Reed College

Reed is a   small, very academic liberal arts  college in Portland, Oregon.
 Reed is known for its high standards of scholarly practice, creative thinking, and engaged citizenship. Reed is considered to be one of the most intellectual colleges on the west coast.

 Reed stresses a very collaborative learning experiemce with  a conference classroom setting.  What  differentiates Reed is the involvement of the faculty in the learning experience. All coursework is  structured to optimize the lesrning experience and the grsding is not merely lettder grades or  short comments, A  professor will  explain why she thought  a paper was poor or good  and provide ideas on how to take the work further  A students coursework often gets  incorporated into the required senior thesis.. In the words of an alum-  Reed is  hard but worthwhile.



 Reed's ranking fluctuates  each year as the college prefers to  opt out of rankings and does not  release full data about its applicants. Admission rates are around 40%. There is a strong element of self-selection among  the students who apply.
 Reed requites a few short answr questions such as " Who has influenced your life"

  As with all short answer questions-  its best to keep the  answer s limited to a paragraph and   direct.