Setting Very Large City-Suburban Student Body % In-State: % Out-of-State: % Women: % Men: Total Undergrads % Living Off-Campus: % African American % Native American % Asian American % Latino % Caucasian % International 8% 92 % 56% 44% 1,422 42% 4% 1 % 11 % 7% 56% 6 % Cost Tuition—In-State Tuition—Out-of-State Room and Board $39,440 $39,440 $10,250

Admissions Test Scores (Middle 50%—first year student) SAT Critical Reading SAT Math SAT Writing ACT Composite Average High School GPA % Freshmen in Top 10% of Class % Applicants Admitted # of Students Applied # of Students Admitted # of Students Enrolled Regular Application Deadline Early Decision Deadline 660-760 630-710 650-740 29-32 3.9 65% 32% 3,485 1,132 330 15 January 15 November Admissions Office 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard Portland, OR 97202-8199 reed.edu

Do you thumb your nose at conventional wisdom? Then Reed College may be the unorthodox choice you've been looking for. And according to Reed, "Although letter grades are given to students...students are encouraged to focus on learning, not on grades. Students are evaluated rigorously, and semester grades are filed with the registrar, but by tradition, students do not receive standard grade reports. Papers and exams are generally returned to students with lengthy comments but without grades affixed."

The Best of the Traditional, the New and Innovative

Reed College was established in 1908 on the site of the former Crystal Springs Farm, and according to the school website, "the campus features the best of the traditional, the new and innovative, and the natural, just what you would expect in Oregon."

Even with its progressive, free-thinking, decidedly unstructured culture, Reed maintains one of the country's most intellectually rigorous undergraduate experiences. Its academic programs are highly structured, balancing broad distribution requirements and in-depth study. Reed is also known for its compulsory first-year humanities program; as the only private undergraduate college with a nuclear reactor supporting its science programs; and for the high number of grads who go on to earn PhDs and other postgraduate degrees.

Cooperative, Not Competitive

Peter Steinberger, the dean of faculty, contends that a Reed education is..."a cooperative endeavor, not a competitive one." Collaboration and learning between students and faculty is not uncommon. In several departments, students have co-authored published papers with their professors. The result is that faculty research at Reed doesn't take away from the undergraduate educational program but rather, enriches and underwrites it. Dean Steinberger continues by saying, "Reed is not for everyone, but for students who are interested both in exploring great ideas and in developing personal autonomy." For those students, "[attending Reed] makes very good sense indeed."

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