Reed College
“Love Reed! If youPsychology
Love Reed! If you are committed, Reed will take you far (if you aren't, it won't). The academics are intense, the students are intense, even the extra-curricular activities are intense.
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Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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“From Hi-Tech to Wall StreetHistory/Histories (art history/etc.)
From Hi-Tech to Wall Street
IMHO, it seems, unless you go into the academic world, the Reed name is useless on the east coast (neither a positive or negative). And with the declining number of tenured positions, this means that a Reed BA is less useful than say a BA from a name institution. I got into a few institutions with a 'name' and, in my experience, I should have gone to them. At least with a lower GPA (which is common at Reed) I could have said 'at least I went to U of Chicago' or 'insert prestigious U here'.
IMHO, it seems, unless you go into the academic world, the Reed name is useless on the east coast (neither a positive or negative). And with the declining number of tenured positions, this means that a Reed BA is less useful than say a BA from a name institution. I got into a few institutions with a 'name' and, in my experience, I should have gone to them. At least with a lower GPA (which is common at Reed) I could have said 'at least I went to U of Chicago' or 'insert prestigious U here'.
I also felt that for the same amount of work, I would have gotten a higher GPA. I used to think "Ha! What's a GPA for, really?" Well, really, it depends if you want to get into grad school. And if you do, in any way shape or form (b-school, law school or PhD), then it does matter. So my lower GPA worked to my detriment. I wonder how Swathmore-ites, with who we have this in common, deal. I don't meet too many of them in my line of work. And many firms on Wall Street are starting to look at GPAs of employees.
Alot of my unhappiness about Reed is that I didn't have a good plan going in. Why was I going? I personally would have been better off in the army at 18. So I blew my tuition on that.
Anyway, I'm going for a second BA now, prepping for a Masters in Math Fin. Totally unrelated to what I did at Reed.
Reed was, at least for me, a high priced finishing school. No one took an interest in guiding me, and they were glad to take my money. Did I learn to think independently? I think I could have learned that at any liberal arts school. But a liberal arts education has not had the long-term benefits that I had hoped. If I were to do it again, I would have been a hell of a lot more pragmatic. Because no one in NYC cares if you read the Illiad.
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I am currently enrolled in a PhD program, and feel like I could not have been better prepared for graduate school. There is no better place to learn how to rigorously examine ideas and to form new, important ideas of your own. The student body and amazing professors at Reed continuously challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone. I also found that the graduate institutions to which I applied acknowledge and value the intellectual rigor of a Reed education. For instance, upon learning where I had attended undergrad, a professor at the University of Chicago (not a Reed alum) turned to a group of other prospective students who had never heard of Reed and explained that Reed was a special place, "very tough and very good." He was met with polite stares, and he just shook his head, "You don't understand."Now for the typical words of warning: If you are hoping to jump into a prosperous career right out of undergrad, a Reed diploma won't get you very far in the corporate/professional world.
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