<p>Hi, I'm new here. </p>
<p>Today I received an e-mail from Oberlin admissions stating that I had been accepted, and I was SHOCKED. I wasn't expecting a decision until April or late March at the earliest. I was also shocked just to be accepted. I have a total lack of community service, and my list of awards isn't exactly stellar. I'm quite bowled over by this!</p>
<p>I'm extremely excited of course, though I'm waiting on six other colleges. Has anyone else here gotten a decision yet?</p>
<p>Congratulations! I hope to see you in the fall!</p>
<p>Thank you very much. I can't wait for college!</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Whoa, seriously?! They emailed you your admissions decision?? Are you international? Did you apply under an early decision plan?</p>
<p>Congratulations!
You received the early write for RD yes? I heard a kid at Williams College got one too.
If you don't mind, could u share ur stats with us? I bet they are great.</p>
<p>Congratulations - that's fantastic! Which other schools are you waiting on?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
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<li><p>No, I'm not international (I live in a small town in Louisiana), and the e-mail surprised me too, but they said a formal letter has also been sent. And no, I didn't do early decision. I applied regular decision and I postmarked my supplement materials on exactly January 15th, haha. </p></li>
<li><p>If RD stands for regular decision, then yes I guess. Hmm, my stats...like awards and such? They're actually not that great. Pretty routine. No community service, as I mentioned above, and no leadership positions. My club involvement is great, but I fell short of a 30 on the ACT with a 28. I didn't even take the SAT. Three people read my essay and gave me good feedback, so that may have helped me.</p></li>
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<p>GPA: 4.429 (4.0 unweighted) I'm on track for Valedictorian. (Honestly, my school's academics is a little lacking...there are FOUR others in my class with the same exact grades as me, and we only have 149 students). I've taken all the hardest classes at my school, but that isn't saying much considering my school. It only offers one foreign language, and only two years of it at that.</p>
<p>Club Participation
4 Years in Student Council & Renaissance
4 Years in Quiz Bowl
4 Years in Track & Field (Won some awards here my sophomore year and broke two school records)
3 Years in FBLA (Missed nationals by one spot last year...darn)
3 Years in ETS (aka the most useless club ever)
3 Years in GPA
2 Years on the Yearbook Staff
2 Years in AOS (drama club)
1 Year in the Science Club (club was discontinued)</p>
<p>Academic Honors
Woodsmen US History Award
Elks award (once a year)
Scholar Athlete (once a year)
NSHSS (which I don't place much store in TBH)
Ventures Scholar (same with NSHSS)
National Honor Society
Ace Letterman</p>
<p>I've won a few minor competitions and rallies, which I mentioned in the "extra" portion of my application, but as you can see I haven't done anything particularly special. I've noticed Oberlin places a lot of emphasis on diversity, so I'm sure my race played a factor. The reasons they stated for the early decision included participation in their Multicultural Program. </p>
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<li>Right now, I'm waiting on Reed, Pomona, Swarthmore, Vassar, Northwestern, and Yale. But I'm not holding my breath! I still have to send out some Midyear Transcripts and fill out financial aid forms. Yikes.</li>
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<p>! - come to Oberlin and help me start a quiz bowl team!</p>
<p>That's so awesome that you were accepted. By the looks of it, you totally deserved it and worked hard for it.</p>
<p>I wonder why other applicants haven't heard back.</p>
<p>Better get in those fin aid forms :)
I think you did great and you deserve this. What are you planning to major in?</p>
<p>You are so lucky to get an early letter! I didn't even hear back from Oberlin to see whether they had all my application materials in. I'm so worried.. Congratulations though! Seems like you deserved it:).</p>
<p>Thank you!! :)^^^</p>
<p>Haha. I love Quiz Bowl, but I'm afraid I'm not the best.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the only reason I got an early acceptance was so that I could attend the Multicultural Program on March 13th. Mysterious, if I were you I wouldn't be worried. Oberlin was the only college I applied to that did not confirm my application materials.</p>
<p>After I filed the FAFSA, a million other Financial aid forms popped up. So overwhelming.</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in Astronomy/Astrophysics, but if I can double major, I also want to study Creative Writing.</p>
<p>I'm into creative writing too, and from what I hear, Oberlin's CW program is fantastic :)</p>
<p>a small side question for Nothlithawk777: what are the other financial aid forms you have/had to do? I thought Fafsa and CSS would pretty much be it for me, along with sending in all the income forms Oberlin requested.</p>
<p>I hear their CW program is great, too! It certainly has one of the most extensive course lists I've seen. I don't know if you have to be accepted to be in the program, though. I haven't checked that out yet.</p>
<p>Aside from the FAFSA and the CSS, I have to complete an IDOC. Not for Oberlin, but for other colleges. The financial aid forms themselves aren't THAT extensive, but certain questions are puzzling for me since my family situation is unusual. Some of the Yes or No questions hardly applied to me, but yet I had to pick one. That's why Oberlin had to send me some additional forms to fill out. I also have to send in two letters of confirmation, one from me and one from my guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Congratulations! I hope to see you in the fall =).</p>
<p>Thank you! I can't wait to meet everyone (if I go there). Oberlin students seem really nice. :D</p>
<p>I got in, but I applied ED2</p>
<p>Wow congratulations! You have heard super-early! Which in effect makes you super-lucky, and me super-nervous!
Anyhow, you should be really psyched! Congratulations again!</p>
<p>Thank you! But I don't think you have any reason to be nervous. :)</p>