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Female Undergrads 55%
Male Undergrads 45%
Birth Control Available? Yes
Female students who have had an exam with their home doctor or have a free exam with Health Services can have their birth control prescriptions filled at Health Services for $15. Health Services also offers the Nuvaring for $15, as well as MAP for $20. In addition, Family Planning comes to Oberlin twice a week, Wednesdays and Saturdays, to offer women gynecological exams and discounted birth control. The Sexual Information Center also offers discounted safer sex supplies and free rides to clinics.

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Oberlin’s reputation for having unattractive students is not a fair assessment. Many Obies are physically appealing, albeit in a slightly offbeat kind of way. The main styles at Oberlin fall into the following categories: crunchy hippie, indie-rock hipster, metrosexual, gender-ambiguous, and hopelessly geeky. It is occasionally possible to spot a somewhat lost-looking preppy kid, and admittedly, there are still enough jocks on campus to remind you that you are in Ohio. In short, the main lesson in style for anyone attending Oberlin is anything goes, as long as you give it a shot.

This is not to say that there aren’t conventionally attractive people walking around campus, but rather that people dress in a wide variety of individual styles, and bend the norms of traditional standards of beauty. The diversity of the student population also adds a lot to the mix; girls in cowboy boots are as commonly spotted as men in shalwar kameez. Hotness at Oberlin is generally defined first by personality and physical appearance, then by originality of clothing, and finally by personal hygiene. Students in the Conservatory tend to dress better than the college students, if for no other reason than the fact that they must regularly perform in front of an audience. College students, on the other hand, are often more casual in their appearance, and on not-so-rare occasions they can be seen streaking across campus in the hottest of all styles: their birthday suits.

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Guys & Girls at Oberlin College

dgotbaum

'15

Computer Science

4.6
A

Beating the Stereotype

Oberlin girls are traditionally held to a stereotype of "ugly hippies." This is not the case, there is a wide variety of really awesome, intelligent, and stunning girls on campus. Needless to say, there will always be someone who matches your criteria.

Jan 28, 2012

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Guys & Girls at Oberlin College

bac13

'13

Women's Studies

3.5
B

Relationships at Oberlin

A lot of relationships are really serious, but there is also a pretty big hookup culture too. Straight girls and gay guys have a tough time, but lesbians and straight men don't have problems finding people to be with from what I've seen. Men here are really awkward, but the women are really great!

Dec 18, 2011

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chinchillas1

'14

Neuroscience

4.6
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Addictive

Oberlin is hot. ish. and that ish makes it waaaay hotter. To kiss and tell, I have dated or hooked up with: A short hipster chick with huge boobs who smoked me up while we watched a zombie movie. A tight asian who looks like she belongs in an anime. A punk girl with a septum piercing and pink hair. A tall elegant woman who I met at a tango dance who took me back to her dorm room for some red wine and Bon Iver. Long story short, I visited my friend at UCSB and saw zero girls that I considered attractive after the quirky awsomeness that is Oberlin. We also have a pretty decent BDSM scene and obv gay/trans scene if you're into that.

Dec 17, 2011

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Social Scene

Most students at Oberlin are from the I-never-really-fit-in-in-high-school category. As a result, they tend to express their individuality as fully as possible once they get to college. Some students complain that the school is heavily segregated by cliques such as the hippies, the indie-rockers, the total geeks, and the Conservatory students (also known as "connies"). Others complain that various minority groups stick together, and that safe-spaces on campus encourage a subtle form of racial segregation. Still, most students feel they can find acceptance at Oberlin of the kind they never experienced in high school. At Oberlin, the more intellectual and off-beat you are, the cooler; the more mainstream you are, the more you can expect to feel marginalized. Still, just about everyone can find their niche at Oberlin and what is cool is often what you decide it to be.

Hookups or Relationships?

The best thing to hit Oberlin, at least insofar as relationships are concerned, is the online student dating service—although it claims to be more platonic than that—called Obiematch. Through it, students can finally figure out who that cute person in their math class is, what their major is, and where they're from. Dating at Oberlin is a tough scene with such a small student body, and a limited number of places to go on dates, but students continue to persevere—sometimes for the entire four years they are in college. Random hookups are common enough, but be warned: you'll never be able to completely avoid anyone on such a small campus. Serious relationships are fairly popular, though it's hard to get any space from your significant other when chances are, you live down the hall from each other's social circle. It's not easy to deal with a serious relationship.

Best Places to Meet Guys/Girls

Students at Oberlin are usually so involved in their studies or their music practice that they barely have time to date each other. Still, the most common way to meet someone is through extracurricular activities, study groups, or simply the people living in your dorm. Because most students place such a high priority on their academic lives, it is not uncommon for random hookups to occur. Obies often joke that the best time to meet someone is during final exam periods, when everyone is looking for some form of stress relief. Outside of classes, the ‘Sco and the Feve, not to mention off-campus parties, are great places to meet people. Winter term, especially for those students who choose to remain on campus, is also a prime occasion to up the ante on your romantic life. Some people claim that spring time is the best season to find your match, when everyone strips off a few layers and basks in the sun in Wilder Bowl, but the long and cold Ohio winters also provide ample opportunities for people to snuggle up and keep each other company.

Dress Code

Imagine a very preppy school. Now imagine its opposite, and there you have it; that's Oberlin. You can usually spot the wealthiest students by how grungy they look. Some students arrive in class wearing a bath robe, while others make a point of looking more put together. The bottom line is that, at Oberlin, anything goes. You'll find people barefoot in the rain, people dressed for a cocktail party, and people wearing every sort of mismatched clothing they can find. The only dress code is "don't wear what everyone else wears."

Did You Know?

Top Three Places to Find Hotties:
1. The ‘Sco
2. The Feve
3. Wilder Bowl

Top Five Places to Hook Up:
1. Off-campus parties
2. Safer Sex Night
3. The ‘Sco
4. Freshman dorms
5. Drag Ball

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