Reed College
Breakdown of “Education Quality” at Reed
By Gender
| Males | A |
| Females | A |
By Major
| Art & Design Department | A- |
| Biology | A |
| Chemistry | A |
| Economics | A |
| English | A |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | B- |
| Math | A |
| Perfomance Arts | B+ |
| Philosophy | A+ |
| Physics | A |
| Political Science | B- |
| Psychology | A |
| Religion/Religious | A+ |
| Undecided | A- |
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Education Quality
“... Reed places a heavy emphasis on the academic pursuit and will allow other aspects of a "liberal arts" education slide at times ...Read full comment
“... I also found that the graduate institutions to which I applied acknowledge and value the intellectual rigor of a Reed education ...Read full comment
“... Education for the sake of education is very strong here and there is little emphasis on grades ...Read full comment
“... I found a Reed education to be good preparation for law school ...Read full comment
“... The assumption of virtually all professors and students is that everyone will go to grad school for a Phd and become an academic, and the educat...Read full comment
“... But a liberal arts education has not had the long-term benefits that I had hoped ...Read full comment
“... I will say that writing a thesis was the best educational experience I've ever had, largely because it was completely independent and I blew off ...Read full comment
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Fame is a lousy metric of educational value (there are very talented, successful and happy Reed graduates), but the paucity of major stand-ou...Read full comment
“... Here at Reed, you are responsible for your own education ...Read full comment
“... I got a good education, but would have been happier and gotten an equally good education at a more conventional school ...Read full comment
“... Come to Reed if you're serious about learning and getting the best damned undergraduate liberal arts education you can get ...Read full comment
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