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October 27, 2020
Go to the college that is right for you, not the one that is right for others’ perception of you.
December 4, 2018
My list of advice for these two weeks while you are waiting for the decision to come.
November 13, 2015
Come for the albino squirrels and story of how I came to Oberlin, stay for the pug and goat photos at the end of this post! (Or just skip down to the pug photos!)
November 7, 2015
My decision to spend my undergraduate years at Oberlin wasn't quite the storybook tale, but it did end with a happily ever after.
October 25, 2015
I was officially sold when the tour guide described Oberlin as a place where being weird is celebrated and loved.
November 14, 2013
Once Halloween passes and stores start stocking their oranges-and-browns or reds-and-greens, my mind turns to the crisp promise of a newly opened application.
October 16, 2008
To assure that we have great diversity when we are done with the final crafting of our international class and that we have also chosen the individual applicants who are most likely to thrive, we use a three-decision process for early decision applicants.