Son Has Heart Set On Reed

turtletime
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:21:04 +0000

I think it’ll depend on what this years crop looks like to be honest. They waived their application fee, dropped some of the written requirements and had a 36 percent jump in applications (13 percent higher than their highest year ever.) This year, their acceptance rate dropped though they said the SAT score average has been stable. So, that means that not only have more kids applied but more equally qualified kids have applied.

Something else to consider is they are “need aware” and it’s been in the news the last couple years that they need 50 percent of their students to be full pay.

My D was wait-listed this year. Her stats were higher than your son’s (4.3 weighted GPA, about equivalent ACT score) but then again, her stats were lower than a fellow classmate that got rejected out-right. Thankfully, both were accepted into other top choices and moved on but I think in a previous year, since both are Reedie “types,” they would have had a better shot.

Basically, it’s a free application to a great school. If he loves it and wants to go there, no reason not to try. I really couldn’t tell you what his chances are only that when this years common data set comes out, it may not look much like the common data sets for previous years.