<p>Oh yeah, and what's in the "Book of Forms?"</p>
<p>My enrollment letter says “this summer”. I would assume before June 15, because that’s when the co-op website says new students have to have their applications submitted by.</p>
<p>dottified, are you a current student or incoming freshman? Do you know what’s in the Book of Forms?</p>
<p>I’m an incoming freshman. From what I’ve heard, though, basically all the forms you need to fill out for the school year are in the Big Book of Forms - hence the name Big Book of Forms. Housing applications, dining preferences, probably medical stuff, orientation information… etc.</p>
<p>Last year we got the Big Book of Forms (yup, that’s the official name) around the third week of May. Things are due between June 15th and July 1st - so you’ll have time to get everything done, but you will be up to your ears in paperwork for a while :)</p>
<p>The book contains literally everything: general personal background, housing and dining paperwork, medical information, getting your OCID, advising information, and course registration. (You register for two courses over the summer, and finish your schedule during orientation after you’ve talked to your advisor.) There are also forms to register for some events during orientation, namely the Day of Service and the Social Justice Institute.</p>
<p>Two pieces of advice:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>You’ll need a complete physical as part of your paperwork. It’s never too early to make a doctor’s appointment; don’t wait until you get the forms. I put it off until June last year, and wasn’t able to get an appointment until three days before orientation - yikes.</p></li>
<li><p>Get your course registration form in as soon as possible, because first-years are registered first-come, first-serve over the summer. Likewise, make sure your housing form gets in on time. I had friends who missed the deadline last year and got really bad room assignments.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Thanks quaere! Great info!</p>
<p>Just found this info: [Center</a> for Information Technology, Oberlin College](<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/accounts/]Center”>http://www.oberlin.edu/cit/accounts/)</p>
<p>“You are provided with your ObieID account information in the Big Book of Forms, which is sent by postal mail to your residence at the end of May.”</p>
<p>Ummmmmm… hopefully it will come faster…</p>
<p>I JUST FOUND last year’s Big Book of Forms (2008-2009) online:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/condean/BigBookOfForms.pdf[/url]”>http://www.oberlin.edu/condean/BigBookOfForms.pdf</a> </p>
<p>YESSSSSS!!! You all know what to expect now! :)</p>
<p>Awesome, awesome!! Thank you, MusicForAWhile! This is great!</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Oberlin accepts credit transfers? My high school does not offer any APs but I took college credits offered through a local accredited community college. I just skimmed through the “big book of forms” and I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere so I was just wondering.</p>
<p>I worked hard in these courses and got As in all of them and I’d hate to have to take them again next year even though they would be easier.</p>
<p>look at this site:
[Oberlin</a> College Transfer of Credit Regulations](<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/regist/Transfercredit.html]Oberlin”>http://www.oberlin.edu/regist/Transfercredit.html)</p>
<p>and here’s the rule for AP and IB courses - which can satisfy the 9-9-9 requirements.
<a href=“http://www.oberlin.edu/regist/ap-ibguide.html[/url]”>http://www.oberlin.edu/regist/ap-ibguide.html</a></p>
<p>Thank you!!</p>
<p>But it’s important to note that college courses taken as a high school student do <em>not</em> qualify as transfer credits if they counted toward your high school requirements. In other words, if they’re listed on your high school transcript, then they do not transfer for Oberlin credit.</p>
<p>Really? I read through the Oberlin transfer of credit regulations and could not find that stipulation. Why would courses taken as a dual-enrolled high school student not be granted credit, when AP courses are? Oberlin-bound D. dual-enrolled after taking all available APs in subject in high school.</p>
<p>another point, though it may be of limited concern, especially to entering students, is that while AP’s appear to satisfy 9-9-9 requirements without limitation (is that right Dave72?), for some honors, only 4 AP units will count. This from the catalog:
Phi Beta Kappa. The Zeta of Ohio Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established at Oberlin College in 1907. Students in the College of Arts and Sciences are elected to membership on the basis of scholarly achievement, broad cultural interests and good character. Rules of eligibility are established in accordance with regulations of the national society. Among other requirements, students must have completed at least nine credit hours, of which up to four may be AP credit, in each of the three divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences and must have taken at least two-thirds of their hours for letter grades. Most students are elected in the spring of their senior year; spring election for second-semester juniors is also possible for students with truly exceptional academic records. The total number of students elected from any class will not ordinarily exceed 10 percent of those expected to receive the Bachelor of Arts degree.
I think the requirements for graduation are under reconsideration, but they are somewhat dizzying at present - 9-9-9, 84…exceptions for double-degree students, etc. And though there are advisors, it is up to the students to really sit down and map out courses to make sure all their goals are meetable within the 4 or 5 years, especially as some required courses are taught only every other year.</p>
<p>This may be a silly question but aren’t all courses listed on your high school transcript even if they aren’t high school graduation requirements? I have friends that, for example, at all of their courses at a local university but I always thought that all of the courses taken there (including courses like Arabic which is not required for graduation) were listed on their high school transcripts.</p>
<p>Just wondering because I believe that every course I have taken are on both my high school and college transcripts even though many of the courses taken were not required for graduation.</p>
<p>Hokay 
I took a class at UVM my senior year of HS. My HS did not automatically put it on my transcript - I had to do some paperwork and give them a transcript from the university. This was necessary because:
- My HS didn’t have a formal dual-enrollment program with the university, so if I hadn’t done all the paperwork, they wouldn’t have known I was taking a class there.
- Although I’d exhausted the English curriculum at my HS, I didn’t have enough English credits to graduate; I needed the university course to fill that requirement.</p>
<p>But theoretically, I could have taken the course without putting it on my HS transcript, and then I’d be able to get credit for it at Oberlin.</p>
<p>I don’t know why Oberlin gives credit for APs, but not college courses taken for university credit. It’s a little frustrating. At the same time, a friend here was dual-enrolled for her last two years of high school and received credit for all of those courses, so there must be a way around that regulation. I’d suggest calling the registrar’s office and talking to them in person.</p>
<p>mamenyu,</p>
<p>the way I read the Phi Beta Kappa requirements, it appears that they will accept a maximum of 4 semester hours worth of AP credit in each of the three divisions. In other words, a minimum of five hours per division must be completed at Oberlin (in addition to meeting the 9-9-9 requirement for graduation.) Depending on the specific courses replaced by AP credit, the number of actual AP classes involved could vary from a minimum of three to perhaps as many as six.</p>
<p>Given that everyone majors in one of the divisions and therefore takes far more than nine hours at Oberlin in that division, the maximum possible impact would be having to allocate 5 semester hours worth of their available electives to each of the two non-major divisions. Given that a minimum of 112 semester hours are required for graduation and at most 84 of them can be in any one division, it would be very hard to avoid taking at least five hours worth of classes at Oberlin in at least one of the other two divisions.</p>
<p>Bottom line - anyone arriving with more than four hours of AP credit in their weakest division may have to allocate one or two classes more than anticipated of their available electives to that division if they want to be eligible for Phi Beta Kappa. Good to know about when putting together those four or five year plans.</p>
<p>That’s how I read it too. There are courses in all of the divisions that are 1 or 2 units; most others are 3 or 4 units, so finding 5 units in any division should be doable in 2 courses.<br>
The new proposed plan, though, is to shift to a 4 unit per course setup, with students taking 4 courses, for 16 units. I could see this presenting problems for double-degree students who also have a lot of ensemble and accompanying requirements…but that remains to be seen.</p>
<p>Quite true - their graduation requirements are rather complicated as is and it is going to take a lot of work to change them without causing some major complications for the double degree program and many others. For example,they would probably have to allow college students to take 17 semester hours without paying extra if ExCo courses will still be counted for academic credit.</p>