Reed’s class of 2006

55% of applicants accepted
316 freshmen and 33 transfer students

  • From 39 states and 12 countries. Largest numbers from California, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania
  • Transfers included BU, NYU, Dartmouth, Duke, Oberlin, and UC–Berkeley. One attended St. John’s, Hampshire, Lewis & Clark, Occidental, and Amherst
  • Mean GPA: 3.8
  • Mean SAT: 1371 (704 verbal)
  • 73% in top 20% of class
  • 12% first-generation college students
  • 47% men, 53% women
  • 10 alumni children, 15 with alumni sibling or relative
  • 17% self-identify as international or students of color, but 21% chose not to check an ethnicity box
various freshman have:
  • worked on feature films
  • built tree houses in New Zealand
  • forged armor
  • explored robotics and
  • anotechnology
  • achieved national rankings in chess and extreme skiing

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