<p>In all fairness, my reaction upon seeing Oberlin’s online curriculum offerings was the same as livemylife. The curriculum seemed rather sparse. Admittedly, that was after my D gave serious consideration to enrolling at Penn State’s main campus with it’s 160 majors and more courses than you can count. But Mamenyu and Dave72 are correct. It’s a tradeoff and you have to put it in proper perspective. One is a massive university, the other a small liberal arts college. You have a fraction of the courses at Oberlin but you also have a fraction of the students competing for those courses: 2,800 vs. 40,000. I’ve heard horror stories about kids at big U’s not getting into the most desirable courses because the Honors College kids and the soon-to-be-pro athletes always get first dibs.</p>