Oberlin for non-super woke

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We are very middle of the road. I would be perfectly fine with my kid attending Oberlin (we visited and she loved it and has the stats), especially now that Ohioans voted down the abortion ban (that went too far for me, get your laws off mine and my daughters' bodies).

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Anonymous wrote:We are very middle of the road. I would be perfectly fine with my kid attending Oberlin (we visited and she loved it and has the stats), especially now that Ohioans voted down the abortion ban (that went too far for me, get your laws off mine and my daughters' bodies).

Careful with that woke perspective. It might trigger the other pp.

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Anonymous wrote:Any different views if your kid will be a varsity athlete?

Not if they’re a girl.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/oberlin-college-womens-coach-says-she-was-burned-at-the-stake-over-her-views-on-transgender-athletes/

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Anonymous wrote:Any different views if your kid will be a varsity athlete?

One of my DCs visited as a recruited athlete. Oberlin's athletic facilities are phenomenal, and they were improving them at the time, so they'll be even better now. The coaching appeared excellent, too. DC hung out with the athletes and had a great time. They seemed left of center but had many interests other than politics, particularly music. I was very impressed with the students I met, who were intelligent, articulate, courteous, friendly, and mature. The ones I met appeared to have too good of a sense of humor and to think too independently to get really "crazy woke." DC needed help deciding between Oberlin and a much higher-ranked LAC. They were ready to flip a coin, but we encouraged them to choose based on rankings (given there was no other tie-breaker). Looking back, DC would have been better off at Oberlin. They got into music, biology, and creative writing after starting college with the goal of majoring in politics. They'd have had tremendous creative scope and excellent teaching at Oberlin. DC ended up at an intensely academic school that left them little time to explore their interests or to write and do research. They got an excellent education, but I think Oberlin would have been more fun and engaging, and they'd have ended up ahead academically. Oberlin is very enriching and has a tremendous amount to offer.

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Having friends with kids currently at Reed, Oberlin, and Swarthmore, if your kid isn't pretty left-liberal leaning, I would not attend any of these schools. Very uncomfortable for those students who don't mouth the right pieties.

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I hire a lot and definitely side eye Oberlin resumes. They don’t get trashed like Liberty U grads but close to it.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for the helpful responses. And no, not a troll. Use of "woke" is an understood term, especially in the context of college campuses.

Why don't you say, "very liberal politically"?

"Woke" is very different from "very liberally politically"

Very liberal politically would be human rights, 1st amendment/free speech, lots of debate and discourse with a variety of perspectives.

"Woke" is narrow minded, judgemental, punishing, rejecting and isolating anyone who doesn't align with your viewpoints, crazy viewpoints that don't align with reality (such as the recent lbgtq... for hamas protesters supporting a group that would execute them in a heartbeat), anti free speech qnd debate, tyranny of the fringe.

They are two very different things. Old hippy intellectual vs blue haired tiktok crazy person.

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Anonymous wrote:DC interested in creative writing, STEM, music - all things Oberlin does well. But DC is not left-wing/alternative - is super middle of the road politically and in temperament. Does this kid fit in at Oberlin and do they find their people? Hard to tell from website and what I've read on here.

There are a ton of kids just like that at Oberlin--they fit in fine.

Uh, no, and why would you spend $94K to attend a school that has had significant legal and leadership issues and is known for being over the top liberal when you have 4,000 other choices in america?

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Thousands of schools would fit the criteria listed. I would put Oberlin at the very bottom of the list for a mainstream, centrist person.

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Anonymous wrote:Just focus on Kenyon instead, which is stronger in creative writing. It's not Hillsdale but it's not too woke esp versus Oberlin.

lol. Hillsdale isn’t good enough to be discussed in the same breath as the others.

USNWR ranks Hillsdale 12 spots higher than Oberlin, wokie.

Lol. Stop trying to make Hillsdale happen. It’s a fine option if you want to keep your kid in some ideological bubble for both college and a career or if they are a nepo baby like Maggie Sajak. Otherwise, unless you want in on the right-wing grift complex, a real college is the way to go.

DP. Oberlin is on the exact opposite end of the spectrum - a fine choice if you want to keep your kid in some LWNJ ideological bubble and also want in on the left-wing grift complex.

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Anonymous wrote:Just focus on Kenyon instead, which is stronger in creative writing. It's not Hillsdale but it's not too woke esp versus Oberlin.

lol. Hillsdale isn’t good enough to be discussed in the same breath as the others.

USNWR ranks Hillsdale 12 spots higher than Oberlin, wokie.

Lol. Stop trying to make Hillsdale happen. It’s a fine option if you want to keep your kid in some ideological bubble for both college and a career or if they are a nepo baby like Maggie Sajak. Otherwise, unless you want in on the right-wing grift complex, a real college is the way to go.

Lol. I'm not trying to make it happen. It's already happening. Top 40 LAC and climbing. Meanwhile, Wokerlin is falling like a rock. Deal with it, Wokie McWokerson.

I suspect the student body of Hillsdale is overwhelmingly Republican but people should actually read up on what the school stands for, which is a traditional liberal arts education (as opposed to doctrinaire postmodernism and critical theory). It's like what college used to be like.

DP. Exactly. Hillsdale offers a classical liberal education, in the true sense of "liberal."

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of rankings.

https://www.oberlin.edu/president/us-news-rankings-fail-to-recognize-excellence

Oh dear - another tantrum a la the Vanderbilt president when their rankings fell too.

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Anonymous wrote:Any different views if your kid will be a varsity athlete?

Right? I mean how super woke liberal are the lacrosse players??

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Anonymous wrote:Any different views if your kid will be a varsity athlete?

Right? I mean how super woke liberal are the lacrosse players??

The women’s team is very woke. Their popular, long-time women’s lax coach was fired because she said that it wasn’t fair for men to play against women. Not hatefully or RWNJ, she’s kind of a hippie.

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Anonymous wrote:Just focus on Kenyon instead, which is stronger in creative writing. It's not Hillsdale but it's not too woke esp versus Oberlin.

lol. Hillsdale isn’t good enough to be discussed in the same breath as the others.

USNWR ranks Hillsdale 12 spots higher than Oberlin, wokie.

Lol. Stop trying to make Hillsdale happen. It’s a fine option if you want to keep your kid in some ideological bubble for both college and a career or if they are a nepo baby like Maggie Sajak. Otherwise, unless you want in on the right-wing grift complex, a real college is the way to go.

Lol. I'm not trying to make it happen. It's already happening. Top 40 LAC and climbing. Meanwhile, Wokerlin is falling like a rock. Deal with it, Wokie McWokerson.

Wow, deep and thoughtful. Did you learn these name-calling skills at a “non-woke” institution?

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Anonymous wrote:Any different views if your kid will be a varsity athlete?

Right? I mean how super woke liberal are the lacrosse players??

The women’s team is very woke. Their popular, long-time women’s lax coach was fired because she said that it wasn’t fair for men to play against women. Not hatefully or RWNJ, she’s kind of a hippie.

Ugh! Well, that sounds more admin than Coach and team. Also, men’s Lax…lax bros are lax bros. Typically not the wokest.