Oberlin Blogs

It is now February, and you know what that means: I get free donuts on Saturday mornings.

My list of advice for these two weeks while you are waiting for the decision to come.

How Oberlin became my not-so-obvious best choice school.

Brought to you in three parts.

If you had told a wee 16-year-old Ruth that she would be moving to a small town surrounded by a LOT of corn in just two short years, I would not have believed you, not even for a hot second.

The Spring 2017 Virtual Panels are on their way!

My Oberlin waitlist experience.

A rejection is never the end. It isn't a failing or a miscalculation or a detour on the path of young adulthood. In fact, for me, a rejection was the impetus to drive myself toward acceptance elsewhere.

For all of you high school seniors at home filling out your college applications right now, this is a blog post for you. It's written specifically to myself, but extrapolate my own advice into your own experiences.

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.

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

For a long time, the college experience was all about "big" to me.