<p>Reed, St. Johns and Marlboro are listed 1, 2, 3 for Top Academic Experience for Undergraduates in The Princeton Review, but I don't see a lot of discussion about them on this site. What's up with that? I've heard Reed students never stop studying and St. Johns students are all geniuses. Is this true?</p>
<p>Reed is small.
St. John's is religious.
Never heard of Marlboro.</p>
<p>That is probably why? Or, am I just being ignorant and pretentious?</p>
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Yep, that would be more accurate.</p>
<p>My b. :P</p>
<p>Reed is actually brought up often. I ran a search on the forums and its name popped up quite a bit.</p>
<p>Um, St. John's is a perfectly good college. Although, I do not know enough about it to really have a well-founded opinion. From what I have read on these forums, I understand it to be a very religious school, and a fine college.</p>
<p>I've never heard of Marlboro. :( But, after researching it a bit, I see that the school is rather small (Enrollment: 338). Usually, it is the case that small schools have a very happy, and very appreciative, student body because each student is able to debate and chat with professors individually during their free time. As a result, they are able to get the most out of their education. Also, Marlboro is ranked #8 Intercollegiate Sports Unpopular Or Nonexistent and #3 Nobody Plays Intramural Sports. I suppose that means that Marlboro students solely focus on their academics at Marlboro.</p>
<p>wrong st johns, folks.</p>
<p>while i wouldnt say that everyone at one of the two st johns college campuses is a genius, it is true that most everyone there really likes to think.</p>
<p>and as for why these schools arent often discussed here... well, just look for them in the usnews rankings. sad but true.</p>
<p>Reed is a very good school (I live about 2 hours away from it, and it's known for sending lots of kids to PhD programs and other graduate schools).</p>
<p>I'm a Reedie class of 2010. Applied ED. It's not for everyone, but if you're an intellectual who likes to study, you'd probably fit right in. Basically think all the LAC's that are ranked as 'the top' by USnews - Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, etc. - except with no grades, an honors principle and an emphasis in classical education - that's Reed.</p>
<p>St. John's is a Great Books school, but it's not religious, right? I never got that indication from anything I've read about it. </p>
<p>Reed is supposed to ge excellent all around if you're an intellectual, "quirky" type.</p>
<p>Marlboro has a reputation for being alternative(?) and very, very small.</p>
<p>St. John's, despite the name, is not religious.</p>
<p>Funny thing is, I almost applied to both St. John's and Reed. They both have that intellectual thing pervading the campuses. I ended up applying to the University of Chicago, though, along with two back-up schools. Similar schools. . .</p>
<p>Perhaps you would like to consider the U. of C. too?</p>
<p>Reed isn't ranked very well because they refused to comply with U.S. News. Yet, they still attract amazing students, and their scores are amazing.
I've heard wonderful things about Reed, I'd say you should think hard about them.</p>
<p>According to the Reed website, the average SAT of accepted class of 2010 is 1701. Doesn't mean they'll all go there. Anyone know if there is a rule of thumb for estimating the SAT of an entering class based on the SAT of the admitted class?</p>
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<p>given its yield i would expect the enrolled average to be about 40 points lower.</p>
<p>Also check out New College of USF, The Evergreen State College and Sarah Lawrence.</p>
<p>St. John's is not religious, but does rely on the Great books.</p>
<p>IB</p>
<p>benny</p>
<p>From the Reed website:</p>
<p>The average SAT (1401) and ACT (31) scores of the admitted class are comparable to those of previous years. Many of the students admitted to Reed have weighted grade point averages that are higher than 4.0, with the average GPA at 3.978.</p>
<p>more stuff on Reed:</p>
<p>With an enrollment of about 1,360 students, Reed ranks third in the undergraduate origins of Ph.D.s in the United States and second in the number of Rhodes Scholars from a liberal arts college (31 since 1915).</p>
<p>So apparently not complying with US News has meant a lot, but their Princeton Review rankings don't carry much weight. I can see now why Marlboro is never brought up. It's really small. St. John's has a big statement on their website about not participating in the US News survey. It looks like both Reed and St. Johns are included anyway and possibly ranked down by US News as result.</p>
<p>With St. John's, you can also take a year at the other campus (Santa Fe or Anapolis)...definitly a good thing by junior year.</p>
<p>hey all you people. stop worrying so much about the grades for reed - I do international baccalaureate with not amazing grades (35 on av), not outstanding SAT1s (640 in maths, 690 english, 780 critical reading). from this you can see what they want and where it can be demonstrated - in your personal essay parts. show that you are the type of student they already have, which can be pricked up from the website and you're in! (btw, thats idealistic but realising thats impossible. individual and not ashamed of the fact etc)</p>
<p>debs</p>
<p>p.s. i got in there for class of 2010</p>