Reviews of Reed College (College)

Elliott Wyatt

oh no boi!!! waddup! 0/10..... 0% dat 0%Boi

Luca Battistini

Location"Feast of love"

Mark Oneg

Reed College is academically demanding, although insular and often depressing. A small number of Reed graduates go into medicine, law, engineering, finance. The majority go into sundry careers like computer programming, library science, freelance writing, and beer-making. But Reed is best suited for students who, out of high school, are confident they want to become academics. For anyone thinking of applying to this school, please read the Alumni Notes section of any Reed Magazine to get a flavor, and then compare with other schools. Reed's isolation and over-emphasis on intellectualism for its own sake make the place is an ivory tower. It also does little to prepare graduates for decent, well-paying jobs. Reed students who are capable, ambitious, and have significant talent and superior scores on GREs, LSATs, and MCATs, will sometimes be hindered because computer screening algorithms and admissions officers in graduate and professional schools often don't know or care that Reed has more stringent grading standards than other schools. The Reed ethos is characterized by students who have an exaggerated belief about how iconoclastic, liberal and free-thinking they are. The self-indulgent, counter-culture miasma quickly gets old. "Atheism, Communism, Free Love," after several decades now, is as stale as hard tack. Peer pressure to endorse these values and to cultivate a bohemian image also yield an irony: while Reed prides itself on being off-beat, it's not a place where one who disagrees with aspects of the Reed norm can feel comfortable. An equally good education can be obtained at a more conventional school that has more resonance with the rest of society. There are myriad alternatives for a more balanced life, for friendship, and for the development of critical thinking skills: any of the Ivy Leagues; most of the highly-ranked US News and World Report liberal arts colleges; and many state schools, some of which have liberal arts programs that try to capture the feel of life in a small college.

Zachary Mathe

come for the academics, stay for the memes

Berk Görmüs

If you drop out 6 months after this college, you'll be successful in your life.

Evan Moore

it's Samantha's house but it use to be her house

Joseph Demers

campus is neat

Xinganghe He

Beautiful Campus.

Mister X867

Classes are always interrupted by idiotic protestors don't bother going to this college.

David Dunn

Beautiful campus with great architecture. There is also an amazing canyon with a lake and nice walking trail. Also Reed students are the smartest.

Melinda Doominguez

Enjoyed all the wildlife in the Reed canyon....

Paul Winquist

Shut down a perfectl good nucular reactor...

Allie Stewart

While I can't speak for the education experience, I've seen several great plays here! They are reasonably priced and were surprisingly well done considering it was a college production. I enjoyed watching a play in their outdoor ampitheatre. While the acoustics leave much to be desired, the scenery and setting are gorgeous!

Tami Sheets

The Reed College campus and Reed Canyon hiking trail are such a treat. One does not expect this Urban Oasis, but is grateful to find it. I've come here on a hot summer day with my pup to walk in the shade among the grand trees and a long the water many times. One can do about 4 miles at Reed without revisiting your steps. I love to walk the campus in the Spring and see all the beautiful manicured plants. On the same walk I can drop down into the canyon and see an amazing number of native plants. The habitat restoration they have done (and are still doing) in the canyon is amazing. Don't forget to find out where the fish ladder is! It is pretty cool. There are often concerts in the amphitheater in Summer. This is a real sweet treat during a walk!

Michael Walsh

This college has a wide variety of things to do throughout the day for anyone.

Rattle Snake

One of the most racist colleges in the U.S.A.

Вася Пупкин

good

Jaysette Harris

This college will is what we want the future to excel in science

Scotty ST

The campus is a very traditional, clean cut, Gothic styled buildings and is very green. I love the open spaces and the vast amount of greenery. The main buildings in the center of campus are well maintained and have excellent detail in the stone work. The dormitories are spacious, clean, private, and the common kitchen area is homey and clean. The cafeteria is small, but has a fair amount of options for the small clientele of students. I enjoyed the trails around campus, the forest areas and the river flowing through the campus is unlike many campuses. The bridge from some of the dorms to the center of campus is bouncy, so if you feel like there is an earthquake it is probably the bridge shaking.

nedocom. com

Steve Jobs learned here...)

Ebrahman Ebrahman

Great arts faculty and library but the students' living facilities are inadequate.

Bethany

Great place for practices such as touch rugby. Gorgeous fields.

D. C. Amber

I know Steve Jobs studied here. That's all i can say.

Keith Odom

I had a chance to do the prospective student tour for a friend who's daughter was visiting. The event was well planned and the tour guide an excellent demonstration for what a Reed education could provide. She was well spoken, a good leader, and honest. Not to mention that the campus is beautiful! If you visit, check out the thesis room. It is a time capsule of all who came before.

Maddox Cramer

i hate it

Yusuuf Geraad

Great place

John Wichman

Go for the education stay for the nachos.

Torsten Kieper

Entitled trustafarians who love drugs and partying seems to be by far common demographic here. Does anyone at Reed actually study?

Adventures in video game land

I saw Google take a crap here on the grass and not even clean up after itself.

Tom Hoang

One of the best liberal art institution America has to offer.

David Messner

An extraordinary community and school committed to serious academics, freedom of expression, and the power of ideas and relationships. Love Reed.

Jimmy Tran

The most awesome college in Southeast Portland.

Ami Solomon

You got to love this place

carlos avendano

The college is in a good area and has a very nice campus

D. Gonzalez

Beautiful campus.

Leigha Seastone

Beautiful campus. Nice dorms.

Carter Howe

A quality liberal arts school for driven, alternative people!

City Year

My favorite thing about college was being able to learn about things that really interested me ! For example, I wrote about witchcraft for several classes.

Max Roepel

Sounds like a good place to go to college

Aidan Gibson

Only my obsession. Counting the days until I move in. Actual heaven on Earth.

Shinkei Shinto

Beautiful campus! Good place for friendly dogs!

Eva Elly

I loved the scenery and the college

John Gla

I give it a 3 never been there may want to visit in the not so distant past. I hear the grass is green

Kendra Chalkley

Amazing professors. Unparalled academics. Unique community and a student body with an extragant personality. My years at Reed have been as valuable as they were soul crushing (academically, as well as with respect the personal growth Reed required of me). Reed should not be taken lightly, but it is definitely worth the effort.

Jonathan Hoffman

Beautiful campus! Amazing academic excellences in the pacific northwest!

slee

Reed college, an epitome of fighting college ranking system, has earned its praises by many. Being severely underranked on US News each year, Its refusal to providing data to the US News ranking is courageous. But Reed has also suffered a great deal by receiving fewer applicants each year and the sliding quality of students who apply. The acceptance rate gradually rises due to the lack of applicants. Had Reed complied with US News, it'd be in top 10 for sure instead of the awkward #87. Although the spirit is praiseworthy, the president at the time didn't consider the school's reputation and survival at all. It was extremely irresponsible. US News's credibility has not been hurt at all. Is it worth it? As it seems that Reed's refusal proves that it doesn't care about the ranking at all, it is in fact caring about it so much that providing data is never forgivable. Its seemingly neglectful attitude towards the ranking system is in fact the complete opposite. Reed should let go of the hatred for whatever reason it holds.

Natalie Goldstein

My late brother in law spoke often about the school. Mostly good times and some sad events too. Glad to hear that they're cleaning it up.

James K

Campus is SO beautiful!

I'm The Millionaire

Great College

Kris Nelson

Beautiful campus. Great school!

Ben Schaeffer

I applied to Reed as a third year transfer student from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. I had an apartment that I liked in SE Portland (in the Hawthorne District), and I was enjoying living and working there while I was on academic leave from Hampshire for a year in between my second and third years. Ultimately, Reed didn't give me as attractive a financial aid award to transfer as Hampshire did for me to go back, so back East I went to finish my degree and to do a semester of field study in London as well. I would have been fine at Reed, but it was bit more pretentious and "little Ivy" like compared to Hampshire which was more quirky and experimental, but luckily Reed has elements of that also (including the use of narrative evaluations instead of traditional grading though Reed also issues a letter grade and the student can request to see it through their advisor). Hampshire issues no letter grades, but, students have the option of taking classes at four other neighboring campuses in the immediate five college consortium area where Hampshire is located for letter grading. Classes at Amherst, Smith & Mt. Holyoke Colleges, as well as at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst are available to Hampshire students. I LOVED the feel of a small college campus within an urban environment though (Reed's campus is beautiful and I felt at home there), and I also really liked the idea of being able to keep my apartment and live off-campus in the city of Portland itself, which is what I would have done. At Hampshire because it was a more rural campus, you were required to live in on-campus housing (except if you met certain, specific "criteria"). However, IF the $$$$ had been better from Reed, I would have transferred from being a Hampster to becoming a Reedie. My only other gripe about Reed academically is that it doesn't have an actual Film Program (and Hampshire does), however, at Reed you can study "Cinema" within the context of the Division of Literature & Languages, but I didn't like that there were no production classes nor the on-campus facilities to study the process of filmmaking itself. That being said however, there are plenty of options and resources within Portland to pursue film classes and working on film projects (such as the NW Film Center), but Hampshire ended up being the better option for me to return to at the point I was at in my studies. Reed also held the distinction of being the one college I applied to twice: the first time in 1992 (sight unseen), when I was first applying to schools, and the second time in 1995, as a third year transfer student (after finally getting to visit and tour the campus) sit in on classes, talk to faculty and just hang out with Reedies. Reed came in 4th place for me initially behind Hampshire, Emerson & Sarah Lawrence. Overall, I don't regret not attending Reed, and I still went on to graduate school, BUT, sometimes I do wonder: what if I had gone to Reed?

Luke Haruki

(Translated by Google) This university converges quite a lot of "standards" of an odd university. At the end of the spring semester class, Renn Fayre - a traditional school festival, takes place within 3 days with the atmosphere and works very chaotic like: aphid contests, artillery displays flowers or nude skateboard games and more. (Original) Trường đại học này hội tụ khá nhiều “tiêu chuẩn” của một trường đại học kỳ quặc. Khi kết thúc lớp học của kỳ học mùa xuân, Renn Fayre – một lễ hội truyền thống của trường, diễn ra trong vòng 3 ngày với không khí và hoạt động hết sức hỗn loạn như: các cuộc thi ăn rệp, các màn bắn pháo hoa hay trò chơi ván trượt khỏa thân và nhiều hơn thế nữa.

William Dumas

Stop the fire people mass distractions dummies and music at 1 am dance Houdineri

Debbie Bankston

Love the trails with my dog, go to the canyon when it's dryer, around the pond. They have 3 places which are off leash. MY husband just Died. Was sent a beautiful card, where every body sign it Pj was so loved their. The students always came over to love him, because they had to leave their dogs at home.

jack sparrow

Jobs

Sharon Toji

Yes, I admit it. I graduated from Reed College 56 years ago, so I might be biased! However, I have traveled to many colleges and universities, both here and abroad, and Reed certainly has one of the most beautiful campuses of all. Of course the beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers play their part, along with the quaint "old dorm block" with its Sallyport and gargoyles, and historic Eliot Hall are a major reason for the beauty. Part of the reason also is that it is fairly small and very walkable in a couple of hours, and part is because of the unique canyon area below the upper formal campus. Years ago, before it had been restored to its natural state, when I lived off campus during the summer and used to walk through the Canyon on my way home, I could stop and pick ripe blackberries along the way. Later, when I was an adult our children took lessons in the swimming pool in the canyon and we held family picnics there. Now, that is all gone so that the Crystal Springs Creek can be restored, the dams removed, and the fish can now move up the stream and all the way to the river and onward to the ocean. It has become a truly unique place in Portland, and certainly unique as part of a college campus. If you are wandering around Reed and get hungry for lunch, the Commons (in the Gray Center overlooking the Canyon) has quite good food, with a lot of fresh seasonal choices. The prices are modest. The bookstore is also a great resource. I'm not sure if you can get borrowing privileges at the library, but you can certainly go there to browse and read. Be sure to enjoy the historic older section that houses the reading room. But let me talk about Reed as an educational institution. When I arrived at Reed back in 1954, I felt immediately at home, and I have been at home there ever since, even though I had to move away from Portland almost 50 years ago. I return whenever I can, and almost every day I have a reason to thank Reed for the wonderful education they offer. I have checked with many people who know the student of today, and although things are obviously different now, since the world is different, I'm told that the same intellectual atmosphere prevails. However, don't get the idea that Reed students don't have fun. Yes, we studied, and discussed, and wrote papers, and toiled away in the library and in various labs, but we had lots of fun, and I can tell, when I see students today, and talk with them, that it's still fun to go to Reed. It is a different type of fun than the typical frat-sorority trip, the homecoming games, the rah rah atmosphere. The sports tend to be more individual and casual. My friends did a lot of rock climbing, for instance, we folk dancing was big back in my day. A lot of it is friendships, lots of frenzied discussion on every topic imaginable, and being able to go outside the boundaries of a major to be exposed to all kinds of ideas and activities with all kinds of people.

He Steve

it"s really nice ,thanks reed ,you gived me a lot in my soul

Souvik

(Translated by Google) rigid (Original) Stive

Anders Pearson

The whole problem with the UFO community is they have never looked at a UFO magazine. I saw twelve flying saucers over the Canyon. If you don't believe there only UFOs seen by witness you have to conclude that UFOs are visiting the Planet for 12000 days if the Video of the Roswell incident is real than we have a lot more to worry about than simply UFO surgery

Les Valsquier

Smart.