Reed College Top Questions

Its an eccentic school with eccentric students. Where any and all ideas are accepted

That they are are geeks, eccentrics, hipsters, socially awkward, neurotic and aloof.

It seems to me that Reedies are perceived as socially inept, strangely "free-spirited," and trip-over-their-own-feet intelligent.

weird, creative, intellectual, unathletic, given to excessive drug use, socially awkward.

Outsiders believe that all Reedies (or more students than other colleges) do a lot of drugs and smoke. Reedies often refer to other Reedies as being painfully awkward in social situations and incredibly studious.

Dirty, nerdy and awkward. We're thought to spend all day in the library, which we do.

They smoke alot of weed, and are into really funky things.

People think that Reedies are all intellectual, dirty elitists. When I told people I was going to Reed, they treated it like me trying too hard to be different.

I think people in Portland think we're privileged brats. They believe we have no conception of real life or what it means to be mature--and that we really like weed. A lot of my friends who are familiar with Reed call it "Weed College."

Reedies like to do a lot of drugs and are all very liberal and hippyish. Reedies are very awkward socially.