<p>Can anybody please give me some comparisons of the following schools:</p>
<p>Reed
Lewis and Clark
University of Portland
Willamette
Linfield
Uni of Oregon
Oregon State University
any other Oregon unis/colleges I have forgotten</p>
<p>They are all location in Oregon. I was hoping to apply to at least one school in Oregon, but I just need a more in-depth comparison of the school's academics, the people, location, and other details like that. Any help is extremely appreciated, tia!</p>
<p>I asked this question myself a few months ago and received a lot of very knowledgeable responses from members of this board. Go to the College Confidential Archives and search for "concerneddad" in the parents forum under "title." Hope this helps.</p>
<p>My daughter and I will be visiting four of the schools on your list at the end of January (Lewis & Clark, U of Portland, Linfield and Willamette) - I'll be posting a full trip report so you may want to check back to see what my daughter thinks of those four.</p>
<p>Only school I visited was Reed, and I loved it - but its definately for a certain type of a student, and neither of my children were of that type....though it was beautiful, and I loved their philosophies (good location too!)</p>
<p>futureadcom, what did you love about Reed? What type of school are your kids looking for?</p>
<p>Reed, despite being so progressive, felt very "college-y" to me. I also was sold by the admissions officers who explained to me their philosophy on US News. My kids were definately naturally smart, but found Reed to be too genius-like....obviously this is NOT a bad thing, but they were also put off by U Chicago...so I guess it is just that type of school. Daughter was intimidated by the students, son just couldn't relate to them.</p>
<p>What aboout the campus futureadcom, is North Portland an OK area?</p>
<p>Concerneddad - </p>
<p>Sorry this is so delayed, but I have been away. </p>
<p>I never really had any problem with any campus environment, including UChicago's, Trinity's, Yale's etc. I just never found the surrounding area to be SO "scary" or "unsafe" to really allow it to hinder the decision process. North Portland was no exception, and I wouldn't even include it with the aforementioned schools. It's a decent area, nothing special in my opinion. Very working-class.</p>
<p>I can't really remember much, but I hope that helps a bit.</p>
<p>Reed is in southeast portland. Very nice suburban feel if you like the suburbs. Personally I like more urban but Hawthorne which is a little more to my taste is only blocks away, and downtown Portland is just across the river.
North Portland is one of the more diverse areas of the city I have heard, but I haven't had opportunity to vist there as of yet.
( Hawthorne is described as a "gourmet ghetto", no wonder I felt at home!)
<a href="http://www.nwsource.com/travel/scr/tf_detail.cfm?dt=3086&cid=2&pageid=OR&cityid=51%5B/url%5D">http://www.nwsource.com/travel/scr/tf_detail.cfm?dt=3086&cid=2&pageid=OR&cityid=51</a></p>
<p>I'm kind of wondering what happened to all the stuff I posted before on this subject. Did it get erased?</p>
<p>Actually Reed is in a lovely section of southeast Portland. I wouldn't be the least concerned about the neighborhood, Concerneddad! University of Portland is the one in North Portland.</p>
<p>Futureadcom, I believe you posted an answer to a question I asked recently on another thread. Meant to thank you but my computer is on the fritz and I am lurking more than posting until it is repaired. Right now I am on S's computer, since he is at a b-ball game!</p>
<p>We must have been posting at the same time, Emerald. Didn't mean to repeat what you said. But I will add here that Hawthorne is a little more than a few blocks from Reed - more like a mile and half or even two. Still it is an easy place for Reedies to get to. :)</p>
<p>the other oregon schools thread is in "search and selection"</p>
<p>Okay, I found my previous posts on the Oregon thread started by Jasmineflower in College Selection. I wrote about the neighborhood surrounding the University of Portland, which is certainly decent and property values are rising.</p>
<p>Ah you are right about the University of Portland vs. Reed environment. My mistake, I must have been referring to U of P.</p>