Oberlin Blogs

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.

Honestly, when I was trying to decide on my post-high school plans, I never even thought about going to a school like Oberlin College.

On leaving New England to go to college.

Have any questions about Oberlin? Ask your questions and we'll get to them in one of the three virtual panels we're hosting this fall!

A few words for prospective conservatory students on how to succeed at your Oberlin audition.

QuestBridge finalists, join us here on Wednesday, December 9th at 6pm for a live streaming Q&A session!

Come for the albino squirrels and story of how I came to Oberlin, stay for the pug and goat photos at the end of this post! (Or just skip down to the pug photos!)

My decision to spend my undergraduate years at Oberlin wasn't quite the storybook tale, but it did end with a happily ever after.

I was officially sold when the tour guide described Oberlin as a place where being weird is celebrated and loved.

In a weird way, my first brush with Oberlin was like my birth: I was late (although not by 10 days) and my body was propelled through the air until I landed somewhere, and maybe that's why I loved it immediately.