Oberlin Blogs

That is the question. Or, it was... a few years ago.

...for a day. Here's what I learned.

As we’re approaching the end of October, it seems like the right time to offer you some thoughts on Early Decision. It’s just one of the many application plans that exist in the world of college admissions, and things can be confusing.

I asked some wonderful Obie first-years why they chose Oberlin.

Go to the college that is right for you, not the one that is right for others’ perception of you.

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

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.

Once Halloween passes and stores start stocking their oranges-and-browns or reds-and-greens, my mind turns to the crisp promise of a newly opened application.

To assure that we have great diversity when we are done with the final crafting of our international class and that we have also chosen the individual applicants who are most likely to thrive, we use a three-decision process for early decision applicants.