<p>S received a letter from Oberlin, a school he has not yet visited, but is on his list of potential LACs. The letter states that for an all-inclusive fee of $195 he can fly RT to Cleveland, have an Oberlin rep. meet and transport him to the college, do an overnight visit, etc. Meals will be included. Anyone else receive one of these ? Is this something new or is this a common approach from Oberlin? Are they also sending letters to students from other regions? I was wondering if Oberlin's applications were down last year.</p>
<p>Oberlin has been running this program for several years, offered only to students from particular regions. And no, applications were not down last year--they were at an all-time high.</p>
<p>I just received one of these for my son. Same deal. Ours is for late September. I will definately encourage my son to go. We live in NYC and have no idea why we were picked.</p>