Sciences at Oberlin & Social life?

quibbler
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:38:38 +0000

Heck yeah, hard sciences.

Basic facts:


They’re super-hard. Professors are understanding, but coursework is very difficult. In the end, both majors want to prepare students for grad school. It’s really easy to go to grad school after Oberlin, and we’ve got great placement rates.
There’s a kickin description of what the major is actually like here:
[Oberlin Blogs | Blog Entry: “God Rest Ye Merry Ellipses…”](http://blogs.oberlin.edu/learning/college_courses/god_rest_ye_mer.shtml)
Or this:
[Oberlin Blogs | Blog Entry: “All These Things That I Have Done”](http://blogs.oberlin.edu/community/life_culture/all_these_thing.shtml)
Professors are hilarious. Chris Martin is an amazing astrophysicist, Dan Styer is a great professor and a silly guy, who says things like “I have a magical cure for all diseases. It’s hot sulfuric acid!” … in class. Dan Stinebring takes students to Puerto Rico for Winter Term pulsar research. There’s a lot of taking class material and actually applying it.
I think what’s great is that while my math/physics friends are really busy, they still have lives. Outside of problem sets, they play music, go dancing, hike, organize radio shows, and make time for friends.