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Application Requirements

Oberlin's National College Match Requirements

Required Application Materials for College Match Finalists

DEADLINE for all required materials listed below: Tuesday, November 1, 2011

If you have ranked Oberlin College as one of your choices for the QuestBridge National College Match, the following four items must be submitted to the college as soon as you are notified of your finalist status on October 21. It is highly recommended that you begin this process in early October. If you do not submit the required materials by November 1, 2011, Oberlin College may choose not to consider your application for the College Match.

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If you are not selected as a National College Match Finalist, please review the college-specific requirements for QuestBridge students who wish to apply through the Regular Decision process.

Oberlin College requirements for College Match finalists
(All documents due November 1, 2011)

  1. Official test scores
    Oberlin College requests official score reports from the College Board SAT and/or ACT as soon as you are notified of your QuestBridge finalist status on October 21. You should not use the "rush reporting" service.
    SAT code: 1587
    ACT code: 3304
    For more information about testing and testing deadlines click here.
  2. Official transcripts
    The official transcript must include a 12th grade course schedule. Write student's name and birth date on the cover letter.
    Mail to:
    Oberlin College, QuestBridge Match
    Admissions Office
    101 N. Professor St.
    Oberlin, OH, 44074
    or
    Fax to: 440-775-6905.
  3. 2012-2013 CSS PROFILE
    CSS PROFILE online
    (Available October 1)
    Oberlin's CSS Code: 1587
  4. Financial documents (Refer to the Oberlin Cover Sheet for Financial Documents for a detailed list of required documents.) 
    Complete the cover sheet, enclose required documents, and mail or fax to:
    Oberlin College Office of Financial Aid
    Carnegie Building #123
    52 West Lorain Street
    Oberlin, OH 44074-1044
    Fax: (440) 775-8249



Oberlin's Regular Decision Requirements

You may apply to any of QuestBridge's partner colleges via Regular Decision. Admission through Regular Decision is not binding and does not come with a guaranteed financial aid package. You must complete two steps in order to apply to a partner college via QuestBridge:

  • Request Regular Decision application forwarding on your "My Locker" page between December 1st and December 15th.
  • Submit all required additional materials. Required materials may range from submitting official transcripts to emailing the college's admissions office to submitting the Common Application.


All additional materials are due by the individual college's Regular Decision deadline, and you will be notified of the admissions decision according to their normal deadlines. Please note that colleges may have different Regular Decision deadlines, and many partner colleges have different requirements for QuestBridge finalists and non-finalists. You may need to submit additional materials even if you ranked a college for the College Match process.

View Oberlin's Requirements for Regular Admissions




Oberlin's Testing Requirements

Each of our partner colleges has different requirements for standardized tests that students must take in order to be considered for admission. Please review the testing requirements for Oberlin below. Refer to the National College Match Requirements (above) for instructions regarding submission of test scores to the colleges.

Must take one of the following:

  • SAT Reasoning Test; or
  • ACT with Writing


**If homeschooled, must take 2 additional SAT Subject Tests or ACT with Writing.

Please see our Standardized Testing page for a complete list of the standardized tests and testing deadlines required by each QuestBridge partner college.

 
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School Profile

Campus Setting

  • Rural 
  • Town population: 8,195

Size

  • 2,865 undergraduates 
  • 755 freshmen

Admissions

  • 32% applicants admitted 
  • 69% in top 10% of HS class 
  • SAT CR middle 50%: 640-740 
  • SAT M middle 50%: 620-710 
  • SAT W middle 50%: 640-730 
  • ACT middle 50%: 27-32
 

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