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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oberlin has a January session, so check to see whether they will be between sessions, have tours, etc.

If you want her to like Oberlin: stay at the Hotel Oberlin if you can.  :shock:There’s a super cute bakery down the street and a nice coffee shop near the Apollo movie theater. There’s a cool vintage store called Ratsy’s. There’s also an art supply store where you can spend 20 minutes with kittens who are being fostered (the under of the store wants them to be socialized to get ready for adoption).

The Oberlin art museum might appeal.[/quote]

Yes, OP.  Please research this cute bakery (I'm assuming pp means Gibson's--but even if OP is referring to someone other one, please research Gibson's) and their recent history with Oberlin.

After what Oberlin did to that bakery, I can't imagine why any parent would think their child would fit in there.  Surely your daughter has at least [i]some[/i] redeeming qualities?[/quote]

How many times are you RWNJs going to bring this up? And why would I judge the entire college by one incident (even if your version is correct)? It's an excellent academic institution regardless of what you think of it politically. [/quote]
It's "one incident" that the entire college participated in, and  that they were still refusing to pay as recently as several months ago (July.)  
Blatantly lying and trying to destroy someone's livelihood is not "politics"--it's pure evil.  [/quote]

In 2016. Under a completely different admin. With different kids. Lawsuit settled. It’s been 7 years. Move on.

OP:  my kid goes to Oberlin and loves it. It’s def. More liberal than the City of Oberlin, but the College does a lot of outreach— people in the town auditing classes, a pottery collective, free tuition to anyone in the HS who is admitted ED, Maker Adair’s, a Dog Fair, plus free entrance to all the cultural events.  Still— it’s more conservative.

Visit the Blue Rooster, the Feve, Ben Franklin, the kittens.  It’s going to be gray and snowy. But that’s Oberlin several months a year. I’d check the academic calendar to see if students are back before taking a kid. When my kid applied in 2019, he asked admissions if he could spend the night on campus and was able to. That sold it.

Be aware they are still cautious with COVID. He’s at study abroad this year, but I believe they are back to masking in classrooms with the latest wave. My kid made it 2.5 years without getting sick.

LOTS of DMV kids at Oberlin. [/quote]

Different administration— but this one doubled down. Not a good look. The college has gone down in prestige over the years. And I say this as a former Obie. [/quote]

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