<p>Has anyone heard about Financial Aid yet?</p>
<p>I would like to know if there are any other people out there who have been defered to RD. That is, I would like to know if I am one of the few or one of the many to be defered by Reed College. Please tell me if you know anyone.</p>
<p>^^Maybe in the spring when everyone else gets their decision letters? I didn’t apply for FA so idk.</p>
<p>^According to a Reed pamphlet I got in the mail “If you have filed the FAFSA and the PROFILE forms with the appropriate processors by the indicated deadlines, you will be notified of a financial aid decision at the same time you receive an admission decision.”
But since we can’t file the FAFSA until January first I’m guessing it is different for ED applicants. Maybe they will give us an estimate with our acceptance letter?</p>
<p>^ I believe that is correct. Then, if your family’s actual filed 2010 financial situation changes from the estimates you submitted, your actual FA can change.</p>
<p>I have been reaing articles about Reed College having financial difficulites. It makes me wonder if that was the reason I was defered. I know Reed College would have to offer me a lot of financial aid since my parents make very little money (way under $60,000) and have massive health care bills to pay (over $20,000). Does anyone else think I am on to something?</p>
<p>Can you point to what you have been reading?</p>
<p>Hmm. I don’t think so. You were deferred and will likely still need financial aid if admitted in the RD round. Then again, if you raise them to say 1900+ and are rejected, then needing aid might be to blame. That is, of couse, assuming that your rec letters are strong, your grades hold, your essays are well written, etc…I read an article mentioning Reed taking into consideration financial aid for the last sixty or so students (roughly—by memory here). I know that Reed meets 100% of demonstrated financial need, however. </p>
<p>I <em>suspect</em> that Reed is giving you an opportunity to raise your test scores.</p>
<p>Hi guys, congratulations! Reed is great! It’s even better when finals week is over. :)</p>
<p>Francaisalamatt, you are right that you guys will be the 100th entering class. There is going to be a big centennial celebration next year that may involve cupcakes? (I hope so)</p>
<p>Jussmall, from what I know of it, I would not categorize Reed as having financial difficulties… their endowment has been hurt a bit by the recession and more students are needing FA than usual, but the college seems to be managing just fine and is still taking on building projects and hiring new faculty.</p>
<p>However, you are right that financial need can play a small role in admissions, since Reed is need-aware and has only so much FA to give out. If FA had any affect on your ED decision, it may be that they decided to give out whatever FA was slotted for ED to more qualified applicants now and then see how you compare to a slightly less competitive applicant pool in the spring. ED typically attracts students who have a very good chance of getting in anyway (i.e. stronger applicants, better stats, etc), while RD is more of a crapshoot. </p>
<p>At the end of the day, though, it isn’t your need that will determine whether you get in but whether you are a good fit for the college. Since you have a little more time to prove that you are, make sure to turn in really solid mid-year grades, hope that you scored better on the SAT/ACT and retake it in Jan if you don’t, take the SAT IIs in subjects you excel at if you haven’t already (and study for them!), visit and do an interview if you haven’t already, maybe you could even turn in another recommendation letter (after first asking the AO if that would be useful). If Reed is where you want to be, continue to show interest in the college and demonstrate how qualified you really are to attend.</p>
<p>Thanks, Rachel! What year are you in?</p>
<p>Ahh that sounds so fun. Cupcakes make everything better ;D</p>
<p>I’m a junior transfer student.</p>
<p>Yeah, they set up a suggestion box for what they should do to celebrate the centennial. I was tempted to write “Half price tuition.”</p>
<p>Lawlz that’d be nice.</p>
<p>Here is one of the websites. [Financial</a> Aid Rides Out Recession, Continues to Help Reedies « The Quest | The Free Press of Reed College](<a href=“http://www.reedquest.org/2010/09/financial-aid-rides-out-recession-continues-to-help-reedies/]Financial”>http://www.reedquest.org/2010/09/financial-aid-rides-out-recession-continues-to-help-reedies/)</p>
<p>Thanks. As others have indicated, Reed’s “troubles” are the same as other schools’ and companies’ in this recession, and wouldn’t be causing unusual ED acceptances in this round.</p>
<p>I just got my big envelope yesterday. My parents make quite a lot of money but have a lot of properties, so we don’t exactly go home with a lot of money at the end of the day. However, that doesn’t make our tax forms look wonderful, since a lot comes in. Including around $5,000 in student loans, my Financial Aid package was a little over $28,000. </p>
<p>Does anyone know how severely private scholarships will affect the package? I’ve already won a few thousand and I’m planning on applying for more. Do you think they’ll lower the FA package a lot? =[</p>
<p>^ Check the bottom of this page: [Reed</a> College | Financial Aid | REED COLLEGE - Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/financialaid/handbook_package.html]Reed”>http://www.reed.edu/financialaid/handbook_package.html)</p>
<p>Will those individuals who were accepted post their stats and any other relevant information? Please?</p>
<p>Do you mean academic stats or financial stats? I’ll offer both, I guess. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.56 uw, 4.01 w
IB Diploma Candidate (12 IB classes over Jr & Sr year)
SAT: 2100, did not re-take
other exams- IB Psych: 6, AP Gov: 3</p>
<p>Moderate extracurriculars. Mostly theatre-related. Held a few leadership positions in honor societies. Volunteered as a Girl Scout camp counselor over the summer. Worked as a drama camp counselor over another summer. </p>
<p>I’m assuming that my essays/recommendations were strong, as my grades certainly weren’t. My interview also went very well. </p>
<p>Re: finances: My parents are divorced, although I don’t know how that factored into the decision. My mom (who has custody of me) makes a moderated amt of money working in the public school system, and my dad (who does not have full custody of me) changes jobs frequently re: money, although he makes a fair amount of money. Our FA package was 36k/55k. The 55k included tuition, fees, expected travel costs, expected books & supplies, incidental costs, meals, etc. The 36k was comprised of a grant, loans, and work-study. To be honest, I’m really impressed with the amount of money they gave me. Hope this all helped.</p>
<p>Uh, ok, let’s see…</p>
<p>GPA around 3.72, don’t even know my weighted, but it’s pretty irrelevant in my school.
SAT I: 2250 (two sittings, 2270 superscore with 800 writing, 770 CR, 700 math)
SAT II: 800 French w/listening, 690 Math II
AP Exams: English Lit (5) and French Language (5). Currently taking AP English Lang, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, and just joined an AP Spanish Lang class.</p>
<p>ECs: Editor-in-Chief of literary magazine, founded/run Freethinkers club (basically we talk about current events, politics, philosophy, culture, etc.), NFHS (but we’ve done literally nothing this year ): ), Link Crew (help little freshmen adjust to high school), Creative Writing, and…yeah, that’s it.</p>
<p>National awards: NMCS, nominated for and winner (first from my school in three years, apparently) of National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award (national essay contest), top 5 nationally in National French Exam since freshman year, 88th percentile on National Spanish Exam.</p>
<p>Essays: My common app essay was really good (journey into and through atheism, conclusion=can’t make judgments of others because I don’t have life experience, hope to learn about myself and others through living, basically). My was really personal, talked about love for languages and linguistics, how I want to start Greek, and eventually teach. Also talked about balance of intense fun and intense studying at Reed.</p>
<p>Recs: haven’t read them, but the teachers both liked me, and one of them knows me really personally.</p>
<p>My interview went well as well; I was so sad when it ended 
It was a good conversation.</p>
<p>I didn’t apply for FA.</p>
<p>^How do you people get these high scores! I study 24/7, yet I cannot 2000! Although, my scores are going to be revealed tomorrow, and I might have reached 2000 or more, but I doubt it. But at least I have the honor of having the highest SAT score in my school.</p>