Reed College – Induck

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Reasons to attend and to not attend Reed College

To Attend

“If you want to go to graduate school. Reed is very much a school that’s built for people to go to graduate school. There are so many research opportunities and writing a thesis is really good for applying to Master’s and Ph.D. programs.”
“I love how ridiculous some things about Reed are. We have dances, Renn Fayre, Hum Play, which is when freshmen act out a play at the end of the semester, and many others. If you like dumb traditions that are very much so Reed specific, it’s fun.”
“You will be really well looked after by your professors and will learn a lot if you want to.”
“If you have a particular passion, whether you know it’s going to be your forever career or not, Reed is a good place to begin to pursue something fully.”

To Not Attend

“If you can’t take six months of darkness in Portland, don’t go.” [On average, Portland has about 164 days of precipitation a year.]
“If academia is not your thing and you don’t want to be hearing about theory all the time, it’s not the place for you.”
“If you want a school where you can have fun and party and not really focus on academics, I wouldn’t come. We do have fun and party, but Reed is very much focused on academics and that is the number one priority for everyone.”
“If you want more institutionalized community bonding, like fraternities, Reed isn’t going to be the place for you.”

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