Oberlin Blogs

To get those coveted tix, Obies aplenty nervously shook in their blundstones as they queued a massive single-file line across the first floor of Wilder.

I spent the first week of November in Boston, touring Harvard Divinity School as a Diversity & Explorations program participant, and attending the school's first Black Religion, Spirituality, & Culture Conference. But wait, this is the blog platform I write for Oberlin, where does Harvard come in? This is the story about how Oberlin got me to Harvard. (Maybe.)

Two years ago I took my Spanish 101 final -- now I'm studying for finals at a Chilean university.

I just put in the last puzzle piece, and I feel complete.

It's late November and the height of college-application season - and I'm here to help! Here's my advice, compiled neatly into categories and lists.

A literal and metaphorical description of the past few weeks.

Shattered, but I'm not broken.

Reflections on the 2016 Election results.

If you're like me, and rely on holding a plastic cup in your hand to complete your Nancy Botwin aesthetic, let me assure you that there is nothing to fear.

My shifting thoughts over the last two weeks, with an eye to the coming admissions cycle.

I've heard it can be cathartic to write, so I was thinking about writing on this year's presidential election.

I was studying the downfall of democracy in Chilean politics when I checked the polls for the first time on Election Night.