these "free" schools and I will write about them next.

Check out Olin at:

http://www.olin.edu/

Campus College Visits

Started on the campus tours this week. My feet hurt. My daughter is not sure about what college she wants to go to. She is not sure if it should be large, medium or small. Should it be in the city, surburbia or the country. We visited Brown University, Northeastern and the University of Rhode Island. She does not think city but like Northeastern in the middle of Boston! She doesn't want big but liked URI. She needs to visit some more colleges -- hopefully she will figure out the "type" of college she likes.

More updates later.............................................

College and University Campus Tours and Visits

Hi,We are now starting to visit colleges and universities. My daughter has no idea where she wants to go. I am going to take her to small, medium and large colleges. Then I am going to be sure to show her colleges in rural, surburban and urban settings. I think that they may help her focus a bit more.She is a junior and this is her spring vacation. I'll post some results and my daughter and friends comments on this as we start on this trek to choosing a college.