In the past 3 years or so, I’ve sent Reed 3-5 e-mails to their admissions office and my regional counselor, asking questions about applying under my certain circumstances. I have never received a response. Has this happened to anyone else? My e-mail account works fine and I’ve received e-mail from other college admissions offices, checked my spam filter, etc.
I saw on the Common Data set that Reed tracks demonstrated interest, and I’m afraid that my admission chances will decrease because of this.
We just emailed with our Reed regional counselor last week, and got a response within a few hours. Are you sure you’ve got the email address right?
Regional counselors can change – people quit, go on leave, or get reassigned, and colleges do not always update their websites. Also, if you sent it during the heat of reading admissions applications, I am not surprised that a rep did not have time to respond.
Also – they can sniff a “trying to show interest” question a mile away.
If you have a legit question about how to fill out your app or something not answered on the website, email or call the main admissions email/number.
Other ways you can show interest:
- Get signed up on their admissions website to receive communications from them. Open & read what you get.
- Watch to see if they are coming to a college fair or having a presentation in your area. Go if you can, be sure to sign in.
- If you can visit campus, that is great. But not essential, unless you plan to apply ED.
- Once you have applied, visit your portal fairly often. They can tell if you were there, and you can also make sure they got all the items for your app.
Demonstrated interest is more than sending emails.
Adding to intparent’s ideas: know the school/your real match. That’s how you “show” interest. I.e., interested enough to really learn what they offer you and vice versa-and process that. They won’t give a tip to a kid because he send x emails, if he can’t show this, gives generic or off-track answers,or even confuses the school with another.
@GABaseballMom isn’t it reed@admission.edu? That’s what it’s listed as on their website. I’ve also emailed reed@admissions.edu with an s but they haven’t responded to that either.
I was asking questions about specific college credits I have from another state, which was not listed on their website. I was not asking a suck-up question, I just don’t want to be seen as a “stealth” applicant. I will try calling their office directly, thank you for your advice @lookingforward @intparent
Our regional counselor’s email ended in @reed.edu, no admissions in the address.
The general address is admission@reed.edu – not reed@admission.edu or reed@admissions.edu
Also, you might want to send email to the specific counselor for your region, rather than to the general address. The counselors are listed [url=https://www.reed.edu/apply/contact/for-prospective-students.html]here[/url].