Oberlin Blogs

Part 1 of a 4-part series. In this section, planning your official admissions visit.

It's application season, kids, so for some insight/inspiration, a peek at my Why Oberlin essay. Oberlin and I were just pieces of a puzzle that came together.

Everyone has an Oberlin story, and I think the variety between them really gives you a sense of the kind of student body we represent here at Oberlin. So here's mine.

The Brazilian jujitsu people call it ninja training. This is the path that led me to it.

Why to pay attention to M.M. Bakhtin readings (turns out he has quite a following in several classes), and why to take Korean ExCo (for sheer awesomeness).

The information you need to make a semi-educated guess about the likelihood of your admission to Oberlin.

Or, how one person and one organization changed my entire Oberlin experience for the better.

A post on the art of band posters. Also, Guided by Voices really likes Miller Lite.

Because I clearly wasn't ready to handle No-shave November.

Have I ever mentioned that I have a love/hate relationship with introductions? Now you know. I'm going for an introduction that scratches beneath the surface of that protective layer of identification and gives you more of a sense of what makes me tick... without risking identity theft, hopefully.

A meta-post on blogging... a brief personal history, plus a shout-out to our new additions to the blogroll!

It smells like baklava and/or cinnamon swirl glaze in my room which, although odd because there is no one in the kitchen to make either, reminds me of my pre-midterms diet and all the other things I miss about Oberlin.