Oberlin Blogs

The fourth and final installment of the Finland Adventures!

A guide on how to celebrate a birthday at Oberlin.

I am graduating college in exactly 30 days from today, and as I think about wrapping my time at Oberlin, I struggle to summarize what the experience has meant.

...and why it might be right for you too.

It's crunch time for college acceptances--a time I remember all too well. As someone who took forever to finally pick a school, here's a few reasons why I knew Oberlin would be the best fit.

There was a day at Oberlin when I walked into the Arboretum after realizing I had spent nearly a whole year on campus without truly experiencing it.

A whimsical celebration of Oberlin's places and people through the lens of Dungeons and Dragons.

The month of March 2026 was probably the busiest I have been on this campus since moving to Oberlin. So let me break down the month’s ups and downs, and how I was able to navigate through them.

At the end of the day, I chose Oberlin and Division III because it gave me the chance to become more than just an athlete.

While every freshman visits Cleveland as part of the Connect Cleveland program, it’s my observation that many students forget that this is always an available resource.

On taking stock of the last four years and celebrating graduation. 

I interviewed four students across various performance disciplines to provide insight into what life in the conservatory could look like.

Ask me to write a paper, and I can have it done by the end of the day, but give me a problem set or a coding lab, and I’m immediately flustered. Predicting this issue, I’ve found that Oberlin provides a really great support system for taking hard classes out of students' comfort zones.