Chance Me Please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Reed College
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<p>Hello all,</p>

<p>Male, White
Pennsylvania
Class of 2017
Junior
Intended Major: Philosophy</p>

<p>SATs: 2020 (720 CR, 670 M, 630 W) Didn't study, confident in my ability to get a 2150+, maybe even a 2200 in October</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: Probably like a 3.95, weighted is like a 4.6-7
Class rank: Top 1% Might end up Valedictorian, but schools wouldn't know that because it wouldn't be figured out until the end of the year</p>

<p>AP Classes Taken:</p>

<p>World History
US History
English Lang and Comp
Art History
Calc BC
Physics B</p>

<p>AP Classes Next Year:</p>

<p>Econ
Gov
Lit and Comp
Music Theory
Biology
Stats</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>Debate Team (Maybe Co-captain)
Scholastic Scrimmage Team (Captain)
Science Olympiad Team
Envirothon team
NHS
CTY
Volunteers in Motion
Volunteered a bit outside of school with a Jewish Youth Group</p>

<p>Others schools I'm considering:</p>

<p>Columbia (First choice, but my odds are awful.)
University of Chicago
NYU
Brown
Brandeis
Pitt (My safety, I think)</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>As long as your right a stellar essay, I think you will get into Reed</p>

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<p>Why do you want to attend Reed? As always, the Why Reed essay is important.</p>

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<p>I just wrote my massive Why Reed essay. I’d love for someone to read it.</p>

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<p>How many pages do you mean by “massive”? ._.</p>

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<p>Roughly 1300 words. The prompt said “be thorough.” I really just gave me an opportunity to just talk.</p>

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<p>I don’t really remember how long my Why Reed essay was–to be completely honest, I cared more about my Common App essay than my supp, since the topic was much more personal and relevant (literally happening throughout the process of writing). But 1,300 isn’t as scary as I imagined when I saw massive XD Probably a good draft. If you’re accurate in saying that you “just talked,” though, then definitely edit that down; these college essays are meant to be lean.</p>