<p>I think Reed is one of those place you really have to visit to know what it is like. It is a unique school and I don’t think that there are other schools that are very similar. It is very traditional and rigorous academically while being extremely liberal socially. It is a very intellectual environment. There are other schools that are as intellectualy as Reed but I don’t know of others that combine this high level of intellectualism and are as liberal as Reed. Swarthmore has the intellectual level but is more preppy the Reed. Oberlin is very socially liberal but is not quite as academically rigorous as Reed. It is a unique school in many ways.</p>