<p>The situation at Oberlin is no different from that at other colleges and universities. Small classes in popular areas or taught by popular teachers are always going to attract more students than they can accommodate. Oberlin works very hard to meet students’ interests and needs in terms of course selection. But if 35 students want to take a particular class that can only accommodate 25, there’s just no way that they all “should expect to be able to take” it. There are lots of other good courses for the others.</p>