Oberlin College
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What can I say about Oberlin College? I attended—with the highest of expectations—many, many years ago and couldn't stand the place! Left after one semester, transferred to a large university and found myself much happier. Granted I wasn't at Oberlin long, but for a young woman like myself (I'd taken a year off after high school, traveled, and worked in a large city), a school like Oberlin was stifling. Or was it? Perhaps the real problem was that despite all the accolades and promises of personal attention, community, and challenge, Oberlin was, in the 70's, strangely impersonal and aloof. Let's hope it's changed! My advice to any young person contemplating college today is to visit, visit, and visit the campus yet again, if not in person, then by talking as much as one possibly can to others who know the campus and surrounding community—find out what you're really getting into, especially at today's prices. I know; I presently have not one, but two, kids enrolled in college. Phew!