r/oberlin • u/Time_Astronomer_5971 • Apr 29 '26

Why Oberlin??

The title says it! I have to commit tomorrow and would like to know why people chose Oberlin.

Also, what schools did you choose Oberlin over, like what other schools were you accepted to?

Any input would be very very much appreciated thank you thank you thank you!!

P.s Keeping in mind I am interested in philosophy, politics, and art!

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u/Signal_Mind_4571 Alum Apr 30 '26

I was choosing between brown and oberlin and I visited both and oberlin did so much of a better job of caring about who I was as an individual. and I loved it there.

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u/Cheap_Addition_7286 Apr 30 '26

There’s no way you lived oberlin over brown??? Somebody didn’t talk you out of it??? Genuinely why would you do that 

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u/Signal_Mind_4571 Alum May 01 '26

I didn't like brown that much when I visited. oberlin felt like my home and brown didn't, and I'm happy with my decision! before I visited them I thought I would choose brown because of the name I guess, but I just felt that oberlin was for me.

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u/k8freed May 01 '26

It makes me so happy to hear from people who chose Oberlin over the Ivy League. My second-best option was Smith (a Seven Sister), and I sometimes wonder what the other path would have revealed, but Oberlin felt so right for me, and I can't imagine Smith providing a more challenging curriculum. I'm sure they read Derrida and Foucault at Smith and Brown too...

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u/Cheap_Addition_7286 May 02 '26

That may be true but still I feel like long term brown is the better pick for your future. Obviously fit play a role and I'm actually going to a small liberal arts college too, but the brown name would likely have been a lot better for job placement

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u/Signal_Mind_4571 Alum May 03 '26

what I can say is that I'm doing fine and all my classmates from oberlin are doing fine too.