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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking seriously at Reed for our son, who has a deep interest in history.

It seems like a good environment.  Socially progressive but academically traditional.  No modern flashy majors.  No business or marketing.  A focus on liberal arts and sciences.

I've been very impressed with Oxford and Cambridge graduates where the emphasis is on depth rather than breadth.  A lot of people even at Ivies often graduate with only a superficial knowledge of their subjects.  The average Oxbridge history grad probably knows much as history as an American MA in history.

Reed seems to get the balance right.  They get a general education in the humanities and distribution requirements, but in-depth study of their subjects including a required thesis for all.

Very high number of students go on to get PhD's too.  Only moderately competitive in terms of admissions, but self-selected.  This isn't a trendy college, or somewhere where management consultants recruit etc.

Can anyone speak to the Reed experience?[/quote]

OMG I would not describe the actual, real life Reed culture like what you were saying at all. Look at St Johns  in Annapolis instead. Reed seriously has always had a lot of unstable kids, with a  VERY  small Uber left intellectual group that the market the heck out of.   [/quote]

I agree that St. Johns could be a good fit but, and I say this as the parent of a current Johnnie who is thriving there, don't think for a minute they don't have more than their fair share of unstable souls there too. [/quote]

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