Students of OCEAN
Student Eligibility
Teachers and administrators at OCEAN Partner schools invite students to apply for specific OCEAN courses and provide them with application forms.
Students are enrolled in OCEAN only after their complete application has been reviewed and approved by the Oberlin faculty coordinator supervising the course in which they wish to enroll.
While OCEAN has no specific minimum GPA, students applying should have excellent grades in relevant areas. Applications should be entering their junior or senior year in high school.
A complete student application must include:
- a completed OCEAN student application including social security number
- a teacher recommendation, and
- high school transcript that includes the most recently completed semester.
A student may be enrolled in no more than 2 OCEAN courses per year; and no more than 3 OCEAN courses during high school career can be counted toward college credit.
Student participation fees are $50 per semester per course. It is at the discretion of the schools to choose to charge students or cover the cost.
How Are Students Assessed?
OCEAN students are assessed on work completed throughout their enrollment in the course, not on the basis of a single, end-of-year test.
High School students, their teachers, and Oberlin faculty coordinators work together to raise the performance of participating students and to introduce them to the joy of intellectual inquiry, the pleasure of critical thinking the master of skills in research and method, and the challenge of learning at the college level.
Receiving College Credit
OCEAN students who, in the evaluation of the high school instructor and the course's Oberlin College faculty coordinator, complete the course at an appropriately high college level (usually equivalent to an Oberlin college grade of C or better) receive Oberlin college OCEAN credit as well as high school credit. Oberlin OCEAN transcripts record student credits on a "pass/no pass" basis.
Students who wish to use their Oberlin OCEAN credit toward their college diploma must request a transcript from the Oberlin College registrar. Depending on the college or univerity attended, students may be asked to present copies of their syllabus and/or work completed for the course. Individual institutions of high education set their own regulations for transfer of credit. Please check with your college or university.
OCEAN encourages qualified students to apply for admission to Oberlin College.
For information about obtaining an official transcript, visit the office's web site: www.new.oberlin.edu/registrar/ or call the Oberlin College Registrar at 440 775-8450