***Oberlin Class of 2022 Applicants Discussion***

@studybadly2018 Congrats! When did you get the letter?

@Veryapparent @mrjsmom Thank you. I got the letter a couple of weeks ago.

What will your major be? Do you mind sharing your stats?

So the 23rd/24th is the predicted day?

Congrats to those of you with likely letters! I’m a parent. My D got a likely letter from Smith but nothing from Oberlin. Wish they would tell us sooner!

Same here a few early writes for mine too! Oberlin has been radio silence for quite a while!

Last year, Oberlin was the last school my daughter heard from and it was her first choice. She did not get a likely letter but did get a nice merit scholarship when her acceptance finally arrived. Hang in there, it’s worth the wait!!!

@mamaedefamilia that is so helpful to hear. Thanks for sharing that.

For those of you that get in, I am happy to answer questions about my child’s experience here or in a PM if that would be helpful.

Good luck everyone! My daughter is a first year and loves Oberlin. She’s home from break right now and has been in constant contact with her Obie crew. As a parent, I have been very impressed with the quality of professors and the responsiveness of the administration. The dean of students is great and really helped my daughter resolve a class issue she was having almost immediately after she got the email. My daughter did ED so she was impatiently waiting to see who was joining the class at this time last year - hope you hear soon!

I know someone asked this last week, but does anyone know a more specific date for regular decision notifications?

I’ve been watching and looking, and I don’t believe that there has been anything formal yet. If I had to guess, and that’s all it is, I would say anywhere from the 26th to the 28th.

Last year was Friday, the 24th, so hoping for this Friday. That’s also just a guess.

does anyone know if there is an oberlin portal or if the decisions will be released only by mail?

@mrjsmom I thought I had looked at those dates from last year and saw the 26th which is what made me do my guess, but you are absolutely correct on the 24 th last year. So, my guess is probably too pessimistic. I still might be surprised if it were this Friday, but we can hope.

Yeah, the way things have been going, it’s best to be prepared for a wait.

@tnev62 There is a portal, you should have received an email to log in to it after you submitted your application. I do not know for sure whether decisions will be posted there, or if it solely for checking materials have been submitted and received by Oberlin. I would guess decisions will be on the portal, though

FYI, according to posts from last year, the decisions rolled out right at 5:00 on Friday, the 24th, and everyone posted that they were seeing it on their portals. They also commented that they were able to see their financial aid award as well so I am hopeful that all information will be available at the same time. Fingers crossed for an answer this Friday!

Has anyone called to ask about a potential date?

@tnev62 Dig up your email from when you originally got confirmation of your application. That should have the portal link. We’ve heard from 4 schools so far and they tend to send a message saying, “check your portal” and then on the portal is this very nondescript link that says something like “update” (I don’t know what Oberlin’s will look like) and that takes you to a letter…they really do torture you… and THEN in the letter, it’s accept, reject, or waitlist.