Reed Freshman Willing and Ready to Take Questions!

<p>regarzy, just a comment on the course load. You should realize that Hum 110 is equivalent to 1.5 courses (realistically, more like 2 courses): you have 6 class-hours per week, a ton of reading (as I recall it averaged a few hundred pages), and a lot of writing. So if you take 2 more standard classes you are up to what at most colleges would be 3.5-4 courses. I recall taking Hum 110, chem, and math my first semester, then adding an advanced chem class plus a lab (quant. analysis) second semester. That was about all I could handle!</p>

<p>At Reed many courses are two-semesters -- year long. You take Hum 110 both semesters, for example. By the end of first year you've taken the equivalent of 3-4 courses in the classics. After first year, you have more flexibility but most students would take no more than 4 courses at a time. But there's also the second year Hum series, which was run much like Hum 110 -- 6 class hours -- and used to be obligatory but is now optional, depending on the student's major or interests. As for hours in class this varies in part depending on whether you have lab courses tied to your lectures. First year language courses meet for 4 or 5 hours per week (but count as 1 unit). And for example, if you take Bio 101/102 (a year long, 2-semester course), you would have 3 hours of class lecture, 1 hour of lab lecture, plus 4 hours of lab per week. This is a serious time sink: <a href="http://64.233.167.104/u/Reed?q=cache:g5kaUQrFdcAJ:academic.reed.edu/biology/courses/BIO101/+class+schedule&hl=en&ie=UTF-8%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://64.233.167.104/u/Reed?q=cache:g5kaUQrFdcAJ:academic.reed.edu/biology/courses/BIO101/+class+schedule&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Its $700 for me too. I think its because there's not much time for freshman to work. The minimum wage here is $7.50 so you just have to work little less than 50 hours each semester even if you are in total ****ty job. But Last semester I barely managed 28 hours of work. I had to suppliment it by working this winter break. In Grinnell its more like 20 hours a week. </p>

<p>Freshmen usually work in Library, mailroom, Community safety science stockroom (best pay) and grounds crew(easy to get). The job list in decreasing order of ****tiness is.</p>

<p>Library Circulation: Wait for someone to turn up with books
Library Stacks: Arrange books
Homer's Hut: school's late night shopping center. Don't work friday nights coz its crowded. But you'll get more tips. ($5 avg)
Mailroom: arrange mails and put it in respective boxes.
Stockroom: Wait for your shift to be over. Sometimes you have to load/ unload dishwashers.
Community Safety: Go to parking lot and see if someone is stealing cars
canyon crew: *<strong><em>ty job but looks good in resume if you write "endangered area restoration project"
Grounds: *</em></strong>test job. rake leaves, pick up sticks. pick up trash etc. I worked on it whole winter break and totally hated it. Learnt how to operate tractor though.</p>

<ol>
<li>What are the chief gripes of people around here?</li>
<li>Do the students take an active part in the discussion or is the class lifeless?</li>
<li>After class, do any students hang around to ask questions or continue the discussion, or does everyone leave immediately?</li>
<li>Is there discussion about what went on in class?</li>
<li>Do they stay around after meals arguing?</li>
<li>Why do students leave or transfer out?</li>
<li>What kind of rapport is there between students and faculty?</li>
<li>Does the school have good faculty people all around, or just in some majors?</li>
<li>Are special opportunities like off-campus programs, research with faculty, or independent study readily available?</li>
<li>If you came back here after graduation would you have enough faculty friends that you could spend a night or at least have dinner at one of their homes?</li>
<li>Are there any foreign teachers who are hard to understand?</li>
<li>Is there any TV or programmed instruction where no instructor meets the class?</li>
<li>Do faculty make themselves available after class and keep regular office hours?</li>
<li>Does the faculty advising system really work?</li>
<li>Do the advisers really advise, with knowledge of students' background and interests, or do they just create and sign class schedules?</li>
<li>Is there intense competition for grades, or is learning the concern?</li>
<li>Is cheating common, or is there an atmosphere that condemns it?</li>
<li>Is it possible to study in the dorm rooms?</li>
<li>What percentage of students leave campus on weekends?</li>
<li>Is it possible to be very active in outside activities?</li>
<li>Is there a variety of campus activities and cultural events?</li>
<li>Do the students take advantage of these activities?</li>
<li>What is the drinking, drug, and sex scene? Would a Christian be comfortable here?</li>
<li>Does everyone know your business? Do you ever get sick of the small class environment?</li>
<li>Does the college have a good career counseling office and placement director who works closely with students throughout college and not just at the end?</li>
</ol>

<p>These pages <a href="http://academic.reed.edu/psychology/psy322/pluralisticignorance2/intelligence.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://academic.reed.edu/psychology/psy322/pluralisticignorance2/intelligence.html&lt;/a> will likely answer just a few of your questions, but may give some insight into life at Reed. For the given categories (Intelligence, Studying & workload, Stress & anxiety, Miscellaneous academic, Sex & relationships, Drugs & alcohol, Social life, Traits, Income level, Well-being, Honor principle, Attitudes, Religion & spirituality) the graphs show what Reed students believe about themselves (reported norm) and about other Reed students (perceived norm).</p>

<p>For example, in the fall of 2004, the average Reed student went off campus 3.67 times per week (but the s.d. was 5.10!), but thought others went off campus only 2.31 times per week (s.d. 1.76).</p>

<p>When I interviewed at Reed, both the interns I met actually had gray hair (which i assume is from stress).</p>

<p>Question: There's a list of books that you read in the HUM 110 class. Would it be advisable, if I end up going to Reed, to read those books before coming to Reed and then just refreshing my memory when the time came for papers? Obviously you can't read them all, but tackling some of them could help.</p>

<p>Oh, and another question: Do you think that, as a Christian, I would be very uncomfortable at Reed? I mean, I can argue for what I believe in like none other, but do you think that "liberalism" trumps "tolerance" or the other way around?</p>

<p>I don't think gray hair works so fast. If they had black sockets where most have eyes, that would be a sign of stress.</p>

<p>Reading ahead for Hum 110 can only help, but you have only two years if you're a rising junior.</p>

<p><a href="http://academic.reed.edu/psychology/psy322/pluralisticignorance2/religion.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://academic.reed.edu/psychology/psy322/pluralisticignorance2/religion.html&lt;/a> shows that about 30% of Reed students are clearly atheists, but it's not broken down by year, so maybe they're all upperclassmen. ;)</p>

<p>Vossron, the website you give helped a little, but it would be great if someone who went to Reed answered the questions I had. Statistics aren't enough.</p>

<p>Might I suggest ... <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=reedprospies%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=reedprospies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Hi mynameiszach,</p>

<p>I tried going on the website but the page couldn't be displayed...</p>

<p>Has anyone here actually gone to Reed and can tell themselves? I know you guys are trying to help, but websites just cannot match inside info from Reed graduates.</p>

<p>The key concern regarding reed to me is the purport drug problems.. is it true?</p>

<p>Every year the psych department conducts an anonymous survey of Reedies; one section covers drug use:</p>

<p><a href="http://academic.reed.edu/psychology/psy322/pluralisticignorance2/drugsalcohol.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://academic.reed.edu/psychology/psy322/pluralisticignorance2/drugsalcohol.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This is the closest we'll come to the truth, I think. The numbers seem typical for most colleges.</p>

<p>im almost 100 percent sure i want to go to reed, so these questions wont affect my choice; im just curious :) can freshman have cars? what are the dorms like?</p>

<p>Yes to freshmen cars, with plenty of free parking.</p>

<p>For dorms, try this:
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/apply/tour/index.html?welcome_to_campus/old_dorm_block.html%7EmainFrame%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/apply/tour/index.html?welcome_to_campus/old_dorm_block.html~mainFrame&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>i intend to major in Psychology. Can anybody here give me some comments on Reed's Psychology department? thx a bunch!!!</p>

<p>What about pre-med at reed???</p>

<p>Enter "pre-med" into the Reed site search box and you'll get 25 hits.</p>

<p>First try <a href="http://web.reed.edu/ir/medschool.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/ir/medschool.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>