<p>my daughter called me to tell my she turned in her senior thesis! 
:)</p>
<p>She did have to take one year off to retake one semester of organic chemistry.She didn’t change majors, and she did pass her qual, but organic, particulary the intense way Reed dictates it- is a bear.</p>
<p>Her profs were generally quite supportive, and while a few of her friends, graduated a semester or so behind schedule, and a couple did transfer after freshman year ( not so much for academic reasons, but because they wanted to conserve financial resources for graduate school), most of the students in her freshman dorm graduated on time.</p>
<p>Students @ Reed are frankly pretty smart and they may have been able to get through high school without needing much support.
But they find in college, tutoring, prof hours, study groups, etc, can be very useful,and at Reed could be very important to doing well, or even hanging on.
It can be a lot for some kids to recognize they need help, even from a study buddy. Not saying that , that is necessarily the reason for the anemic graduation on time rate, but learning where to find info and to actually get it, can be pretty useful.</p>