Middle-of-nowhere

tutoum
Fri, 11 May 2007 03:01:22 +0000

Comments from an alum: Since graduating from Oberlin I’ve lived in SF and New York City and have enjoyed both, but I’m very happy I didn’t attend a college with an urban location. You have your 20s (and 30s, if you don’t tire of it) to live in NYC or SF or Rome, etc. At Oberlin, campus life was so compelling and so varied that I almost never went on road trips. In contrast, my sister went to NYU: I’m not convinced she learned very much apart from where all the cool bars and restaurants are in NYC. If you’re paying lots of money for a private education I’d recommend focusing on the educational experience. If you’re like many Oberlin graduates, you’ll be spending the rest of your life in a city.