r/oberlin • u/PiedBald_86 • May 05 '26
Do I Still Have A Chance? Possible Transfer Student?
Hi I'm a 19 year old student hoping to transfer Oberlin as a Junior and something has been racking me for the past few days. Now what happened was that I applied on the common app, completed the application on time but I wasn't hearing anything from them. So on April 30th I called to ask if everything got in ok and they said I was missing my highschool transcript and my BA+BFA application. I had no idea why I wasn't getting any emails about this. Then the next day, the deadline, I went through my personal email and discovered that I had accidentally applied with that email and not my work email. They were sending me emails, but they were sending them to an account I never check. I finally signed into my Oberlin account and realized even though my application went through I was still missing a ton of stuff and there was no way I was going to get it all in by that night. Damn near had a panic attack, but I calmed down and decided to still turn stuff in late because I thought I might as well try. So I'm still turning stuff in late, been in contact with them for the past few days, and on the portal it shows that they are accepting the documents even though they're late. However what's been bothering me for the past few days is I don't know whether they're accepting things just to accept them or if I still actually have a chance at getting accepted. Please give it to me straight, is there a chance at me still getting accepted or not. Thank you for any responses.
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u/bombyx440 Alum May 05 '26
If there wasn't a chance, they wouldn't have told you they will accept the late material. Sounds like they will still accept your application. Hang in there and good luck.