William & Mary vs. Reed?
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Anonymous
| Obviously W&M is bigger. Are they equally rigorous when it comes to the humanities? |
Anonymous
| W&M is a wonderful school. Reed is an antifa training ground. Please choose W&M. |
Anonymous
| Is this a serious question? |
Anonymous
| Reed is from Venus, W&M is from Mars |
Anonymous
| What drew your child to apply to these two schools? What will they likely major in. Reed is known for students who are highly intelligent and more quirky. w &M also intellectual but more conservative I think? |
Anonymous
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I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Reed had a stereotype of being full of smart kids who were oddball wierdos in some way. Like, let's drop LSD and then read communist poetry while doing yoga headstands, or whatever. You get the point.
Don't know what else to tell you. The campus looked pretty from a distance. My family would never let me go near it. |
Anonymous
They are both very rigorous schools for people with an intellectual bent and you will receive a high quality education at both. I think people generally trust W&M more. |
Anonymous
I don't think of W&M as conservative in the political or social sense, but maybe you mean more conventional than Reed? Which is probably 95+% of universities. |
Anonymous
Reed alum here, married to another Reed alum. We both have very successful careers, spouse has a PhD, and know many other happy and successful alumni. Spare us the stereotypes and exaggerations if you have no direct experience with the school. OP, I have a teen who’s interested in both Reed and W&M. Reed’s lack of any organized athletics is what gives my kid pause; and it’s quite small. But the education is fantastic, the campus is beautiful, and the students are smart and engaged. |
Anonymous
+1 Reed is known for being rigorous, kind of in the style of Swarthmore or UChicago, but with no sports and a little more quirky personality. It produces a lot of graduates who go on to get PhDs. |
Anonymous
| +1 Reed is more rigorous. W+M in state is much more affordable, of course. |
Anonymous
| I know a lot of Reed grads. Relatively smart, but definitely not brilliant or anything. All come from wealthy families and were able to go into public interest -type jobs because of that. The school is pretty, but very small. |
Anonymous
Reed sounds like da bomb! |
Anonymous
Don’t worry, plenty of antifascists cone out of W&M too, myself included. |
Anonymous
| literally before seeing this thread I never once heard of Reed. |