<p>Chance me for ED - 2 at Reed College.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.73 unweighted (4.0 scale)
Upward trend with a 3.0 freshman year succeeded by 4.0's.</p>
<p>AP/Honors courses: 5/5 (this worries me)</p>
<p>AP Euro- 5 AP English Lang - 5</p>
<p>ACT: 32</p>
<p>Extracurricular - None due our family income requiring me to maintain constant employment ( Does this leave me dead in the water? I know it's a significant defect but I'm not sure how much weight reed gives to e.c.'s compared to other top colleges.)</p>
<p>Employment - 5 days a week during school year, 6-8 hours a day. 6-7 days during the summer. For the past two and a half years at the same employer.</p>
<p>Letters of Recommendation from my teachers are going to be strong but I'm thinking the Counselor's rec will probably be sub-par.</p>
<p>My writing skills are exceptional. My essays will be the strongest part of my application.</p>
<p>This is the only college I'm actually considering that's really a 'reach' for me. I'm really not sure if I should be substantially hopeful or basically fatalistic. I feel like I have a weird balance of strengths and weaknesses. I'm going to be retaking the ACT next weekend and the Lit and U.S. history SAT II's on the 8th of November.</p>