Tufts vs. Oberlin

jennigarden
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:38:40 +0000

Well the results are in and my son chose Oberlin. As predicted it was about fit with campus culture. Both were great but Oberlin just felt like a better social fit. Besides, my son was ditched by his overnight host, who left to go to a frat orientation. And then ditched by his roommate, and left to wander with a group of prospies that were also on their own! A strange and not very friendly experience. In any case, he’s happy - especially as he found out Oberlin has a much stronger CS department than he expected. In the end we decided that as a CS majors he’s relatively employable and can take the risk of going to a LAC if he wants.