Oberlin Blogs

Why I applied, why I enrolled, and what I learned in the process.

I'm taking steps to ensure that I will bounce.

Let's unpack a big question: what did my college experience teach me? With the assistance of some food-for-thought quotations, let's explore how time, space and maturity interact to reveal things about ourselves.

OSCA is like a glistening gem, polished to perfection by a master gem-polisher.

Come on in and check out my dorm room!

"At Oberlin, we romanticize signing ourselves up for an impossible amount of commitments and never sleeping."

"Dascomb has a charm about it, but that charm might just be us."

What is the value of a liberal arts degree? What does my Oberlin degree say about me post-graduation? Am I the only one thinking about these things?! Let's talk about what it means to find value in your college major on your own terms.

I'm a bit of a conflicted mess. So is the activist scene here. So is life, I guess.

Oberlin is a small place, but because I ended up there and followed where my academic interests led, I've gotten to see the world, or at least a small section of Central Europe.

Study abroad, now with 100% more coal mine!

This new semester has brought with it many changes: new friends, new delicious discoveries, a new sense of home, and wonderful new families.