Oberlin RD 2021

Just starting this up so others can post. Does Oberlin do early writes?

I already heard back Friday; GOT IN!

Merit scholarship?

@oorhai Yup, John F Oberlin Scholarship and a lit aid package to boot

@followonsoundcloud Congratulations! That’s fantastic.

When will most RD applicants find out? Does anybody know the release date? The website says April 1, but it has been earlier in past years.

@oorhai Thanks! Best of luck on your decision fam! and @marnina it was around the 24th last year, you could call admissions to check if anything

I have two friends who just got that early notice from Oberlin. However, I didn’t but I applied…

Are the early writes trickling in or did they all come last Friday? Email or snail mail?

^ idk whether they all came out on the same day or not but it was definitely through email first

I got a message from them about a week and a half ago saying that they were ready to process my financial aid application but I was missing one piece (I sent it immediately). Is getting a financial aid notice letter a good sign for admission chances?

S received acceptance and scholarship notice last Friday, March 3. E-mail was sent out stating status change on portal. The portal listed two letters, one for acceptance and one for scholarship. Application was RD.

I applied RD and also got an email last week saying that they did not participate in IDOC and Admissions said I was applying and to make sure to get the rest of our documents in for financial aid. Was secretly hoping it meant that maybe I would get in but have not heard anything yet. Has anyone else gotten in since last Friday?

@Dorothy28 My friend and I both got in yesterday RD around 5:30! Did not recieve any scholarschip info or notice about an early write, so I assumed it meant RD decisions were coming out.

Some logic.behind early writes but it is interesting that they don’t put the rest of the RDs out at one shot but trickle them out. Wonder why. @siddhartha - where are you geographically?

@oorhai I am right outside Boston Ma, but another friend of mine (who goes to the same school) who applied hasn’t heard anything, so I don’t think thats it.

Oberlin is my #1 and I haven’t heard anything. So nervous.

Did you get a big merit scholarship? My theory is that they roll out the high merit aid early and then go down the line…Just a theory.

@searchwizard nowhere did it say anything about money (i’m missing some financial aid forms so I have to wait a little longer for an estimated price) so I’m not sure

Did any International Student get accepted yet?