<p>Who cares? Are you only applying to schools which you determine to be authentically intellectual after hours of scouring the internet (and seeing through pseudo-intellectual claims of lesser schools)? Just visit and see what you think rather than relying on hearsay.</p>
<p>It seems to me like ‘intellectual’ is a label that is frequently attached to Reed but not something they necessarily promote themselves. It’s been called the most intellectual school in the US and one of the most rigorous. But such sweeping claims are always targets for debate, and have been debated ad nauseam. Do a CC search of “Reed intellectual” and you’ll see what I mean.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, go to Reed because it is a good, challenging school that is the right fit for you, not because it fits into some metric of “intellectualism.”</p>