<p>I like both the colleges. I was wondering what advantages/disadvantages does one have over the other. </p>
<p>Cheers!:)</p>
<p>reed: drugs
dartmouth: beer</p>
<p>Drugs at Reed? I didnt know that... Erm any place I can read about that juxtaposn?</p>
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Since the 1960s, Reed has had a reputation for tolerating open drug use among its students,[31] and the 1998 Princeton Review listed Reed as the number-three school in the "reefer madness" category.[32] The Yale Daily News Insider's Guide to Colleges also notes an impression among students of institutional permissiveness: "according to students, the school does not bust students for drug or alcohol use unless they cause harm or embarrassment to another student". (2006 edition, p. 771). A new Drug and Alcohol Policy Enforcement was introduced in Fall of 2005.
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<p>on an unrelated note (honest), I was going to apply to Reed, but Oregon was just too far away</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, mate.</p>
<p>Here are some data on drugs at Reed:</p>
<p>E.g., it says that 66% of students use marijuana once a month or less. Is Dartmouth's beer use higher or lower? ;)</p>
<p>haha It really doesnt matter I still like Reed ;)</p>
<p>Yea, Reed's bomb, I live in Portland and Reed's really cool! It's a lot better than Dartmouth if you want to get your PHd or if you want to go on with school, however it doesn't really help you a lot with getting a job right after your Bachelor's</p>
<p>Reed is also SUPER LIBERAL wheras Dartmouth is liberal in its own right but considered one of the more conservative top schools - if that's a factor for you. </p>
<p>You'll also almost undoubtedly get a lower GPA at Reed. Grad schools will account for it, but only so much. I would personally pick Dartmouth, though Reed is more my style.</p>
<p>But does the prestige really matter if one is not shooting for jobs after graduation?</p>
<p>If you're not shotting for a job, then definitely Reed, they are like the #3 college in producing PhDs or something like that....</p>
<p>I am not shooting for PhD either!</p>
<p>I am going to come back to my country join the air force. Get my test pilot flight hours and go back get my masters and apply to NASA. :)</p>
<p>Or something similar...</p>
<p>I just meant that it's very good if you want to keep going to school.....</p>
<p>ah ok</p>
<p>which college are you in, Sheed30?</p>
<p>Uhhhh....I'm not in college, I just know all this because I live in Portland and since that is by FAAAAAAAR the most prestigious school in Oregon all the smart kids talk about it.</p>
<p>But then again i could be wrong....but it's all in the rankings and go look throughout CC for backup...</p>
<p>This may or may not be helpful:</p>
<p>On the other hand, Steve Jobs went to Reed before dropping out.</p>
<p>Reed's entry at the link says "but Reed had slightly higher success rate." It would have been helpful if they had actually included the column for Success Rate; we don't know if 5 of 5 Reed applicants were admitted, or 5 of 50, so we can't compare the success rates of the schools in the table. As it is, the table is a proportionally-ranked attendance list.</p>
<p><a href="http://web.reed.edu/ir/phd.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.reed.edu/ir/phd.html</a></p>
<p>this is a very good site about Reed's graduate placement</p>