Son Has Heart Set On Reed

mackinaw
Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:45:23 +0000

@jmgradon‌ Your son has a chance if he can show not only why Reed is good for him, and he good for Reed, but also some improvement in his grades this semester and next semester. A lot of Reedies have strong intellectual interests that sometimes diverge from “the conventional.” They get bored by the humdrum of the typical high school curriculum. What attracts them to Reed, and Reed to them, may be their strong interests in some subjects, their intellectual curiosity, their independent way of thinking. Reed is not looking for conformists (and does well in finding nonconformists!). But it does want to see students with a capacity for and interest in learning.

I am a Reed graduate from the previous millennium. Reed accepts all kinds of students. But above all it wants those who are willing to commit to their college studies and to the designed curriculum. The best way for your son to demonstrate this now is to improve his performance (i.e., grades) in his last semesters of high school. Being a student at Reed is demanding. Your son needs to demonstrate that he will thrive in that situation.