I don’t know that knowledge of the early writes turns the next strata away, but it almost certainly makes them anxious!
I don’t know anyone who would be offended by not receiving an early write/likely letter enough to be turned away from the school completely. But, like @porcupine98 said, knowing these things exist and that I’m not getting them does put my anxiety through the roof lol
Don’t let negative thoughts creep in – this is your last semester of high school, enjoy it! Trust in the process and in less than 30 days each of you will have several great options to consider!
@vonlost Hey, I see you quite often on the Reed sub forum, are you an alumnus/a? Or do you have a child who attends or attended?
Or… Do you just find Reed weirdly fantastic? 
Our daughter is an alumna, and we got to know the school quite well.
I just received a ‘write a Reedie’ email! Is this standard procedure or does this mean they’re actually interested in me?
Also I’m an international from the UK! Hey everyone!
What does the email ask you to do? @ElliotLDavies
What do you guys think the chance are of me getting in?
3.6 GPA u/w
3.9 GPA w
1380 SAT CR/M
1980 SAT super scored
Extra Curriculars: 3 sport varsity athlete, DECA, Student Council. Also had an interview and I believe it went really well.
@DVDplayer It was just an email from a senior called Kate saying that they’re interested in my application and if I have any questions I can ask. It was very informal.
@ElliotLDavies That sound’s really good. Congratulations! this may just be an indication that they’ll admit you!
@DVDplayer I hope so! 
Yah, in the past two days, I have received a “Write a Reedie” invite to a sophomore in bio at Reed, as well as a psychology addressed letter.
@jackisawesome are you also on the U-M forum? I thought I saw you on there
Michigan or Minnesotta? Haha I was in both 
@EeveeSpirit (that moment when you become obsessed with college confidential and compulsively check your notifications on threads every five minutes)
I got two hand-written postcards (also from Kate) telling me to write if I have questions about Portland or Reed; however, neither letter has any information specific to my application, so I don’t know if it means anything, and I don’t want to get my hopes up because my chances are not great based on my stats.
I got one of those postcards from Kate as well - but I’m not the one applying, my daughter is! To be honest, it made her think the school wasn’t that interested in her since they didn’t seem to realize that she was the one applying. However, we’ll take anything we can get, and maybe it’s a little bit of a nod?!!
Come April 1st, what I’d like to know (for subsequent years): Was anyone who received one of these cards NOT admitted?
Agreed, it would be great to know if these were signs or not.
I’m in contact with plenty of international and domestic students who have been accepted via ED and I asked them all if they received any sort of postcard. ** None ** of them did. One could argue that those emails/postcards are sent only to RD applicants to maintain interest but… I don’t know, I don’t see anyone in the class of 2020 mentioning anything about it.
But yes, it’d be nice to have that info for future applicants, I’m sure they would appreciate it, I know I’ve appreciated all of the previous decision threads hahah
Just some more info about admissions. Last year the acceptances were emailed on the last Friday of March(which happened to be the 27th in 2015), with the packages arriving on the 1st of April for the most part. All other decisions(waitlist, rejections) came out on April 1st.
Now, it’s entirely possible that this year is different! For starters, this year April 1st happens to be on a Friday, which leads me to believe that all decisions will be emailed then, with packages arriving then as well. These are just speculations of course. What do you all think?
The anxiety is increasing, for sure- but I’ve always enjoyed the fact that we can vent here hahaha I can imagine how more nerve wracking it would be to be alone with our thoughts etc. stay strong guys! <3