The OLINformer

Hi!! I am a little bit tired this morning, mostly because I was up late last night making sure that the student-led chats were working correctly. The chat went for 2 hours (!) and I don’t think that any question went unanswered. Our moderators this week were Erik Kennedy and Jennifer Keene, both Class of 2010, and they discussed Student Life at Olin. We will have the transcript of the chat up early next week, so if you missed it you can catch up. You can read the transcript of last week’s chat on the admitted student site with Alyssa Levitz and Kaelyn Stadtmueller, Class of 2011. The theme of that chat was ICB and First Year courses. Next Thursday, April 24th at 10 pm (I know, Lost is back, but you can TiVo Lost, right? And then watch it in slow-motion to catch even the slightest clue fast forward the commercials?), the moderators will be Michael Ducker (’09) and Nikki Lee (’10). I urge everyone who has been admitted to use this resource to your advantage. No one knows Olin like the students, and they are an invaluable source of information.

That being said, Spring is finally (and hopefully firmly) here! It has been so nice out lately, and everyone has been trying to get outdoors as much as possible. I have seen several classes held outside, with the Academic Center windows doubling as dry-erase boards! When Spring comes to New England after a long and cold winter, the good weather seems like a reward for making it through. Plus, the campus is being prepared for Commencement, so everything looks beautiful. It’s a great time to come and visit, so if you haven’t yet, try and make it.

See you soon!!

~ Emily

For the past two weekends we have had the pleasure to host our annual Candidates’ Weekends at Olin College. Candidates’ Weekends are a chance for those Candidates selected by the Admission’s Committee to come to Olin to meet us.  We showcase Olin’s unique community through a Mini Expo, Faculty Chats, Variety Show, and tours. Candidates are interviewed, both individually and in groups, and participate in a Design Build exercise that is not (really, it’s not!) evaluated!
This year, both Weekends were equally fantastic. I got to meet people whose applications I had read, saw a FWOP show for the first time (Into the Woods), and connected with people in the Olin Community that I hadn’t had a chance to work with yet. One of the most special things about Candidates’ Weekends is that the entire community gets involved. Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni, and Parents all help out to make the weekends informative and exciting for the Candidates and their families.
Hopefully, if you came to Candidates Weekend this year you had a good time. We are hoping to post some pictures on the blog, so if you have one that you would like to see here, please email it to me. I can’t promise to post every picture I get, but I will try to pick one or two that most reflect this year’s Candidates’ Weekends.

Now, we just have to wait………
Emily

emily.moscol@olin.edu

Here we are, working hard (Caitlin on L, Emily on R)!!!!!

Thanks to Susan Johanson for the pic!

Hello!

Our annual Fall Open House was held on October 28th, and it was a resounding success. We had nearly 350 people come to campus to learn more about Olin College, take tours, chat with faculty, and listen to the Olin Conductorless Orchestra. It was truly a whirlwind day for us. Overall, the survey responses have been very positive, and people are already asking about next year!!!

Before we can start planning another Fall Open House, we have a couple of things to get done first. Namely, admitting the class of 2012!! Things are heating up in the Admission office, with mail coming from all over the world. All of the materials I have seen so far indicate that our winter months are going to be filled to the brim with reading, reading, and more reading. I’m very excited, because this is my first admission cycle as an admission officer, so while I have been told what to expect, I have never experienced it first hand myself. I love new challenges, and this one looks to be quite amazing.

Whenever I see the year 2012 written, I think about when I was a kid and everyone talked about what the new millenium would be like. Flying cars, interplanetary travel, and cities in space. My dad was really into Star Trek, and we would watch Next Generation with him every week. I always imagined my grown up life to be a lot like the life on the starship Enterprise. I would be friends with other species and we would communicate telepathically. I had it all planned out. Except for the part where these things hadn’t actually been invented or discovered yet. Now, the only other species I’ve befriended are my cats, Saturn is my car, and I live an Earthly life in a regular house on a regular street. Oh well. Maybe someone whose application I’m reading now will be the one to get us into space, flying cars, or discover a new species. You never know. In the meantime, perhaps I should just take Captain Picard’s advice: “Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.”

Ciao!

Emily

This month has been chock full of events in both External Relations and the Admission office at Olin. We have no fewer than THREE major events on campus this month, two of which were last week, and one next week.

On October 11, we had Career Initiatives Day, for which over 30 companies came to campus to recruit our students. Internships and post graduate plans were discussed, resume and career advice was plentiful, and a productive and successful day was had by all.

Here’s a photo of the action!

On October 12-14 we hosted our annual Family Weekend. 112 families came to join in the activities, which included a showing of the film “The Olin Bubble”, a fire art performance by the Olin Fire Arts Club, an Olin Phoenix Soccer Club game, a family Trivia challenge, tons of informative sessions for parents, and plenty of New Englandesque foods and cheer. It was an absolutely wonderful weekend, with striking blue skies and gorgeous foliage, and a good time was undoubtedly had by all.

Here is a photo of the Olin Phoenix Soccer Club in action:

Here’s a photo of the Phoenix huddle:

Next week, on October 28, we have our annual Fall Open House. We have a full house already, and the RSVP system filled up extremely quickly this year. We are looking forward to meeting everyone who has been in touch with us, and if you weren’t able to RSVP, please come and visit us some other time! We want everyone to have a chance to experience Olin in person, because we know that once you get here you will understand just how wonderful this community truly is.

We look forward to hearing from you through info@olin.edu, as well as through the comments section. Keep those applications coming before the December 1 deadline!!

So long for now,

Emily

Emily Tisei Moscol

Assistant Director of Admission

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Emily.Moscol@olin.edu

781-292-2207

HI! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Emily Moscol. I have worked at Olin since 2004 in Campus Services, and made the move to Admission in August. I love working over here, it’s really a wonderful feeling being able to be part of this admission team as well as this blog, as a new Assistant Director of Admission at Olin.

A little bit about me: I am a native Bostonian, born and raised in Roslindale. I went to UMass Amherst for my undergraduate degree, where I was an RA (Resident Assistant) and majored in Legal Studies. I was all geared up to go to Law School when I decided that it wasn’t the path that I wanted my life to take. I went to UMass Boston instead and got my Master’s degree in Dispute Resolution, which encompassed negotiation and mediation. I worked for a while at a group home for adolescents in Jamaica Plain, and then I decided that I needed a change. Olin College was exactly what I was looking for, and coming to work here was one of the best decisions I ever made. The community here is really quite unique, and getting up and going to work each day to a place where you are excited to be is one thing that I have come to value very much.

I am still learning a lot about Admissions in general, and I have been so surprised by how intense the process has become since I went to college (not THAT long ago!). The young adults that I have met in info sessions seem to be experts by the time they are juniors in high school! Part of my job includes planning events for our division, including Fall Open House (which is coming up, RSVP on our website as space is extremely limited), Career Initiatives Day, Family Weekend, and Candidates’ Weekends. The entire community gets involved in these events, either through the planning process, volunteering, or running sessions. It makes the culmination of the event that much more satisfying when you know that so many people were part of it.

Another part of my job here is that I am the staff advisor to the Honor Board. This has been a really interesting experience. I have learned a lot from the students by being a part of this process. The fact that it works so well is a testament to the intelligence and maturity of our students.

If you have any questions for me you can either comment or you can email me directly. I look forward to hearing from you!!!!

Ciao!