Official Reed 2010 Decisions!

<p>Fill in as much as you'd like to..
And delete the spaces before the brackets.. :) </p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *] Applied early?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] ECs: </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>

<p>It turns out thus:</p>

<p>*Decision: Umm... *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2222
[</em>] SAT IIs: MIIC300/B400/Lit500
[<em>] GPA: 1.234
[</em>] Rank: 1/75
[<em>] Other stats: ACT 12
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great! wrote about eating bananas.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Stupendous!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He was always impressed w/ me
[<em>] Hook (if any): I lived in a zoo for 8 years
[</em>] Applied early? No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Zooland
[</em>] School Type: homeschooled
[<em>] Ethnicity: American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] ECs: Band, varsity captain, whatever else...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I was nominated as superhero of the year
General Comments: I can't wait to go to reed!!</p>

<p>Yeah.. basically.. :)</p>

<p>I guess I should start, then?</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 790V/760M (it's the old one..)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670W/800MIIC/730Chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.95
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: IGCSE: 7As, 2 Cs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Errr.. not that great. I'm not a stellar writer (as you can tell from my SAT2 Wr... :P ) About a dying man i met in hospital
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One was positive, the other was pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I guess: Missionary Kid - lived in Africa for 6 years...
[</em>] Applied early? No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Singapore/Kenya, where i'm in boarding school
[</em>] School Type: christian mission school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian. Singaporean
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] ECs: NHS Secretary, Bible study w/ Nationals, Worship leader for youth group, Donut Manager, teach violin, tutor ..etc. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: ??
General Comments: yay! I'm excited.. :)</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted! *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2010
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit, 730 French, 620
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] GPA: 3.4
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: IB Diploma kid, 3SLs 3HLs +college courses</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No clue, but she loves me, so probably really good
[</em>] Hook (if any): I don't know, I think probably my essay is what got me in, cause my GPA and SATs were pretty low...
[li] Applied early? nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Low income, low performance
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] ECs: Vast and Deep (mostly theatre and political activism)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I interviewed?
General Comments: I am extremely surprised, I was expecting to get rejected for sure! Super excited though!</p>

<p>Ok..this exhausts me just reading it...</p>

<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1980 (800M, 540CR, 640W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math IC, 760 Math IIC, 750 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 8.9/10.0 (Vietnam uses a different scale)
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 3 Prizes in the City English Competition, 1 Prize in the City Chemistry Competition, 4 Scholarships for highest English GPA
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): I believe the supp materials got me in :D
[</em>] Applied early? No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Vietnam
[</em>] School Type: Public (1st high school in Vietnam)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] ECs: Student Org, Swimming, Breakdancing, Gym, Voice of Ams Radio Show, IT Tutor, News Translator</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I was so surprised as Reed did not seem to admit Vnmese applicants.</p>

<p>heheh.. looks like not much interest here.. :)</p>

<p>or mebbe the amount of info is superfluous.
probably both.. :) </p>

<p><em>as she talks to herself</em>.... :)</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2210/ M730 CR 780 W 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Biology E: 780 Biology M: 720 Math II: 700
[<em>] GPA: 4.6
[</em>] Rank: my school doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats: ap us 5, ap psych 5, ap bio 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i thought they were good...
[<em>] Teacher Recs: very good, my teachers loved me
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good, i made a good impression, and she was a former admissions officer at BC so she knows what the deal is
[<em>] Hook (if any): um... ?? i'm from the east coast?
[</em>] Applied early? no
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: connecticut, usa
[</em>] School Type: large public high school, but highly highly competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian american
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] ECs: uhh music festivals galore/ honor bands, model un, red cross, tutoring, some others</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
i'm nto really sure about other factors but two people (including me) from my school got in, which is pretty funny... and we're friends
General Comments:
reed is so pretty! i'm going to visit during the reed activity days and i'm personalyl pretty excited for the smores fest.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Decision: [ /b][ /color][ /size] Accepted</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: not ver good at maths so you lot can add for me - 640 maths, 690 writing (12/12 essay), 780 critical reading
[ *] SAT IIs: i cant remember really. 650 ish for bio and chem, 700 ish for english
[ *] GPA: n/a
[ *] Rank: n/a
[ *] Other stats: doing IB with predicted grade out of 42 of 39 (extra 3 points not predicted for)
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: im great at my essays cos its basically just an introspective outpouring of who i am. they can tell its honest. with enough natural English reserve
[ *] Teacher Recs: they love me
[ *] Counselor Rec: he creepily loves me
[ *] Hook (if any): US citizen mum (of czech heritage who escaped from the communists who wanted to kill her family! nice huh?), UK and NZ citizen dad, always lived in UK. now at international school doing IB and loving it. visited reed and they loved me
[ *] Applied early? nah
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: UK
[ *] School Type: private coed. little school. head teacher until last year was head of IBO - organises IB so reasonably respected reputation of school
[ *] Ethnicity: european
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] ECs: gosh, no great ones - student council, conservation, aerobics, yoga, (i seriously did have to put those last two on the forms!), oh yeah, amnesty international, biological society.</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] me and one other person from my school go in too! cept we're not really friends. shes very green, a "real" american and good at writing.
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] im gna go to reed. it rules (i think and hope).
did i do all these bracket things right?</p>

<p>ok sorry i didnt. u see, really not intelligent people get into reed too! (maybe i was a mistake......... :( )</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (but going to Whitman)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 760 writing (8 on essay), 770 CR, 800 math
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem 770, Lit 800, French 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.78 ish?
[</em>] Rank: HAH like top 1/3
[<em>] Other stats: AP Chem 5
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: LALALA overcoming UK/USA prejudice! Also I like marching band! And did I mention I tutor kids too and want to be a teacher? I did? Yay!
[<em>] Teacher Recs: English - likes me, French - iffy.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent, she was creepily nice during the interview.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I've lived in Russia, Japan and England too?
[</em>] Applied early? no
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: really asian/competitive public school, 1800 people.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Russian
[</em>] Gender: female
[li] ECs: marching band (flute/baritone/section leader/sr prez), concert band, tutoring elementary schoolers, art. Also took Spanish/Physics over the summer, which was fun. I'm just boring.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: they felt sorry for me.
General Comments: I'm def. not comfortable around alcohol and pot, and I get headaches from cigarettes, so Whitman it is.</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted (and attending) *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2080 (740r, 690m, 650w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 790, Literature 760
[<em>] GPA:3.7(9-12), 3.9(10-12)
[</em>] Rank:110(9-12), 80(10-12)
[<em>] Other stats: AP Tests: Lang (5), US History (5), Environmental Science (5), European History (3)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Good (new counselor for senior year)
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm super radical. Allllllriiiiighhhtttt.
[</em>] Applied early? No.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[li] ECs: Eagle Scout, steady job, JSA, ERF, volunteer work at a homeless shelter[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted and Attending</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Math: 700 Writing: 700 Reading: 640
[</em>] SAT IIs: U.S. History 750
[<em>] ACT: Science: 31 Math: 33 English: 33 Reading: 27
[ ] GPA: 4.0
[ *] Rank: 8/297
[</em>] Other stats: AP US History (5)
[/ul]
Subjective: *[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent..turned a variation of an essay that got me into Middlebury, University of Chicago, Bard, Grinnell, and Oberlin
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good...I developed the syllabus for a new course with one teacher; the other advised two organizations I held office in
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): I am VERY politically active and have helped found a number of organizations and programs at my high school.
[<em>] Applied early? No
[/ul]*Location/Person: *[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OH
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] ECs: founded an ACLU Club at my high school and have been president of it for 3 years, started a military recruitment opt-out program, helped found and run a Gay Straight Alliance, member of Environmental Club, Vice President of Art club, wrote the syllabus for a Women's Studies course to be offered at my high school in 2006, Leadership Retreat Planning Committee, volunteer for the John Kerry campaign, League of Women Voter's Leadership Workshop, NHS officer; I have also taken 6 college classes through the PSEOP program, and three of them have been reserved for college seniors...earned all "A's" (Feminist Theory, Film and Photography in Western Art and Ideas, Constitutional Law, Intro to Philosophy, Drawing I, Contemporary Art in NYC)</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments: I am totally in love with Reed after visiting during the Activity Days! I can't wait to hear from the rest of the class of 2010!</p>

<p>It turns out thus:</p>

<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1880/2400
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History: 640 English Lit: 700
[<em>] GPA: 3.87/4.00
[</em>] Rank: 57/799
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Interesting...at least for me.I talked about a typewriter...I'm not sure how I pulled that off.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Must have been awesome ... I know they wrote great stuff
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Same as teacher recs. I never read it, but it's probably pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): Umm... I performed spoken word live on CNN
[</em>] Applied early? Nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Los Angeles California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino Hawaiian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] ECs: Speech & Debate, KEY Club president, JSA Debate, Spoken word performer around LA area, published author, poetry/hiphop teacher ... </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: RAD was an awesome experience.</p>