<p>I’m glad you cleared it up that it was Reed, not Linfield, that was considered to be very liberal. 'Till that point, I was very confused, but now not so much. Reed is indeed populated with a large proportion of students with more progressive viewpoints. My politically-active son was quite interested in Reed, but ended up feeling that too many students he met were stressed out and/or obsessing about their classes and Senior projects. He ended up at Hampshire, which would be one of the small number of colleges to the Left of Reed.</p>
<p>" it seems to be an acceptable form of prejudice in our society."</p>
<p>Yes, with the MLK holiday just past I was surprised this intractable societal issue was ignored.
Guess were are lucky that we can have colleges where wealthy & newly wealthy & white kids from Beaverton & white kids from Portland are learning from each other. For some students it will be a cultural shock. For many this is the diversity that they seek. </p>
<p>But seriously, Misterk I believe the word “privileged” was not used just in terms of wealth. Your point is well taken but thought I’d have a little fun with the concept. I am still working on the DAR aspect…out here that could be a real hook…</p>
<p>*The lady from Washington just emailed me saying she was confused and she called her friend whose daughter left and it was Reed. *</p>
<p>lol
yep- there would be a difference there.</p>
<p>Reed of course has an " unofficial" slogan of free love, communism & atheism that dates from the 1920’s, when its president opposed the U.S. entry into WWI.</p>
<p>Reed is sometimes also described as the Parris Island of colleges- but it sure helped my D prepare for grad school.</p>
<p>It’s interesting to see how people conflate the independent concepts of wealth, income, class, culture, and race in these threads. And not just here, but in our society as a whole.</p>
<p>The statement that I flagged is nothing more than rank bias. It just doesn’t happen to be the kind of bias that causes people to turn and walk away in today’s society. Despite that, it’s still real, and it’s still offensive.</p>
<p>Like some schools, Reed is indeed unique: A traditional, classical, highly structured curriculum. And yet, at the same time, a progressive, free-thinking, decidedly unstructured community culture. [some Reed web site words]</p>
<p>Still wondering about impressions of Westminster?</p>
<p>Just didn’t want the question to get lost, if SD mom is willing to let us know. Thanks</p>
<p>What’s really amazing is that this is the first time I have found marketing on this site. I typed in Westminster to search for your kid’s school and the site sent me to a For Porfit college (DeVry-Westminster)</p>
<p>What?</p>
<p>Just got back from Westminster. It was awesome and now S2 thinks (this week anyway) that it is his top choice. The campus is really beautiful and most of the buildings are newer and well maintained. The new science building is amazing. The business school was also impressive as was the dining and athletic building.
Admissions was very well organized for our visit and spent quite a bit of time with us answering all of our questions and concerns. The coach spent 2 hours with him between yesterday and today when he took us to the airport (he also picked us up).
They gave S2 a very generous merit package which is very appealing too.
I will post a visit report but I think my only concern is the growth and the urban location has limited expansion so it seemed a little overcrowded. Only 20% (need to double check that number) live on campus but most live right across the street or very close by. S2 says that isn’t important to him. They gave us tons of printed material to review which I did on the plane and was equally impressed by the quality of the school. I’m so impressed that now I am questioning if it really can be as good as they claim it to be. They rank #13 in quality of life in the Princeton Review book as well.
Wish we could find more from current or recently graduated students to confirm all that we were told. S2 did spend two nights there but the kids he was with were all Freshman and though they were all happy they haven’t been there long.</p>
<p>S2 is on an official visit this weekend at Linfield. Tomorrow classes and tour. Loves it so far! Gorgeous campus, friendly students, good vibe.</p>
<p>SDiegoMom, S1’s GF graduated from Linfield last year, and we have a number of friends’ kids there. It is a warm, welcoming, lovely campus–glad your son is enjoying (and he’s getting decent weather too!) So to turn the tables, how would you characterize UCSD and USD, (since we’re visiting there during OUR Spring break)??</p>
<p>SJTH, UCSD and USD are complete opposites. USD of course is a small Jesuit private school and a stunning campus! It sits up on the hill with a great view and location is close (10 min) to downtown and really close to a great shopping mall (Fashion Valley) a mile away. I really can’t say anything but great things about USD other than the price tag.
UCSD is a great school but a total different vibe. Big campus, school, seems to have a lot of diversity (asians, white) compared to USD. I have heard the social life there isn’t great but has gotten better. Campus is in a very nice and safe area and close to the beautiful town of La Jolla but further from downtown San Diego(airport). Probably about 25 min vs 10 min. Both schools have a great reputation but it really depends what you are looking for. Small LAC or big public school. UCSD is really spread out too so more difficult for students to get around by foot. Weather is the best in the U.S. so that will be a welcome change if you are from the NW. Let me know if you have more questions but 2 great schools.</p>
<p>SDSU (my school) could also be considered, more like UCSD in size, but more like USD in entrance requirements. The SDSU campus is not quite as nice as the others, but it’s further from the beach so the weather is even better (re low clouds and fog).</p>
<p>I am so glad you posted this question, bc I just started looking at Linfield for my D1 who is a 10th grader interested in majoring in Japanese. She’s more of the liberal hippie type, so thinking this may not be a good fit for her after reading the responses. But yes, we were looking at Linfield because it’s not as expensive as most privates in that area.</p>
<p>jkiwmom, for the Japanese major, look at Willamette–I believe they have a very good Japanese studies program. They offer very good merit aid too.</p>
<p>and thanks, SDiegomom–sorry to hijack the Linfield thread folks! Back to your Linfield discussion. GREAT school!</p>
<p>We looked at Lewis & Clark for younger D- I think she would have liked it, had we looked the next year instead, although I think they were too geographically close to her sister’s college for her taste.
They have an international focus.
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<p>S2 got back from Linfield last night and he said he can’t think of one negative after his visit. He said it would be between Linfield and Sewanee (changed his mind about Westminster because not a residential campus and didn’t connect w/the team or coach as well). Found out today from Sewanee that he got zero merit so we can’t afford it. Made the mistake of submitting his ACT score. They are test optional and his score is 24. The admissions dept. there is a bit arrogant and not too helpful so she did not discourage me from submitting scores. In hind sight we should have not. I think he will be happier at Linfield.</p>