<p>Yes! </p>
<p>(And Yes.)</p>
<p>People tend to be happy about being Reedies (as one of my friends’ sister said, ‘you guys are sort of obsessed with being yourselves…’) and the workload is manageable, particularly freshman year. </p>
<p>Math and science are fantastic and the writing requirement will make you a stronger person without killing you, I promise. I hadn’t written an essay since sophomore year of high school before coming to Reed, and I managed Hum fine - enjoyed it, even. </p>
<p>The workload freshman year really is not that great. Of course, you should know that <em>eventually</em> (read: sophomore, junior) years you’re going to have a bit of a workload, but the related unpleasantness will be offset by the fact that your classes during those years will Be Incredible.</p>
<p>And you will have happy times.</p>