Some more reflections

A paragraph I wrote to my grandpa in an email, summarizing what I've digested about the track to my degree at Reed:

The chemistry major naturally covers many of the same subject areas as the major at University of Oregon, but in all departments their classes look somewhat accelerated, so that there is left at the end a few fascinating advanced courses. I've also looked at the Chemistry-Physics interdisciplinary major, which covers the foundation classes in both chemistry and physics and goes deeper into detail in one or a combination of the two, with also some extra math. It's a pretty "big" major so I'm not sure if it's feasible at this point (I also need to fulfill distribution requirements, haven't started taking physics yet and I'd like to take some biology) but I'll look into it and see if a switch is worth it. It seems like studying abroad is now a long shot since I won't have a lot of breathing room with my credits. Taking more than four years to graduate isn't something I'm intrinsically opposed to, but I won't be eligible for financial aid after six semesters at Reed if I'm given sophomore standing. If I either got less credit transferred than they estimate and was given freshman standing, or if more of my classes were counted for distribution requirements than they estimate, it would help.

And something I realized mid chat-conversation earlier:

My last two favorite teachers have connections to Reed. Paula used to teach there, and Williams was offered a job but they didn't have a position for his wife; UO offered his wife a job and did have a position for him. So that bodes well for Reed professors.