The admission process to the Olin College of Engineering is unlike any other, as is their approach to teaching.  First they screen their total pool of applicants down to 225 finalists which they invite to one of three Candidate’s Weekends. During the 2 day event, they expose potential students to “the Olin Way” and evaluate them during a fun but rigorous team project-based assessment and individual interview. Although candidates are vying for one of only 81 available spots, the atmosphere is light and highly collegial. Having worked with a number of Olin graduates, I know the quality of engineers produced by the program.  It was fascinating to learn about their revolutionary approach to teaching engineering and I will say without reservation that it is the best (by far) that I have ever seen at any school.