<p>@notloureed Email the financial aid office with your complaint if you like Reed because it sounds like they definitely miscalculated your aid. Offer to send a letter explaining your situation in detail and tell them in no uncertain terms that your fin aid offer would preclude you from attending as it is now. That shouldn’t happen at a school that purports to cover full need!</p>
<p>To everyone who’s been waitlisted, don’t lose heart! This year Reed received more applications than ever before and the admission office has already come out and said that figuring out how many to accept and what yield to hope for is going to be a challenge. I expect they low-balled their acceptances and waitlisted a lot of people whom they may later accept. I also don’t think it’s true that people accepted off the waitlist don’t receive financial aid.</p>
<p>To the rejectees, I’m sorry 
I’m sure you’ll end up somewhere great, however!</p>
<p>And good job to the accepted students! Every single one of you deserves it.</p>