Oberlin Blogs

A fall break trip to a big university in Colorado helps me reflect on my small-school experience.

I remember so clearly my mom driving away that first day. She gave me a big hug and got in the rental car. I leaned through the window to give her a kiss on the cheek. It was one of the clearest moments of change in my life, and I felt it in my chest the way you do when you're about to cry.

Am I just an indoctrinated, whiny, liberal arts college grad, snowflake?

After finally finishing my shaky sophomore year, I say goodbye to Oberlin for the next 8 months, and prepare for my most audacious adventures yet.

It feels strange to say that I'm a junior in college, but here we are! Here are some lessons I learned over the past two semesters.

My summer in Oberlin: a wonderland of busy.

This past semester, I 'sophomore slumped' hard. I struggled with intense feelings of depression, disconnection, and nihilism, and I critically questioned who I am, who I want to be, and where my place is in the world.

The part they don't tell you about... Retiring as a student-athlete.

Everything you need to know if you're a future yeoman or yeowoman.

I take on an Oberlin semester without my sidekick and roommate.

It's not all that they said it would be.

Reflections on my most emotionally charged semester yet.