Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 16:43     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
literally before seeing this thread I never once heard of Reed.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 16:21     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:W&M is a wonderful school. Reed is an antifa training ground. Please choose W&M.


Reed sounds like da bomb!


Don’t worry, plenty of antifascists cone out of W&M too, myself included.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 16:17     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Anonymous wrote:W&M is a wonderful school. Reed is an antifa training ground. Please choose W&M.


Reed sounds like da bomb!
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 15:58     Subject: Re:William & Mary vs. Reed?
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
Post 03/29/2023 15:48     Subject: Re:William & Mary vs. Reed?
+1 Reed is more rigorous. W+M in state is much more affordable, of course.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 15:33     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


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.


+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
Post 03/29/2023 14:33     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Anonymous wrote: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.


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
Post 03/29/2023 14:07     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Anonymous wrote: 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?


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
Post 03/29/2023 14:06     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Anonymous wrote:Obviously W&M is bigger. Are they equally rigorous when it comes to the humanities?


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
Post 03/29/2023 14:01     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
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
Post 03/29/2023 13:59     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
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
Post 03/29/2023 13:56     Subject: Re:William & Mary vs. Reed?
Reed is from Venus, W&M is from Mars
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 13:50     Subject: Re:William & Mary vs. Reed?
Is this a serious question?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 13:44     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
W&M is a wonderful school. Reed is an antifa training ground. Please choose W&M.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2023 13:42     Subject: William & Mary vs. Reed?
Obviously W&M is bigger. Are they equally rigorous when it comes to the humanities?