Explore new horizons, by way of the academic curriculum, and other opportunities for growth.

Connect your ideas, values, and interests to your coursework and your co-curricular activities.

Deepen your connection to your fields of study and to the communities in which you live.

Develop independence in your life-long pursuit of intellectual, artistic and personal growth.

Year Three: You are now nearer your departure from Oberlin than your arrival. You have declared a major and are becoming more "disciplined." By this point, you should have a range of faculty and staff to consult with. It's time to deepen your experience by pursuing advanced coursework in your major, and learning more about its specific theories and methods. Solidify your commitment to community participation, and continue to plan for life after Oberlin.

Deepen your knowledge

Review plans for your major with your advisor: determine whether you will choose a formal or informal concentration and how that choice will influence your choice of capstone project.

With your advisor, develop a plan for a senior-year capstone—honors, research, senior seminar, practicum. Decide whether it will happen within your major or if it will be a multidisciplinary project.

Choose electives that support your academic and personal goals. Use the idea of breadth to guide you as you continue to make the most of the liberal arts education.

Organize and participate in campus events that are relevant to your educational goals.

Use your study-away experience to extend and deepen your knowledge of the world and the college.

Deepen your community relationships and networks

Find out about professional societies associated with your major. Get involved with your department. Serve as a student major representative or arrange visits by outside speakers. Volunteer for leadership positions in student and community organizations.

Plan a winter term project or summer internship related to your career interests. Junior-year internships or related mentored experiences are great ways for you to test the waters of employment and can help your transition from the College to graduate or professional school, the working world, or both.

Consider again the ways in which student organizations or community involvement could deepen your sense of the world around you.

Review opportunities for fellowships after college and consult with appropriate faculty.

Deepen your consideration of life after Oberlin

Arrange meetings with your advisors and mentors about how your work at Oberlin can support your long-term career and personal goals. Junior year is key for planning ahead.

Meet with an advisor in the Office of Career Services to find out about tests required for graduate or professional school.

Update your résumé.