<p>Does Oberlin have an official admitted student weekend? If so, anyone know when it's scheduled for?</p>
<p>Oberlin has several admitted student weekends during April. Here’s the link to last year’s website:</p>
<p>[Oberlin</a> College | All Roads Lead to Oberlin](<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/accept/]Oberlin”>http://www.oberlin.edu/accept/)</p>
<p>Make sure you attend one of them. It was quite the experience for us a year ago. It wasn’t as well organized as some other LAC admitted students orientations that we attended, but it was, well, sort of…Oberlin-like. :)</p>
<p>There’s a new blog about doing a college visit at Oberlin on their website. It’s nice but then a professor there wrote something that made at least him sound kind of unfriendly toward prospies, and like he’s too good for them. But I don’t think all the teachers are like that.</p>
<p>There will be one-day visit programs for admitted students on April 9th and 16th, and two-day programs on April 11-12 and 18-19. You’ll get more information with an acceptance letter.</p>
<p>malfire, as the professor in question, I can tell you that I am definitely NOT unfriendly toward prospies! Professors welcome prospies visiting classes (you’re more than welcome to visit mine, and to ask me any questions you may have). The issue on the blog was whether prospies should try to participate in discussion in classes they’re visiting, and most faculty <em>and</em> students would tell you that they should not. It’s too disruptive to the normal class procedure, which is, after all, what you’re there to observe. I hope that clarifies things.</p>
<p>My son attended an accepted student visit day a few years ago and it helped him make the decision to attend. He will graduate in May and has never regretted his decision.</p>
<p>having visited some classes at Oberlin, including one taught by Dave72 (it was great!) and having myself taught discussion classes at a university (I’m a parent, not a student) I totally understand his concern and that it has nothing to do with being “unfriendly” or uninterested in “prospies” - many of the classes at Oberlin are discussion based, and the students have been exploring an issue for awhile, so interjections by a visiting student who hasn’t read the materials together with the rest of the class and been in on the discussions could be disruptive of a good discussion, and if it happens day after day, it could be problematic. You would learn more by just watching, too - observing the interactions of the students with the professor and each other, the level of the discussion, the level of enthusiasm, without the distraction of thinking about your own performance. And you can go up to the professor or some students after the class is over if you want to ask questions or comment. At the very least, you should ask before class if it would be ok for you to participate in the class discussion. If not, then you can be confident that if you do go to Oberlin you will have plenty of time to participate knowledgably!</p>