<p>A 1930 won’t hurt at ALL. I’m going to Reed next year and I had 1860 on my SATs and a 3.75 GPA. I had over 900 community service hours, and I had a really thoughtful essay and writing sample. </p>
<p>I think the best way to determine whether Reed is the place for you is to visit. When I visited, I fell in love with the school like no other and I knew it was where I wanted to be.</p>
<p>Your “Why Reed” essay is going to be really important, but write honestly. They’ll be able to tell whether you’re using an essay from another school and changing the name or if you’re just summarizing websites and internet posts from Reedies and not writing originally.
Reed’s a special place and they want to know that you understand that and all what Reed is about. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, good luck!</p>
<p>BTW: I’m a person of color (Half Asian Indian, half white) and I applied for the Multicultural Scholars Preview Days. You’ll start hearing about it fall of your senior year. You have to submit a transcript and an essay about what you would contribute to MSPD. I didn’t get accepted into the program, but they kept my essay in my file (and waived my application fee!) and they might have read it over again while reading my application.
It showed from the start that I was interested in the school, and I got to discuss issues that I felt were important and didn’t have a chance to write about otherwise in my application.</p>