School number one in the seven schools seven days trip and the school that I was most excited to visit before this trip. Rather high expectations and Oberlin definitely lived up to them! I like Oberlin because it has a fantastic arts scene, and an environmental focus. These two things manifested themselves all over the campus and seemed to be driving principles of the college and manifested themselves all over the campus.
As far as the arts go as a theater person it is obviously to me to be able to see and be a part of lots of different types of theater; when I visited the Oberlin campus I learned that there is always some kind of performance going on, be that theater music or dance and that is definitely the kind of community I want to be a part of.
The other thing that stuck out to me was Oberlin's focus on environmental sustainability. They had a state of the art environmental science building that produces more energy than it uses. It has a water purification system that uses plants to purify "waste water" and make it potable and usable again. Also, every building on campus has a meeter that displays the electricity use of each building each week.
Finlay, Oberlin has pledged to become carbon neutral or even carbon negative by 2050, which is fantastic! Also, Oberlin has a winter term that is designed to allow students to explore and become more independent thinkers. Each student has to complete three "projects" which are winter term experiences that can be anything a student wants them to be; study abroad, research, or just anything that a student wants to.
One other thing that I liked about Oberlin was the town of Oberlin itself. It's a small town but it seemed to have a lot going on, lots of cool restaurants etc. and it seemed like there was a lot of interaction between the college and the town.
As far as the arts go as a theater person it is obviously to me to be able to see and be a part of lots of different types of theater; when I visited the Oberlin campus I learned that there is always some kind of performance going on, be that theater music or dance and that is definitely the kind of community I want to be a part of.
The other thing that stuck out to me was Oberlin's focus on environmental sustainability. They had a state of the art environmental science building that produces more energy than it uses. It has a water purification system that uses plants to purify "waste water" and make it potable and usable again. Also, every building on campus has a meeter that displays the electricity use of each building each week.
Finlay, Oberlin has pledged to become carbon neutral or even carbon negative by 2050, which is fantastic! Also, Oberlin has a winter term that is designed to allow students to explore and become more independent thinkers. Each student has to complete three "projects" which are winter term experiences that can be anything a student wants them to be; study abroad, research, or just anything that a student wants to.
One other thing that I liked about Oberlin was the town of Oberlin itself. It's a small town but it seemed to have a lot going on, lots of cool restaurants etc. and it seemed like there was a lot of interaction between the college and the town.
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