Hi. Great discussion. I agree w/Ghostt on the military. Nice to be in a forum with an articulate free thinker who knows how to label a cult.
I’ve been interested in Reed for a few years, for my daughter who has now applied and is awaiting a decision. She’s read hundreds of books, a book lover since she knew how to read. She’s a VERY good writer, and proof-reads for me at work. She’s the editor of the school paper and her journalism teacher wrote a letter of rec. Her writing SAT is mid 700s as I recall.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading things written by Reed graduates. They’re all extremely well-written and articulate. In this sense, she’s a good fit.
She has “good” SAT scores (just below avg for Reed), took all the tough AP classes she could, and has GPA just below 3.5. Her mother is born/raised in Asia, and my daughter speaks her mom’s language to a limited degree. At the age of 15 she went alone half-way around the world to a foreign high school, moved in with a family and made all kinds of friends there for a semester abroad. I don’t know any kids who have done that from USA, but I’m sure there are some.
Well the fact is she was intent on going to the local “big city” university and she just knew she’d get in, but was rejected for some reason. Now she’s really hoping to get into Reed but unfortunately never took the option to get interviewed. One day last summer the two of us drove to Portland in our camper van, spent the day at Powell’s then finished up at the Reed bookstore and we slept in the parking lot. Nobody said anything to us about that of course. Great memory.
OK Reed, with or without her, your college and graduates have really impressed her dad.