Getting the Most Out of Academic Advising '24

Professors Kelly Chacón and Libby Drumm explain how academic advising works at Reed, what to expect in your first meeting with your adviser, and how you can prepare.
Reed College is an institution of higher education in the liberal arts devoted to the intrinsic value of intellectual pursuit and governed by the highest standards of scholarly practice, critical thought, and creativity. Its undergraduate program of study, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, balances breadth of knowledge across the curriculum with depth of knowledge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.