That's not true at all. Most of the south-east Pennsylvanian school districts in Chester and Delaware Co. have pay scales that top out in the mid 80's to low 90's. In Delaware and Maryland, most teachers will be lucky to retire with a salary in the low 60's. Want to guess which area has better schools?
The idea for Olin College originated with the president of the F.W. Olin Foundation in the mid-90's, Lawrence W. Milas, who received his B.A. in Management from Babson College in 1958. Although Franklin W. Olin wasn't a Babson graduate, several members of the Olin family were (the Olin family, along with F.W. Olin foundation, has historically been one of Babson's largest donors).
And they are by far some of the most intelligent hands-on people I have ever met. Although I am in no way qualified to comment on their credentials and experience - I am a Junior at Babson College - most of the successful v.c./angel pitches that are done by groups of Babson students at any one of our yearly events events include students from Olin as part of the founding team.
Like I said, I am not qualified on their engineering talent. I do know that they only accept students who can demonstrate a committed dedication to engineering - from what I have heard, if you haven't built anything in your spare time you don't have a chance in hell of getting in. I also know that you can generally find a couple of Olin students at any one time testing one thing or another down by the lower athletic fields. To be honest, I was more under the impression that Olin's curriculum was more pragmatic than the Slashdot summery made out. Although Olin is dedicated to entrepreneurship, (Olin was started by a Babson alum with funds that originated with another Babson alum, on Babson's campus. Given that Babson is largely focused on entrepreneurship, this is pretty much a given.) their students all appear, at least, to have a solid grasp of mathematics, the sciences, and so on. They also haven't had any issues finding their graduates jobs over the past year. What all of this means - I don't know, I'm a Business major.
Slashdot Mirror
That's not true at all. Most of the south-east Pennsylvanian school districts in Chester and Delaware Co. have pay scales that top out in the mid 80's to low 90's. In Delaware and Maryland, most teachers will be lucky to retire with a salary in the low 60's. Want to guess which area has better schools?
It's as if a thousand bureaucrats cried out "Houston, we have a problem" in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
The idea for Olin College originated with the president of the F.W. Olin Foundation in the mid-90's, Lawrence W. Milas, who received his B.A. in Management from Babson College in 1958. Although Franklin W. Olin wasn't a Babson graduate, several members of the Olin family were (the Olin family, along with F.W. Olin foundation, has historically been one of Babson's largest donors).
And they are by far some of the most intelligent hands-on people I have ever met. Although I am in no way qualified to comment on their credentials and experience - I am a Junior at Babson College - most of the successful v.c./angel pitches that are done by groups of Babson students at any one of our yearly events events include students from Olin as part of the founding team.
Like I said, I am not qualified on their engineering talent. I do know that they only accept students who can demonstrate a committed dedication to engineering - from what I have heard, if you haven't built anything in your spare time you don't have a chance in hell of getting in. I also know that you can generally find a couple of Olin students at any one time testing one thing or another down by the lower athletic fields. To be honest, I was more under the impression that Olin's curriculum was more pragmatic than the Slashdot summery made out. Although Olin is dedicated to entrepreneurship, (Olin was started by a Babson alum with funds that originated with another Babson alum, on Babson's campus. Given that Babson is largely focused on entrepreneurship, this is pretty much a given.) their students all appear, at least, to have a solid grasp of mathematics, the sciences, and so on. They also haven't had any issues finding their graduates jobs over the past year. What all of this means - I don't know, I'm a Business major.