Oberlin College Top Questions

This seems to be true to some extent, though every once in a while someone will surprise you. Also, there are nerds and jocks but I rarely notice them.

sometimes; i'm pretty sure a good portion of oberlin students are not actually so much either, but you know, most people have their quirks.

No. I find many of the students here to be friendly and "normal." There are a lot of gay couples but I am fine with that. The people that choose to be homosexual or bisexual make them no different from the heterosexuals. Lastly you don't have to be brilliant to get into Oberlin. Yes, the academics are difficult but I'm not the smartest person in the world and here I am.

somewhat

People here definitely are very liberal, but few people would call themselves "hippies". That being said, many have dreadlocks or walk barefoot, and like having fun in wacky and socially inappropriate ways. There really isn't any more alcohol use thzn other colleges, but pot is fairly common. Other drugs are probably used at the same rate as other colleges.

It's complicated: Hippies: not so true anymore. Hipsters: more and more true, but its part of a larger trend. Therefore pot stereotype to be soon replaced by coke stereotype. Open mided: not true. (for the most part, like most human beings, but there are truly open minded and intelectually honest people here...not me) School becoming harmless: true...especially the students. The administration here has always been just liberal, but the students that go here are no longer the so called 'radicals' that Oberlin was famous for. And yes, excelent proffessors who are available...principal reason to go here.

Mostly. There are definitely a lot of politically conscious people, but not as many or as deeply conscious or active as I would like. I think it's a hard time for idealism anywhere in this country, though.

At some level.

There are far less hippies at Oberlin than you would expect. Hipsters have become the hippies of our generation and they have begun to take over Oberlin.

Yes

Like most places, they are to some degree. There are hippies and hipsters and crazy Con students. There are also so many amazing, smart, interesting and fun people.

for the most part, yes, but in a good way

Oberlin is a comfortable atmosphere focused on learning, not on what one is wearing, who their parents are, how much money they have...so one does often experiment and come to have a greater understanding of who they are, sexuality included.

They are grossly exaggerated. Yes there are hippies and yes there is a gay/lesbian population but this is true of any institute of higher learning.

The hippie arent actually that dirty, and they are not that intrusive. Oberlin is both normal and abnormal, you can find what your looking for and be confortable.

There are students like that on campus but theres also a lot of variety across the campus. It's not hard to find a group that you feel comfortable with.

To some extent - we're definitely not all dirty hippies, though there are some of those here. We definitely like to question.

Yes, for the most part.

In some cases yes as many Oberlin students can play an instrument. I'm a football player, but I can still play a trumpet. Even though Oberlin does have some "hippies", many other types of students exist on this campus, from jocks, to hipsters, to the normal everyday run of the mill Joe/Jane student.

No. Oberlin students are students that want to push themselves academically. The people here realize the importance of a good education rather than a mediocre one.