<p>I’m a parent of a student on the wait list. The second week of May I wrote and called the Director of Financial Aid, and was told that all financial aid has been handed out, and that no students who need financial aid, only students who can pay full tuition will get off the wait list. Her exact words were “He will never get off the wait list” (we are a family that put in for financial aid). If you are a wait list student who put in for financial aid it is hopeless according to the Director of Financial Aid for you to ever get off the 2013/14 wait list. Knowing this fact can at least stop your tension as you wait to hear possible good news for months on end. I believe that the right and responsible thing for Reed College to have done was to notify all wait list students who had financial aid needs that they would never get off the wait list, instead of leaving them out to dry, waiting for as long as multiple months to see if they could get off the wait list, when there was zero chance. This speaks of withholding information, insensitivity, a kind of recklessness with young people’s trust and well being. An as early as possible email should have been sent to all wait list kids who need financial aid saying that they will never get off. Shame on Reed College.</p>