Sooo tired…
… and the OFFICIAL READING SEASON hasn’t technically begun!
So as we gear up for all the applications to arrive, a couple of us took the day to re-group and get ready for the onslaught. It was a long day in the office but well worth it! It’s a little weird feeling like there is so much to do when everyone else on campus is winding down for the semester. Finals are done - YAY! - and all that’s left for students are their Expo presentations… I promise to post about Olin Exposition later this week, as I’ll be wandering around, sitting in on presentations and checking out all the posters on Tuesday and Wednesday.
So the weather up here has been insanely mild for almost-winter… and I admit, I’m a little disappointed! Most folks think I’m crazy, but after all, one of the reasons I moved to Boston was to finally experience 4 seasons. Oh well. I really can’t complain. It was gorgeous today - 50ish degrees and sunny - and I took a break from work to join a group of first-years in a pick-up soccer game on the Great Lawn. No clue what the ultimate score was, but after Nina’s foot went one direction and her body went the other, everyone decided it was time to call it a day. And while she was waiting for Mike to get ice for her ankle (he returned with an ice-cold can of root beer in a sock - ahhh, the Olin ingenuity), we all got serenaded by Ben (who wasn’t playing soccer with us, he just happened to wander by and couldn’t say no to our begging for a sample of his latest song).
After that, talk turned to life in the Office of Admission and questions of “How many applications do you think we’ll get this year?” See?!? You’re not the only ones who ask us those questions - even our current students are still intrigued by this whole application process! Like I mentioned in my previous post (November 16th) we don’t really know how many applications to expect this year. So your guess is pretty much as good as mine. But as we inch closer to that January 1 deadline, it is definitely looking like we’ll have more than last year.
Hope everyone has a good Sunday. I’m going to start reading applications this week, so wish me luck!
Allison
allison.bahme@olin.edu
781-292-2203
IM: OlinAdmission
http://www.olin.edu/
