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All I know is what is available online or has been written about the school. That was enough to know that there is no junior thesis and that Reed does have distribution requirements.</p>
<p>However, posters such as Emeraldkitty have -very nicely- already corrected you. When it comes to Reed, I do pay close attention to what SHE has to say as her daughter is attending the school. From her past remarks, it is easy to see that she presents the facts about Reed with an uncanny and remarkable objectivity.
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<p>I've read probably every thread that has the word "Reed" in it, but you're right about there not being a "junior thesis" per se, but there are junior qualifying exams for the complusory yearlong senior thesis. I consider that a junior thesis, since you have to start preparing for it at the end of the junior year, which is similiar to what we have in Russia. I could see where that could be confusing though, sorry.</p>
<p>There are requirements, but they're flexible. You still have to take courses in different areas in order to graduate, but from my e-mail to an assistant Reed Philosophy professor, namely Paul Hovda, I was inquiring about the requirements for someone that already has a good grasp of, say, Nietzsche and would that be a reason to skip the basics and jump right into more advanced seminars. The responce I got was, yes, it was possible, but the professor that teaches courses on Nietzsche (Scott Jenkins) would have to notified in advance.</p>