RD Chances at Reed?

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<p>CHANCES</p>

<p>International student, female, applying RD, need a lot of fin aid</p>

<p>Stats
Freshman year GPA: 3.1
Sophomore year GPA: 3.0 … and then HUGE leap…</p>

<p>British O-level results: 8 A’s in all 8 subjects… (4.0, if converted to GPA)
Junior year GPA: 3.9
British AS-level results: Eco = A… Bio = A… Chem = B (3.67 if converted to GPA)
Senior year GPA (first semester): 4.0</p>

<p>Got lots of B’s and C’s in first two years of high school (class of 50 students). Old school offered only till O levels. </p>

<p>Changed schools to do A levels. New school has 290 students in my batch. Very competitive. Have mostly A’s in new school, except for a B in chemistry. Have toughest course load in class – 5 A level subjects</p>

<p>Class rank = 4/290 (top 1.4%)</p>

<p>SAT II
Lit - 670
Math I - 630
Math II - 550<br>
(retaking in dec)</p>

<p>ECAs:</p>

<p>MUSIC
* over 10 years of training in Indian classical music + Rabindrasangeet
* performed in school events
* sang on television twice
* won numerous awards outside school
* consecutively won the Certificate of Achievement in Music for 3 years in high school</p>

<p>DEBATE/ HOSTING:
* best speaker in semi finals in school debate in 9th grade
* runners up in finals in school debate – 9th grade
* participated in many interschool debates
* parliamentarian in winning team in EFA finals – 9th grade
* participated in 1st International Debate Workshop in Bangladesh 2004 – 11th grade
* parliamentarian in National Bangladesh Television English Debate championships in 2005
* nationally ranked as one of the top 5 debaters in Pre-worlds School Debate 2005
* general secretary of my school’s debating society
* was the emcee at numerous events held on national days outside school
* hosted the Edexcel International Conference in 2005</p>

<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE:
* raised funds for flood victims in 9th grade
* organized a fund raiser in neighborhood to collect money for the treatment of a child suffering from polio
* treasurer of school’s community service club – 11th and 12th grades
* raised funds in school wide food sale for a children’s ward in a local hospital – 12th grade </p>

<p>WRITING/OTHER CLUBS:
* contributed in school yearbooks – 9th and 10th grades
* essay got commended by the royal commonwealth society in 10th grade
* Associate Editor of school newsletter – 11th grade
* Editor-in-Chief of school newsletter – 12th grade
* member of Brine Pickles, a creative writer’s group
* recently was the youngest playwright to have a play staged at the British Council, Dhaka
* founded the first ever A level yearbook in my school (we have over 650 A level students in all the batches). Editor-in-chief of the yearbook.
* chief coordinator of the school’s reading club, which I founded
* completed a course in photography from the South Asian Institute of Photography in 12th grade</p>

<p>ACADEMIC/ NON ACADEMIC HONOURS
* won the Certificate of Achievement in Economics in 9th grade
* won the Certificate of Achievement in English in 10th grade
* won the Daily Star Nation Builders of Tomorrow Award (given to candidates getting 6 A’s or above in their O levels) for 8 A’s.
* chosen by the school to be the Closing Assembly Speaker for the Class of 2004
* chosen by the class to give the speech at graduation</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
* executive feature writer of Rising Stars, the most popular weekly supplement of a national English newspaper (average circulation figure of 50000)
*tutored a middle school student in 11th grade</p>

<p>APPLICATION
* expecting good recommendations
* want to major in English and International Studies
* essay should be ok/good (suffering from writer’s block, so not sure)
* will mention that I want to be a writer
* SAT I: will give on Nov 5th: possible score:
Critical Reading ~ 700…
Writing ~ 650…
Math ~ 650-ish? (pessimistically speaking)</p>

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<p>Youre in.</p>

<p>Yu have shown a remarkable improvement oer last few years which is your greatest strength. You got excellent ECs but I don't think Reed cares much about ECs. Reed emphasizes high verbal skills so I think your SAT CR need to be around 700, which is just what you expected. Reed dos not need SAT IIs neither SAT writing section. </p>

<p>However you need to consider if reed is the ideal school for you. while its excellent in english and it has a troupe of distinguished professors, it does not have seperat international studies program. Its got ICPS thats closest it can come to.</p>

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<p>thank you cassius; i took the SAT I yesterday... CR was a bit tough, hope it stays around 700 though. i'll check out the ICPS thing.</p>

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<p>While we're discussing addmittance.
How's about assessing my odds.
I'm going to relate some information about myself in a bulleted format redy, set...</p>

<ul>
<li>I attend a private catholic school in a suburb of New York City</li>
<li>My GPA has never been below 4.0</li>
<li>I will have taken five AP couses (both english, bio, calc AB, Politics) by the time I graduate. I expect to get at least a three on all of the exams (I got a 3 on Endlish language) </li>
<li>I have reletivly low SATI scores:
CR:680
MA:640
WR:600</li>
</ul>

<p>SATII's
BIO: 680
MATH II: 610
US HISTORY: 710</p>

<p>*I have kept my grades up this year
* I have played as 1st alto sax and only bassoon in the concert band. Our band has done well at competintions, local and national.
* I write short stories for the school lit. mag. They are usually the featured piece.
* I was told my personal essay and graded essay were very strong.
* I recieved a prize from the school for Latin scholarship.
* I'm an active member of the Irish club and Amnesty International for what it's worth.
* oh yeah, and I'm a white boy.</p>

<p>That's probably the most important stuff.</p>

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<p>Seems that you are typical Reed applicant. High CR, lower math, good academics etc. But what have you got that can scream to admission officer that you are a Reedie? Maybe you should think about that. It does not mean you should start doing wierd things just stand out but rather ARRANGING things you have got just to look quirky.</p>

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<p>there are a lot of drugs at reed. hardcore drugs. seriously, think about that before you go.</p>

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<p>I am confidant that all my essays are well written and quirk-tastic but not obnoxiously so. I forgot to mention that I have studied Baroque music composition privatly and am an experienced sailor. That's pretty unusual I suppose. Anyway, all this and more is in my application. I guess I'm reasonably confident I will get in.
Why should I care if other people are doing drugs?</p>

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<p>Thats preety quirky combo. Maybe you'll stand out.
About drug scene: No-one is forced to do anything without his/her/its consent. However, after academics starts kicking your ass you may want to try caffiene, chemical stimulants, uppers, etc etc just to pull third all-nighter in a row for finishing your 3rd 2000 word paper assigned this week. And you may want to try mushroom just to blow off the steam. and pot just to feel good and less stressed. And downers etc. I can assert that it requires lots of self descipline. Dont come if you lack that and still wanna stay off the drugs.</p>