Oberlin

[Anonymous]

Dudes in rompers and ladies with dreads and multiple piercings. Drug use and inane social beliefs are off the charts.
Buildings are nice and you can borrow art from the art gallery and hang it in your dorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dudes in rompers and ladies with dreads and multiple piercings. Drug use and inane social beliefs are off the charts.
Buildings are nice and you can borrow art from the art gallery and hang it in your dorm.

So you think people who prefer their hair natural instead of doused with chemical treatments aren't up to your cultural standards? To hell with you. And I'm being polite.

[Anonymous]

I am from Ohio and very familiar with the school. Your DC should only attend Oberlin if he/she is an independent thinker; committed to environmental responsibility; is cool with no one campus being a typical jock/frat type; and has major coin to pay for it. If all of these criteria can be met, then go for it because it's a great school.

[Anonymous]

Would a prep fit in?

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Anonymous wrote:Would a prep fit in?

Preppy prep or trust fund radical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a prep fit in?

Preppy prep or trust fund radical?

The former.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a prep fit in?

Preppy prep or trust fund radical?

I enjoyed that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a prep fit in?

Preppy prep or trust fund radical?

The former.

A preppy prep might prefer Denison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would a prep fit in?

Preppy prep or trust fund radical?

The former.

A preppy prep might prefer Denison.

A preppie might prefer Parris Island.

[Anonymous]

I looked into Oberlin recently as a possible for my own kids. I wish I'd gone there. I wish I could go back 25 years and go through college there, instead of in Europe.

Wow. doesn't it look amazing??!!!

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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.

Yes, it must be awful living off a lawyers salary for life...

[Anonymous]

I wanted to go to a small liberal arts college and Oberlin felt too big for me. Check the current student body size - is it still twice as large as a lot of similar small colleges? Something to think about. Also I heard that (1) if you want to do music but are not at the conservatory level it's hard (2) I've also heard that's totally not the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to go to a small liberal arts college and Oberlin felt too big for me. Check the current student body size - is it still twice as large as a lot of similar small colleges? Something to think about. Also I heard that (1) if you want to do music but are not at the conservatory level it's hard (2) I've also heard that's totally not the case.

That is exactly why DC crossed Oberlin off the list. DC wants to play in the college symphony (non-string), and there are tons of good colleges that will let DC play. Too bad as DC was interested in Oberlin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to go to a small liberal arts college and Oberlin felt too big for me. Check the current student body size - is it still twice as large as a lot of similar small colleges? Something to think about. Also I heard that (1) if you want to do music but are not at the conservatory level it's hard (2) I've also heard that's totally not the case.

That is exactly why DC crossed Oberlin off the list. DC wants to play in the college symphony (non-string), and there are tons of good colleges that will let DC play. Too bad as DC was interested in Oberlin.

That's going to be a problem at any college with a conservatory or a big music program (as at a state flagship). It takes some research to find where a student will have performing opportunities and not be shut out by the professionals-in-training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wanted to go to a small liberal arts college and Oberlin felt too big for me. Check the current student body size - is it still twice as large as a lot of similar small colleges? Something to think about. Also I heard that (1) if you want to do music but are not at the conservatory level it's hard (2) I've also heard that's totally not the case.

That is exactly why DC crossed Oberlin off the list. DC wants to play in the college symphony (non-string), and there are tons of good colleges that will let DC play. Too bad as DC was interested in Oberlin.

That's going to be a problem at any college with a conservatory or a big music program (as at a state flagship). It takes some research to find where a student will have performing opportunities and not be shut out by the professionals-in-training.

PP here. Respectfully, please give us the benefit of the doubt for doing our research and reaching inquiring to numerous colleges, state and private, including those with conservatories. Thank you.