<p>I don't really know anything about it...</p>
<p>You'll probably get a divided double (your own room but you share a door to the hall with a same-gender roommate) in a co-ed dorm with co-ed baths, but some frosh are assigned singles or triples. The highlights are here:</p>
<p><a href="http://web.reed.edu/res_life/%5B/url%5D">http://web.reed.edu/res_life/</a></p>
<p>the way it used to work was that if you chose a theme dorm- you were in two housing pools- one theme housing and one reg ( at least the way I understand it)- so you are pretty much assured oncampus housing.</p>
<p>housing is pretty plush IMO compared to many schools- the rooms are generally large- they are divided doubles rather than crowding three into a room made for two.</p>
<p>My D had a single for three years in subfree ( requested subfree- didn't ask for a single but liked it) Subfree during her time was Chittick- which I thought was cool & Steele which is new and bright, but kinda feels ( to me) more institutional than other dorms. Senior year she had a Birchwood town house ( god was that just last year?)</p>
<p>Get minimum board points- you will have some left over anyway as many students eat off campus occasionally/go to Trader Joes for food.</p>
<p>You can't have your own microwave- and most don't bring tvs etc- what you need for your room is minimal- bring a fan or buy one in Portland- August will be HOT- yes Portland can get really hot.</p>
<p>Also will need additional lights- some of the rooms lighting is dim.
There are advantages to being in a city- lots of stuff you need you can get at Fred Meyer or even the college bookstore</p>
<p>You also might want to check out
<a href="http://community.livejournal.com/reed2011/%5B/url%5D">http://community.livejournal.com/reed2011/</a></p>