<p>Good luck to everyone! Decisions out in a month. </p>
<p>How long was everyone’s ‘Why Reed’ Essay? I am worried mine is a little bit too short, around 400 words.</p>
<p>@anthroprospie Mine was originally 830 words. I had to cut it down immensely for the word limit and it ended up at exactly 500.</p>
<p>Mine ended up in 492 words. Hey, has anyone received the email with information to check the application status?</p>
<p>@android789 No, not yet D:</p>
<p>Then I guess we’re getting it this week. It’s just that I got an email with the pin and portal application link from the other colleges I applied to right after submitting my application, but from Reed I just got a sort of confirmation email. </p>
<p>How long did it take for the confirmation e-mail to come?</p>
<p>Well, I submitted my application on a Friday and got an e-mail by Monday</p>
<p>Seems like they’re having some kind of programming issues. I submitted my application for 10 days now but still haven’t received the ID yet.</p>
<p>Good to know I’m not the only one – I was starting to freak out a bit.</p>
<p>I don’t think they’re sending out portal IDs. When I was up there for the ROME program, students said that you have to wait for an actual admissions decision through email.</p>
<p>Although you should have received at least a confirmation email</p>
<p>I think they will send out portal IDs. Otherwise, there is no reason for this: <a href=“http://admission.reed.edu/status.taf”>http://admission.reed.edu/status.taf</a></p>
<p>Thank God, I got my confirmation email! Still no ID, however.</p>
<p>so, on a lighter note, is any of you (who applied ED1 to Reed) an international student? I’m from Vietnam 
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<p>Hi, I am from China. I am currently studying in Singapore though.</p>
<p>I’m from Paraguay, South America :3 </p>
<p>hello @WB0713 and @android789, nice to meet you guys! I hope we can all get into Reed. </p>
<p>Good luck to all internationals! Very cool and ambitious of you guys.</p>
<p>good luck to you too, @codexsplanade 
I feel like all prospective Reedie are amazing, talented people!</p>
<p>I’m in Houston, TX. Here are my most recent and updated stats.</p>
<p>Class Rank: 167/727</p>
<p>GPA (W): 3.37 with very strong upward trend (went from an F freshman year to all A’s in 4 AP’s by Junior year)</p>
<p>SAT: 720M 730W 720 CR 2170 total</p>
<p>ECs and Volunteering:
10 hour/week job tutoring at Kumon for all of sophomore year and most of Jr year</p>
<p>20 hour/week job at Starbucks for second half of Jr year and all of Sr year</p>
<p>I’m president of the recycling / humanitarian club at my school, 2 years and member for 1 year (adopted a house for habitat for humanity also)</p>
<p>Newspaper Copy Editor (personally AP style checked every story, also made AP style quizzes)</p>
<p>I’m founder and president of my school’s Gender Sexuality Alliance, 2 years, raised money for local LGBT homeless youth shelter, ran fliers and info. pamphlets, transgender day of remembrance stuff</p>
<p>I’ve been a member of Young Democrats for 3 years, historian for one</p>
<p>I’m the Vice President of my school district’s pilot team for a new district initiative that is in charge of making all energy conservation policies for my school and for the district overall. Changes we’ve made have saved the district about 1.25 million so far (2 years)</p>
<p>Volunteer hours are about 80, many at the downtown shelter for homeless Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender youth</p>
<p>Attended summer program run by U of H and Rice where I spent 6 weeks M-F 10-6 analyzing literature.</p>
<p>French Club Vice President for 1 year, member for 3 years</p>
<p>Member of Spelling and Vocabulary UIL team (placed at regionals for individual)</p>
<p>Feminist Youth Alliance Senior Class Representative</p>
<p>AP Scores and Courses:
WHAP - 4
APUSH - 4
English Lang - 5
Chemistry - 2
Human Geography - 4</p>
<p>Taking sr. year:</p>
<p>Environmental Science AP
Gov / Eco AP
Newspaper
English Lit AP
Stat. AP
Euro History AP
P.E.</p>
<p>Here’s my transcript.
Format (Semester 1, Semester 2)</p>
<p>Freshman Year
English Honors(B,A)
World Geography Honors (B,A)
French 1 (C,D)
PACE (required credit by state) (B)
Health (B)
Biology Honors (B,B)
Comp Sci Honors (C,F)
Algebra 1 (B,B)</p>
<p>Sophomore Year
English 2 Honors (B,A)
Geometry (B,B)
Chemistry 1 Honors (A,A)
Child Development (A)
Principles of Education and Training (A)
French 2 (A,A)
Photography (A,B)
World History AP (A,A)</p>
<p>Junior Year
English Lang (A,A)
APUSH (A,A)
Algebra 2 (A,A)
Chemistry AP (A,A)
French 3 Honors (A,B)
Human Geography AP (A,B)
Physics 1 Honors (B,B)</p>
<p>Visited earlier this summer, had an interview w/ Asst. Dean Kati Sweaney (who is coincidentally the first person to see all applications)
Received a thank you note ‘reminding’ me of application season maybe last week, seemed like a likely letter type thing (Why encourage someone you don’t want to apply?)
My Why Reed? essay was definitely solid, probably 8.5-9/10
Common app essay was about overcoming depression and anxiety through music and by empowering myself, was very good imho
Teacher recs should be amazing, one from my World History AP teacher and European History AP teacher, and another from my English III AP teacher who called me ‘an English teacher’s dream’ in her summer rec letter for me, so I feel pretty good there. </p>
<p>Applied ED1 and for financial aid with Noncustodial Profile Waiver.</p>