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Alexander Crease Receives Tuition Scholarship to Innovative Engineering College

2012 Jun 11

A standout student at Bronx High School Of Science, Alexander Crease of New York City, NY had his pick of the nation's top colleges. This fall, Alexander chose to join 83 other students from around the world to form the tenth freshmen class at the highly selective Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts.

Olin College is an undergraduate engineering college offering an innovative curriculum that aims to produce technological leaders. Olin's unusual approach to engineering education incorporates entrepreneurship as well as the arts, humanities and social sciences. Interdisciplinary, project-based learning is the hallmark of Olin's academic program.

Supported through a grant of approximately $460 million from the F.W. Olin Foundation, the college offers half tuition merit scholarships, valued at more than $75,000 per student, to all admitted undergraduates. The generous endowment has supported the construction of Olin's state-of-the-art facilities and the hiring of nationally renowned faculty members. Some of the nation's top students have joined the college.

Olin selected Alexander through a unique, personalized admission process, which included a weekend visit to the college where he participated in a design and build exercise, interviewed with many members of the Olin community and spent time getting to know current Olin students. He was chosen from an applicant pool of nearly 800 students. Alexander's excellent academic and extra-curricular credentials stood out among the hundreds of first-rate applications. As a member of Olin's class of 2016, he will have the opportunity to help shape the future of the young, innovative college.

Olin's class of 2016 represents twenty-two states and five countries. Forty-four percent of the Class of 2016 is female and over twenty percent are National Merit Scholars.

About Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering is a private undergraduate engineering college located in Needham, Massachusetts. The College opened in 2002 and has since graduated more than 420 students. Olin College's mission is to prepare students to become exemplary engineering innovators who recognize needs, design solutions, and engage in creative enterprises for the good of the world. To that end Olin College has brought together some of the best minds and the best ideas in engineering education to develop a hands-on, interdisciplinary program geared toward today's technology challenges. More information can be found at www.olin.edu.