Oberlin Blogs

This utter lack of warmth and sun, combined with the rampant insomnia and overwhelming amount of work, makes the campus seem less like sweet, pastoral, rural Ohio and more like a scene from Doctor Zhivago.

Because there's no better way to procrastinate writing your college application essays than reading tips about writing your college application essays.

That said, it's cold as crap here right now.

It looked delicious... but we were told we couldn't eat yet. It is an extremely sadistic thing to show us food and tell us we can't partake. I was ready to dive in. But there was a reason.

I've gained a certain amount of respect - if not understanding - for mass spectrometry and I've begun to understand how the microwave in the kitchen works, at least for making Ramen noodles.

Hello? Is anybody out there?

Today was my final exam for History of Argentine Music. This is how my studying unfolded on Twitter.

Unqualified and unsolicited advice on the college essay from someone who went about it the wrong way.

I have one week to go in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before I find myself completely overwhelmed readjusting to life in the U.S., I thought I would share a few pointers for anyone who thinks studying abroad is in their future.

Off-campus status is both a blessing and a curse...but mostly a blessing.

The money raised by Work it for Women was to help women with the costs of an abortion: travel, overnight stays and child care.

I think a die a little bit every time someone uses the word Obie to describe a person who goes to Oberlin (as in: We Obies love to hate things ). I think The Grape --one of Oberlin College's many publications--described the word as (and I'm paraphrasing here) "used only by The Review and the Admissions Department."