Reed College Top Questions

Awkward, unwashed, and somewhat slightly dazed, to smart for their own good, a little pretentious

Pretentious rich drug addicts who, if they don't kill themselves or suffer a mental break, go on to the grad schools of their choice.

So... hippies, druggies, hipsters, and weirdies, pretentious intellectuals, self-righteous vegan/activist types, the socially inept, and geeks.

That we're all snotty, pretentious assholes who quote Derrida constantly.

that there is more drug use here than at other liberal arts schools, that we are all crazy hippie liberals

Nerds, every one of us. Also, pretentious, elitist, aloof, entitled, rich. Oh! and the DRUGS! And of course, hardworking intellectuals, on the quest for truth, freedom, knowledge, etc.

It's said that we are intelligent pot-smoking outspoken radical crazy masochistic hippie nerds.

To Reedies (or kids who want to come here) - we do lots of drugs, are 'liberal', smell funny, don't like wearing shoes (or clothes sometimes), and study way too much To Portlanders - some think we are just obnoxious rich kids who are pretentious as hell, others are mildly amused and maybe impressed by the academics

intellectual quirky nonreligious

They are debaters, focused on reason and logic and hate emotions. They smoke a lot of pot and do a lot of drugs. They are dirty and smelly and antisocial. They are anarchists and hippies with large trust funds. Above all they are very intelligent, however.

Hipsters, drug addicts, super-motivated freaks, generally smart people, outdoorsy types, rude, pretentious snobs, independently minded folks.

To describe the students with a series of words: nerdy, academically oriented, outdoorsy, hippies, bikers.

Hippies, burnouts, stoners, commies, bros, and hipsters, essentially.

Many of the stereotype of Reed College tend to sound something like "well, everyone at Reed is a pot-smoking hippie." Or "everyone there is a vegaterian, tree-hugging, liberal lefty." Another commonly held belief about Reed involves ubiquitous drug use and a relatively crazy environment with almost no rules.

hippies, eccentric individuals, intellectuals

Reedies have been classified as self-righteous intellectuals, stoners, smelly hippies, socially-inept brainiacs, and some of the most generally fascinating and atypical students in America. We are thought to be supremely liberal and quite proud of it. We have even been called hedonistic and downright irreverent.

1. Reedies do tons of drugs 2. Reedies don't have social lives and spend all their time in the library

That we're wicked smart, socially awkward and addicted to work

Reed students are socially awkward. They were all losers in high school. We are all addicted to cigarettes. There are many dirty hippies. The majority of everyone's time is spent in the library. People get publicly naked a lot. Everyone hooks up with everyone else. Gossip spreads like wildfire. Everyone is really smart. Everyone does drugs, and many of them.

Stereotypes of Reedies go something like this: - They are incredibly rich and privileged; - They have no respect for the establishment; - They are all geeks; - They think they know everything.