<p>Your GPA is on the low end but thats not the most important thing to Reed-- at all. Reed wants to see individuals who break out of the mold and have a different sort of mind. Your SATs are NOT 40-45 percentile… its 2000 out of 2400 still, right? If so, 2000 is around 90-95 percentile.</p>
<p>Apply early decision… if you haven’t visited, definitely do. 250 words is VERY VERY short for an essay… the point is to give them a better idea of who you really are and they aren’t going to get much of that in 250 words.</p>