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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

November 13, 2015

Tom Cline

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!)

Finding Oberlin

October 25, 2015

Kira Findling

I was officially sold when the tour guide described Oberlin as a place where being weird is celebrated and loved.
Kira smiling

Early decisions with an Ecuadorian Twist

October 16, 2008

Charles Grim

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.

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