<p>Please help, I obviously need to choose soon. By inclination I would slightly prefer to go to Reed but I’m going to have to get into med school eventually, for which UNC seems to be a better choice. I got a J. Johnston Scholarship for UNC, so I’d have to pay $9,000 for board etc. as opposed to $12,000 for Reed. Thanks.</p>
<p>They are very different schools. Reed is very earthy, non-traditional, and slightly crazy. If you are not quirky, don’t even think about going to Reed. I would characterize UNC much more as a “cool person” school and Reed as a “weird person” school. Reed is very focused on the pure enjoyment of academics and learning; many of their graduates are interested in academia and other non-professional areas.</p>
<p>I think at Reed you are more likely to major in unemployment than at UNC.</p>
<p>Reed has one of the highest, if not the highest percentage of graduates who go on to Ph.Ds of any school in the US. If med school is what you are looking for, UNC is a far better place. AS nlt51 said Reed is a very quirky place and so are its grads, certainly not the mainstream.</p>
<p>From <a href=“http://web.reed.edu/ir/medschool.html:[/url]”>http://web.reed.edu/ir/medschool.html:</a></p>
<p>MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATE</p>
<p>Reed College graduates’ medical school applications from 1996-2001, according to the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS)</p>
<p>Ninety-seven students applied, fifty-seven were accepted to medical schools 59% acceptance (57/97)</p>
<p>The acceptance rate was higher for students who applied more than once: twenty-three students applied multiple times and eighteen were accepted 78% acceptance (18/23)</p>
<p>On the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Reed students typically score 1 to 2 points higher on every subsection. The average Reed score is higher than the average score for accepted students nationwide.</p>