Personal Narrative: My Oberlin College

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I looked up and I was under a blanket of stars, thicker than that in my big city. Fernando, a student giving me his tour of the campus, paused to let us both stand together on the North Quad. "I was here," he revealed to me, "under the stars. That's when I realized this was the place."
Growing up, my mother heard all the stories of mythical Oberlin College from my grandfather. I come from an art family, so for as long as "college" has been a topic of active discussion, I've felt my family urging me to consider Oberlin. Only after visiting the college, however, did I realize how right they were.
I arrived on campus early Sunday morning and after exploring the campus met my roommate. I spent the rest of the night awash in a sea of friendly and

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