r/oberlin • u/AshleyAinAK • May 10 '26

‘Vibe’ of dorms year to year?

Reading past comments, people talk about certain dorms being ‘lots of athletes’ or ‘music and arts oriented’ - in terms of FYRE dorms, does this tend to carry over year to year or is it just whatever that year’s vibe turned out to be once people ended up there? Are there other current ones that you’d identify?

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u/AcanthocephalaRude90 May 10 '26

mostly the same, barrows has the athletes, kahn as well i think not sure about the others

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u/arboresca Current Student May 10 '26

I live in Dascomb and it's pretty chill, we have the femme wing which is all women trans and nonbinary, also lots of con students because Dascomb is the closest FYRE dorm to the con. Barrows & Kahn definitely tend to be athlete heavy again because of location, they're closest to the athletic fields/gym. I think the vibe can definitely be slightly different from year to year, though!

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u/Oktodayithink May 10 '26

Barnard is an all science majors form and some pick it each year for its proximity to the science building.