We are at stage that Oberlin is the college where my son decided to go. I like to know any insides about some experience for premed students? How are professors? How rigorous is Oberlin for study? Any help to get in to med research or to prepare for MCAT?
If you get no specifics here, have him talk to the pre med advisor to learn formal supports offered and have him ask admissions to speak to a student ambassador with a like interest.
It does appear the school uses committee letters for future medical education.
Congrats to your student. It’s great he found a school he loves.
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IME Oberlin is highly rigorous. Classes tend to be quite challenging in terms of curriculum and pacing. The student body is really smart, talented, and competitive. In many ways it’s similar to Reed college…was that on your S’s list?
Your S should talk with the pre-health advisors. It would be interesting to know what proportion of prospective MD/DO applicants they support/don’t support with a committee letter. It’s important to know that if a student does not get a committee letter, their MD/DO app won’t be competitive (if they still chose to apply.)
Your S can also ask about opportunities for clinical experience in the local area (relatively more important than research, but your S will be able to get research at oberlin without a problem….he will just be limited by what the profs are working on.)
Oberlin is a fit school…you didn’t say your S has visited but that is a must in order to assess the fit. You also didn’t say if your S is LGBTQ+ (and you don’t have to say here.) But, if not, I generally caution a non-athlete non-lgbtq male about the social atmosphere at Oberlin. That’s why a visit is a must.