<p>I imagine it would help, and your love of Reed will definitely be a boost : ) I should warn you that the trend at incoming Reedies seemed to follow reasonably high SAT scores and not so fantastic grades. I think that if you can have your interview and impress them with all the other things you have going for you, though, you’ll be ok. I think that Reed has somewhat…alternative…admissions criterea. In my Why Reed essay, which I frantically completed the day it was due, I actually said “I feel that grades have detracted from my educational experience”. I didn’t look at it for months, and when I did I was horrified, convinced that I had commited some sort of college-admissions suicide. And then I got in…so…I’m thinking that what Reed’s really looking for are people who can do well <em>at Reed</em>, with the people <em>at Reed</em>, so I wouldn’t freak out because you don’t fit too well into the general college admitee formula.</p>