<p>The problem is that we don’t know what she means by “the college culture”. Reed has a rather quirky culture of its own. Barnard has its own distinct “culture” – which may or may not be a good fit for the OP. (In general, it was not a good fit for my daughter – but my daughter decided early on that the academics were more important than social factors – she has the whole rest of her life to hang out with friends, and that part is going quite well now that she has graduated.)</p>