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[quote=Anonymous]Reed graduate here, biochemistry major.  I'm in my mid-30s and a tenure track professor at a large public research university now (actually moving to a university abroad soon).  I ended up getting a PhD and landing a tenure track job, so I'm clearly the sort of student the school was designed for.  It was extremely formative for me in terms of the rigorous academics, the tight knit relationships with profs, and feeling like I was surrounded by interesting, intellectually curious people.

There were also downsides.  It was very non-preprofessional in focus and more classical liberal arts education which resulted in some students feeling a bit adrift after graduating (especially since my peers mostly graduated between 2010-2008), there is a really intense stress culture surrounding academics, and people are just intense and weird which can be awesome if that's who you fit in with or alienating if it's not your vibe.

But all said and done, I really appreciated my time there, found it extremely formative, and think I got an excellent education.  I have some incredible friends and even 13 years after graduating, I'm still in touch with a few of my profs.  Some of my peers are doing really impressive things with their careers, although as someone mentioned, going into careers that are not for the money is a common thing (not exclusively so, though).  Lots of academics, journalists, public interest lawyers, non-profit workers, etc.  But then again I have some friends who work in tech, Big Law, medicine, etc. as well so it's not impossible to do something lucrative, the school just doesn't tend to draw those personality types as much.[/quote]

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