Reed College
About
Located in Portland, Oregon, Reed College is a highly rigorous liberal arts institution renowned for producing one of the nation’s highest percentages of future PhDs, boasting particular academic strength in the physical sciences, mathematics, and humanities. The student experience is defined by a collaborative, fiercely intellectual, and quirky campus culture that eschews traditional social hierarchies like Greek life in favor of a student-run Honor Principle. Distinctively, Reed sets itself apart by withholding letter grades from students to focus purely on qualitative learning, requiring a foundational first-year humanities program (Hum 110), and mandating that every student complete a year-long senior thesis.
Wikipedia:Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at its center. Reed maintains a 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio and has approximately 1,300 undergraduate students.
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Reed College accepts the Common Application. All Common App schools require the personal statement essay. Some schools also require supplemental essays — check the school's page on Common App for current prompts and word limits.
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