Oberlin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, OP, here you have it. Nothing but childish, non-productive comments. I doubt if these are parents (though a couple of comments are reasonable), but most likely high schoolers or silly college students.

You'll do better on College Prowler or College Confidential.

OP here. I think you're right. Over and out.

[Anonymous]

The two people I know who attended are incredibly smart and talented and productive members of society. Also, Karen O went there. <3

[Anonymous]

My DH and 3 of his sibs went to Oberlin. Our DS, a student at another university, has 2 good friends who are current students. The Oberlin alums and students I've met are remarkably bright, engaged, thoughtful, open-minded people. They are, for the most part, refreshingly unassuming and modest. A lot of these folks, including my DH and his sibs, went on to great success in graduate and/or professional school and in their careers. They skew liberal politically, but not uniformly. It's a small school in a small town, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but you can get a fantastic education there (Oberlin is particularly strong in the sciences, art history, government, economics and, of course, musi) and make friends for life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH and 3 of his sibs went to Oberlin. Our DS, a student at another university, has 2 good friends who are current students. The Oberlin alums and students I've met are remarkably bright, engaged, thoughtful, open-minded people. They are, for the most part, refreshingly unassuming and modest. A lot of these folks, including my DH and his sibs, went on to great success in graduate and/or professional school and in their careers. They skew liberal politically, but not uniformly. It's a small school in a small town, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but you can get a fantastic education there (Oberlin is particularly strong in the sciences, art history, government, economics and, of course, musi) and make friends for life.

Agree with above. My DS, not musically inclined, was a recruited athlete, went there. He thoroughly enjoyed his experience. Very liberal, probably a little more than most college campuses. DS really enjoyed his talented classmates, some of whom are now accomplished and well known in the arts. Most of the kids go to graduate school, my son went to law school and is now in a established public interest firm. As a parent of four kids who all went to different colleges, Oberlin was the least known and one of my favorites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH and 3 of his sibs went to Oberlin. Our DS, a student at another university, has 2 good friends who are current students. The Oberlin alums and students I've met are remarkably bright, engaged, thoughtful, open-minded people. They are, for the most part, refreshingly unassuming and modest. A lot of these folks, including my DH and his sibs, went on to great success in graduate and/or professional school and in their careers. They skew liberal politically, but not uniformly. It's a small school in a small town, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but you can get a fantastic education there (Oberlin is particularly strong in the sciences, art history, government, economics and, of course, musi) and make friends for life.

Agree with above. My DS, not musically inclined, was a recruited athlete, went there. He thoroughly enjoyed his experience. Very liberal, probably a little more than most college campuses. DS really enjoyed his talented classmates, some of whom are now accomplished and well known in the arts. Most of the kids go to graduate school, my son went to law school and is now in a established public interest firm. As a parent of four kids who all went to different colleges, Oberlin was the least known and one of my favorites.

To me this means that most can't get a job out of college. When I graduated I had a bunch of friends at other schools who went to law school because they didn't have anything else they wanted to do and their parents were footing the bill. I don't know if I would send a kid to oberlin with the goal of them becoming gainfully employed after four years.

[Anonymous]

^Seriously? They earn advanced degrees in order to have accomplished careers, as a step toward being even more gainfully employed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH and 3 of his sibs went to Oberlin. Our DS, a student at another university, has 2 good friends who are current students. The Oberlin alums and students I've met are remarkably bright, engaged, thoughtful, open-minded people. They are, for the most part, refreshingly unassuming and modest. A lot of these folks, including my DH and his sibs, went on to great success in graduate and/or professional school and in their careers. They skew liberal politically, but not uniformly. It's a small school in a small town, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but you can get a fantastic education there (Oberlin is particularly strong in the sciences, art history, government, economics and, of course, musi) and make friends for life.

Agree with above. My DS, not musically inclined, was a recruited athlete, went there. He thoroughly enjoyed his experience. Very liberal, probably a little more than most college campuses. DS really enjoyed his talented classmates, some of whom are now accomplished and well known in the arts. Most of the kids go to graduate school, my son went to law school and is now in a established public interest firm. As a parent of four kids who all went to different colleges, Oberlin was the least known and one of my favorites.

To me this means that most can't get a job out of college. When I graduated I had a bunch of friends at other schools who went to law school because they didn't have anything else they wanted to do and their parents were footing the bill. I don't know if I would send a kid to oberlin with the goal of them becoming gainfully employed after four years.

You sound uninformed. Most of the quality colleges have graduates like this. O

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^Seriously? They earn advanced degrees in order to have accomplished careers, as a step toward being even more gainfully employed.

While that's true it's still something to be aware of. I would assume that many of these liberal arts degrees aren't getting them hired out of college or even aware of a career path that pays the bills. a parent should definitely be aware that oberlin equals grad degree required for job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DH and 3 of his sibs went to Oberlin. Our DS, a student at another university, has 2 good friends who are current students. The Oberlin alums and students I've met are remarkably bright, engaged, thoughtful, open-minded people. They are, for the most part, refreshingly unassuming and modest. A lot of these folks, including my DH and his sibs, went on to great success in graduate and/or professional school and in their careers. They skew liberal politically, but not uniformly. It's a small school in a small town, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but you can get a fantastic education there (Oberlin is particularly strong in the sciences, art history, government, economics and, of course, musi) and make friends for life.

Agree with above. My DS, not musically inclined, was a recruited athlete, went there. He thoroughly enjoyed his experience. Very liberal, probably a little more than most college campuses. DS really enjoyed his talented classmates, some of whom are now accomplished and well known in the arts. Most of the kids go to graduate school, my son went to law school and is now in a established public interest firm. As a parent of four kids who all went to different colleges, Oberlin was the least known and one of my favorites.

To me this means that most can't get a job out of college. When I graduated I had a bunch of friends at other schools who went to law school because they didn't have anything else they wanted to do and their parents were footing the bill. I don't know if I would send a kid to oberlin with the goal of them becoming gainfully employed after four years.

You sound uninformed. Most of the quality colleges have graduates like this. O

Mine must have been unique then. I went to an engineering school. Many go on to get an mba but many years later. I had friends going to work for Google, Fortune 500 companies, labs etc. very few of my classmates went directly to grad school.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH and 3 of his sibs went to Oberlin. Our DS, a student at another university, has 2 good friends who are current students. The Oberlin alums and students I've met are remarkably bright, engaged, thoughtful, open-minded people. They are, for the most part, refreshingly unassuming and modest. A lot of these folks, including my DH and his sibs, went on to great success in graduate and/or professional school and in their careers. They skew liberal politically, but not uniformly. It's a small school in a small town, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but you can get a fantastic education there (Oberlin is particularly strong in the sciences, art history, government, economics and, of course, musi) and make friends for life. [/quote]
Agree with above. My DS, not musically inclined, was a recruited athlete, went there. He thoroughly enjoyed his experience. Very liberal, probably a little more than most college campuses. DS really enjoyed his talented classmates, some of whom are now accomplished and well known in the arts.[b] Most of the kids go to graduate school,[/b] my son went to law school and is now in a established public interest firm. As a parent of four kids who all went to different colleges, Oberlin was the least known and one of my favorites. [/quote]

To me this means that most can't get a job out of college. When I graduated I had a bunch of friends at other schools who went to law school because they didn't have anything else they wanted to do and their parents were footing the bill. I don't know if I would send a kid to oberlin with the goal of them becoming gainfully employed after four years. [/quote]
You sound uninformed. Most of the quality colleges have graduates like this. O[/quote]
Of my other three kids, one went to UVA and the other two went to Ivys. All of the kids at these other schools did the same, go to graduate school and then get productive jobs. In case you are unaware, the last recession made it difficult for college graduates to get jobs right out of college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lena Dunham-like persons are the typical student

Can one assume she has a creative bent and Oberlin is known for its creative environment (music especially)?

Yes. Definitely

+1 Both students I know who went there would probably be described as high creative and very intelligent but perhaps a bit non-conforming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^Seriously? They earn advanced degrees in order to have accomplished careers, as a step toward being even more gainfully employed.

While that's true it's still something to be aware of. I would assume that many of these liberal arts degrees aren't getting them hired out of college or even aware of a career path that pays the bills. a parent should definitely be aware that oberlin equals grad degree required for job.

I am not sure what your purpose is here but I would suggest that the OP not put much stock in your odd opinion of Oberlin. Many people continue grade school pursuits including those from non-SLACs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^Seriously? They earn advanced degrees in order to have accomplished careers, as a step toward being even more gainfully employed.

While that's true it's still something to be aware of. I would assume that many of these liberal arts degrees aren't getting them hired out of college or even aware of a career path that pays the bills. a parent should definitely be aware that oberlin equals grad degree required for job.

I am not sure what your purpose is here but I would suggest that the OP not put much stock in your odd opinion of Oberlin. Many people continue grade school pursuits including those from non-SLACs.

*grad*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^Seriously? They earn advanced degrees in order to have accomplished careers, as a step toward being even more gainfully employed.

While that's true it's still something to be aware of. I would assume that many of these liberal arts degrees aren't getting them hired out of college or even aware of a career path that pays the bills. a parent should definitely be aware that oberlin equals grad degree required for job.

I am not sure what your purpose is here but I would suggest that the OP not put much stock in your odd opinion of Oberlin. Many people continue grade school pursuits including those from non-SLACs.

I commented because a pp said most graduates go onto grad school instead of getting a job. That's a big deal. Guarantee you the MIT grads are getting job offers.

[Anonymous]

I went to Oberlin. I loved it. Very quirky student body - in a good way. Very small town in the middle of nowhere but that didn't bother me. I went to law school after Oberlin.