Chances RD?

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<p>My grades:</p>

<p>Freshman Year: Top 15%, Weighted GPA 5.4 out of 6.0 (3.8?)
Sophomore Year: Top 25%, Weighted GPA 5.1 out of 6.0 (3.6?)
Junior Year: Top 35%, Weighted GPA 4.9 out of 6.0 (3.4?)</p>

<p>Class Rank: 175-ish out of 620 (Top 32% I think)</p>

<p>Predicted Senior Year:</p>

<p>Top 10-15%, Weighted GPA 5.6</p>

<p>My school is consistently ranked among the top 100 in the nation, so it's outrageously competitive.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Editor on an award-winning newspaper
Volunteer Work
Library Page</p>

<p>SAT: 2060 (740 Verbal, 680 Writing, 640 Math)....retaking</p>

<p>ACT: 31</p>

<p>Subject Tests: Taking in October</p>

<p>AP's:</p>

<p>5-US History
4-Microeconomics
4-European History
3-English Language
?-Calculus AB
?-Environmental Science
?-Government
?-Psychology
?-British Literature
?-World Literature</p>

<p>Notes:</p>

<p>*I'm an extremely talented writer and have won awards for my writing
*I'm planning on majoring in Economics</p>

<p>My GC said he'd be shocked if I didn't get in unless I completely tank senior year, or I really mess up the essay. I expect my grades to go up significantly, & Reed will see them because I'll be applying RD. </p>

<p>Chances?</p>

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<p>Just a comment on your summary, not an assessment of your chances. The trajectory of your GPA is downward, and any adcom will want to know what's behind that. A pull-up in performance in your first semester of senior year will matter to your chances at lots of competitive schools, but your essays/letters may need to address the downward trend if the trend in the averages you report means you received some particularly low grades in core subjects. </p>

<p>Reed is a hard school. It will want to know that you will handle the academic intensity. And it will want to know why you're interested in Reed. Reed's admissions isn't strictly "by the numbers." It looks for interesting prospects. It will (in my opinion) certainly be interested in your application and learning more about you than the numbers you report.</p>