<p>At Reed you’re likely to do considerably more research than at a large university, not just in chem (if that’s your major) but in almost all subjects and courses. The senior thesis is the single most time consuming and independently determined and largest project you’ll undertake, and it will take a whole academic year (though I knew one genius who did it in a few weeks! and it wasn’t just because he was a procrastinator). But if you take into consideration that in many of your science, humanities, and social science courses you will be doing research (perhaps experimental, e.g., in psychology, chem, physics; perhaps in the field, e.g., in anthropology and biology; perhaps in the library, e.g., in history or philosophy; perhaps secondary data analysis, e.g., in political science; perhaps in your mind, e.g., in math), you will graduate from Reed with a wealth of research experience.</p>