Is the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program at reed strong?
Both the biology and chemistry departments are great. There are actually only 3 specifically biochemistry classes and those are usually taken junior and senior years. The two biochemistry professors, Kelly Chacon and Arthur Glasfeld, are fantastic.
I think the program is much stronger for students who favor biology over chemistry. I know quite a few ex-BMB-now-chem majors who wanted to take more chem than was afforded in the BMB major, so they switched majors (I am one of those people).