Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Description: Reed College / 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard / Portland / Oregon / 97202-8199 / Tel: 503-711-1112 / Reed College was ... more

Reed College, Portland, Oregon ... founded in 1908 as an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian college of the liberal arts and sciences. Reed provides one of the nation’s most intellectually rigorous undergraduate experiences, with a highly structured academic program balancing broad distribution requirements and in-depth study in a chosen academic discipline. Social life at Reed consists a wide variety of on- and off-campus opportunities for diversion, including art, music, theatre, lectures, movies, and sports.The list of activities and organizations is long and constantly growing—with every activity open to all.

Newest Review: ... a letter saying, "how nice that you're father thinks Reed would be right for you. Now what do YOU think?!" This impressed me. So I applied for Reed, and got in (unsurprisingly, since even in 1984/85, they had a high acceptance rate. Having said that, I have a theory. This is going to be the longest parenthetical comment in the world. Reed was special, in that not many people had ... more

... heard of it. Those that had, KNEW they wanted to go there. Very few applied, knowing they wouldn't get in. Very few applied for Reed as their second choice. It was an unusual school.). So I off I flew from New York to Oregon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...more

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Reed College, Portland, Oregon: Hippies Never Die...They Go to Reed (1581 words)
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Reed College is a small (around 1300 students in total), Liberal Arts University in beautiful Portland, Oregon on the West Coast of the United States. There are no fraternities or sororities, and no competitive, organised sports, except those the students organised themselves because of interest (there was a mixed rugby team…) I was at Reed quite some time ago, when I was 18-20. The following year I went on the Junior Year Abroad programme to Munich. It was short, and a long time ago. However, I've done my research, and found that Reed's ethos and atmosphere haven't changed as much as you might think in all that time. In fact, I didn't finally get ... Read the complete review

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