<p>I don’t mind getting rejected everywhere but Reed, so long as I do get accepted in Reed. 
And you’ll all hear me, that’s for sure! ;)</p>
<p>It’s the only school I applied to. Didn’t want to write all the god-damn essays for every application.</p>
<p>Are you serious?</p>
<p>Teehee. It’s fun to take risks. And besides, by only having to write one essay, I was able to write a lengthy, controversial, and semi-inappropriate one for Reed.</p>
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<p>I like your attitude TelephoneInLife. I’d admit you just for putting your eggs all in Reed’s basket. Are you from America or an international applicant?</p>
<p>The latter, but I’m an American citizen and have a residency there.</p>
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<p>Haha, I certainly hope so. And yup, except for colleges outside of America, so yes. I ended applying to only eight places in the US and ended up with five waitlists, two rejections and REED. =)</p>
<p>Oh. Where from TelephoneinLife?</p>
<p>I’ve moved around quite a bit, so the “where are you from” question is difficult. But, if it gives you a better idea, I was born in Atlanta and now live in Switzerland.</p>
<p>Diplomatic corp or international business?</p>
<p>International Business Machines.</p>
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<p>Haha, such a Reedie thing to say. I like that.</p>
<p>So you’re the archetypal “third culture kid”? Where have you lived for the longest or which place has influenced you most? Also, what make you choose Reed over everything else? I like how you can actually say, “I chose Reed over every other place.”</p>
<p>Wow! Thats amazing tele! 
You’d probably be o.Oed and bashed in an another forum for hurting the sentiments of our elite CCers
I haven’t even got the chance of visiting a single country outside India <_< But there’s always USA ;-)</p>
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<p>Maybe a little, but I try to reject as much as I can (at least while I lived in France. Bleh.)</p>
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<p>I was one of those MUST-GO-TO-MIT-OTHERWISE-I-SHALL-SLOWLY-DIE-AS-SOME-OTHER-LESS-KNOWN-OBVIOUSLY-LESS-GOOD-IN-EVERY-WAY-UNIVERSITY-SUCKS-THE-LIFE-FROM-ME-IN-THEIR-RATHER-MEDIOCRE-ACADEMICS persons. </p>
<p>Unfortunately/fortunately, I spent last summer going to summer school at Harvard. I wasn’t particularly fond of it. I prefer to be interested in subject matter rather than my future standardized test scores.</p>
<p>The class I took was great, though. It was a calc I/II course over six weeks rather than the traditional two semesters (thus resulting in me forgetting everything) such that very few students took it. There were about ten kids and everything was informal and easy. You had a stupid question? Ask away in semi-bold brazenness, maintaining your dignity in recognition that only nine other people will acknowledge your stupidity. But more seriously, I just enjoyed the didactic de-evolution of the small classroom.</p>
<p>So at this point I realized I wanted to go to a small school, with small classes, sans pretentiousness, and in my infinite nonconformism, a school that was somewhat unknown.</p>
<p>I forget how I found out about Reed, but, regardless, it was serendipitously (which, naturally, adds to the romantic-picturesque-loveliness). It seemed to fit the bill rather well, so I delved a bit deeper. And I liked it–it seemed a bit askew. Then I saw this video and was convinced I should go to Reed: [url=<a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/yco8e2w]Video”>http://■■■■■■■.com/yco8e2w]Video</a> - Reed Stereotypes - Reed College <a href=“well,%20that%20combined%20with%20the%20loads%20of%20nudity%20you%20can%20uncover%20if%20you%20Google” title=“Renn Fayre”>/url</a>.</p>
<p>I don’t want to keep rambling here, but the college simply resonates with me. And as the brochure oh-so-proudly asserts–it’s iconoclasm at its best.</p>
<p>Not a Francophone, eh? Ah, so you’ve been pretty much Occident bound all through your life. I like the idea of leading the nomadic life though. Hopefully I become some sort of machine post-Reed to lead that kind of life.</p>
<p>Ugh, speaking of de-evolution, I’ve just noticed how my syntax and grammar has devolved to an unimaginable degree in this thread. </p>
<p>I like your reasons though. I had similar notions, except I wasn’t very mathsie/sciencey, so for me it was Columbia, its core curriculum, New York City and my friends who studied there, that made me believe that no path to self-discovery could not include those components. Until, of course, I discovered that Columbia was just so phoney when it came to selling intellectualism</p>
<p>I also simultaneously loved Liberal Arts Colleges, and Reed in particular, after getting accepted so it works out well. Reed is so badass though. It’s absolutely stark raving mad, but has academic pretension/elitism to balance it all. </p>
<p>I hear the other students can get quite intimidating and outsmart you without you even expecting them to sound erudite or intelligent, but then it wouldn’t be fun, if it was just a bunch of wannabe bozos who just get attracted by all the drugs and nakedness. Long live iconoclasm a.k.a. Reed!</p>
<p>Haha, I kinda hate the drugs. But Reed’s ‘badass’ enough for me as long as they don’t shove it down my throat
Also, sorry about the bloated inbox, Paradox!</p>
<p>Haha, don’t worry gary7. No one shoves anything down your throat, unless you want it. If you feel you need a completely substance-free environment, you can choose a sub-free dorm. Another Reedie from India who’s a senior stayed in the sub-free dorm throughout and says a lot of the international students choose it because not only are there no drugs but it’s also a tight-knit environment where you develop close bonds with others, especially those from other countries.
I have no idea how the inbox works. Did you get my message(s) in the end?</p>
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I’m trying to stop making myself feel that way about Reed.</p>
<p>Although it wouldn’t matter if I got accepted. :D</p>
<p>Reed is a very ‘love it or hate it’ kind of place. Either on top of college lists or not on them at all… or at least, that’s the sense I get.</p>
<p>^That’s changed a lot over the past couple of years, but yes you’re right. It doesn’t sit on the fence-it picks a side and fiercely sticks to it, in every area it is possible for a college to do that. That kind of intensity can put off some people, I guess.</p>