Oberlin Blogs

Let's unpack a big question: what did my college experience teach me? With the assistance of some food-for-thought quotations, let's explore how time, space and maturity interact to reveal things about ourselves.

In which Brendan meets Frances, and Frances meets Brendan.

"At Oberlin, we romanticize signing ourselves up for an impossible amount of commitments and never sleeping."

What is the value of a liberal arts degree? What does my Oberlin degree say about me post-graduation? Am I the only one thinking about these things?! Let's talk about what it means to find value in your college major on your own terms.

Research at Oberlin is a truly unique opportunity and starts with our own personal journey. Well, here goes mine. Let's go on a Mellon Dive.

A weird layover/vacation. A layovacation, if you will. Or vacayover.

FINALS ARE FINISHED!! Now it's time to think about the rest of college...

My expectations for my surprise free days in Oberlin.

How I ended up with two deutschen Thanksgivings.

So my semester has started. We're well into classes, and I'm mostly enthralled. I have returned to reflecting on what my life is becoming being back here. Naturally I am swamped this semester. And in being swamped, and thinking about all of these things I am doing, I start analyzing my tasks and asking myself a lot of questions.

And then, in unison: "What we want to know is, what is the value of a liberal arts degree?"

Look at stuff that people have done and reimagine it in your own way.