<p>Most colleges seem to have made it pretty easy to find the CDS. Why do a few make it so much more difficult? Grrrr.</p>
<p>So far I have only been able to find Oberlin's Financial Aid page. I'm looking for section C, on First-time Admissions. Anyone have the link?</p>
<p>If not, does anyone know if Oberlin classes admissions interviews as Very Important, Important, Considered, or Not Considered?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Here’s a link to the CDS for you:
<a href=“http://oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/www/cds/2012/[/url]”>http://oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/www/cds/2012/</a></p>
<p>(If it’s not immediately obvious to you, the tabs for navigating between sections are at the bottom. The answer to your question is “Considered.”)</p>
<p>Oops–yeah, missed the tabs at the bottom. Thanks much for getting back to me so quickly!</p>
<p>Dumb question but why are you asking for this? What is the critical info I should be gleaning from this doc?</p>
<p>The Common Data Set is a collaboration by publishers of aggregated school information such as USWNR, Petersons, College Board, to standardize the reporting of data about schools. Most schools use the format and make it public, but some do not. It offers in a consistent format much data that are important to applicants. It is the most reliable place, in most cases, to get this data and to compare it across various schools. Schools prepare a CDS annually for the prior school year providing detail about test scores and class rank of the first year class, factors considered in admissions and how important each is, application and admission numbers for RD by gender, ED application and admission numbers, racial and gender composition of the student body, retention and graduation rates, financial aid facts, class sizes, and much more.</p>