<p>just days after sending in my enrollment form, I got myself into some legal trouble.
on some hallucinogens I ended up causing mischief in my neighborhood. I already got 2 misdemeanor charges for indecent exposure and destruction of private property (yes, it was that bad). they also went to my house and saw bud/paraphernalia in plain sight and got a warrant to raid all that. that is all I will say on the issue, as it's very embarassing and depressing for me. Does anyone have a rough idea whether or not reed will rescind my acceptance, as that is the main thing I am worried about right now. Thanks.</p>
<p>I don’t know. However, based on this, I would have serious doubts if you have the maturity to succeed at Reed, and it may not be in your best interest to attend. I don’t think Reed would want you as a member of their community</p>
<p>I think they might. Maybe you should try to figure out why you are getting into legal trouble. If it is because of the hallucinogens then you should stop using them.</p>
<p>This is tricky. It concerns an issue that Reed is in the media spotlight for, and is struggling to deal with. I’d suggest being as open about what happened and communicating your deepest regret over your actions in a letter. Reed is veering more towards the mainstream with admissions, and the newly appointed Dean Keith Todd will most likely be taking a final call on your attendance. Be prudent and hopefully things should work out. While I wouldn’t go as far as questioning your maturity, I’d definitely question your threshold with hallucinogens. It’s fine to experiment and be wild, but if you’re going as far as damaging public property, maybe hallucinogens aren’t for you. You don’t want to be a liability to Reed or any other college doing something while you’re on a drug-induced trip, not even fully conscious.</p>
<p>thanks guys. i am a curious teen. i was looking for the answers to life’s questions in the wrong places and snapped. I had a fully delusional episode and it was truly horrible. the legal trouble I am going to go through is going to be traumatic enough. I hope the admissions office will be able to forgive me. I know reed is the right place for me and this would be truly tragic. I also realize that reed is trying to tackle their drug usage on campus and that this could negatively impact me. PLease guys, wish the best for me. I just want to make it out of this mess in one piece. Not being able to go to college would just be devastating…I dont know what I would do</p>
<p>Well, if you don’t get rescindated, I want to bloody room with you.</p>
<p>^ Sadly, TelephoneinLife/ConcerningApples, the chances are slim. Reed doesn’t seem to like curious teenagers anymore, ironic as it is. I hope you make it though, DoinSchool.</p>
<p>PS. How do you assume DoinSchool belongs to the same gender as you?</p>
<p>I appreciate it brotha. You sound like a pretty chill fellow yourself. 3 ap sciences in one year (I see on your carleton forum post)? Wow!! Unfortunately, I heard that they make it almost impossible for freshmen to pick their rooming / roommate (other than the substance-free dorms). I’ll keep ya fellas updated. It will be nothing short of a shame if this incident ruins me so drastically. I live and breathe the spirit of Reed - but who knows, perhaps that spirit is long gone, and there is no more safe haven for the curious intellectual. The same thing is happening at the alternative high school program I attend, as it becomes increasingly mainstream each year. Makes me want to shed a tear.</p>
<p>I think if you make the intiative to contact Reed before they find out, you’ll better your chances. Just be candid, explain that you want to explore, ahem, all sides of life and say that it won’t a repeat incident. </p>
<p>Given Reed’s history, I don’t think you’ll have your acceptance revoked. Just do it first, be honest, and don’t try to plea. Maybe request a call with the admission officer.</p>
<p>How did you know I’m TelephoneInLife? 
I’m a clairvoyant when it comes to gender.</p>
<p>You can pick roommates, but maybe an internet forum isn’t the best way to choose roommates. I hear some 2013ers had bad experiences hooking up with people over Facebook/other places. Talking of sub-free dorms, it may be a little extreme, but you could suggest that you’ll stay there if they do decide to take you. Do anything that makes it seem like you’ve realised it is not the age of Snyder and Ginsberg, and “ALL drugs are bad”, since Reed seems to love the idea now.</p>
<p>I said the roommate thing light-heartedly–more to affirm my approval than my actual desire to room with someone over the internet. I think I’ll just wait and see who my roommate is.</p>
<p>^ I get it, but people ACTUALLY do it. There are no guarantees either way, I guess.</p>
<p>Yes, I know. A classmate of mine is–somehow–rooming with a different classmate I had in 6th grade while living in Paris…whom she has never met. Somehow they ended up applying to the same university and met via Facebook (screw you, Facebook). I’m still somewhat baffled by it.</p>
<p>I hope the best for you, doinschool…I’d like to see you at reed next year! good luck, pal.</p>
<p>lol, I agree with concerningapples about the rooming.</p>
<p>best advice: explain it to them with as much maturity as you can muster. Talk about your wrongs and what you have learned. Do some penance. I think if you take that approach, Reed will be less likely to rescind. Good luck and hope to see you at o-week!</p>
<p>And, maybe, some talk therapy, whether Reed throws clementia your way or not.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Well I’m 99.5% sure at this point that I’m not under a legal obligation to inform the school of my situation</p>
<p>I think people are too harsh on the TS. You made a mistake, just tell them it was a “learning experience.” If you have to take the low road out, tell them your relative was sick, and you had depression. Make up anything and everything that will work for you. People might flame me for this comment/advice, but you need to watch for yourself, who cares about morals when your college education is at stake?</p>
<p>“who cares about morals when your college education is at stake?”</p>
<p>Those at Reed would care; the Honor Principle is taken seriously.</p>
<p>DoinSchool: Smart people do stupid things. But if you’re the sort of person who would follow NulcearPakistan’s advice, I am grateful I will be graduating before you enter. The reason Reedies are able to retain so much personal freedom is BECAUSE the honor principle is taken seriously. </p>
<p>In fact, I would argue that at least at Reed, “morals” (by which I mean the HP) are necessary for the quality of education you receive. And let me emphasize that I am not using the phrase “personal freedom” as a euphemism for drug use, nor do I mean to imply the drug use can somehow be educational (a notion I personally find absurd). I’m simply referring to how wonderful it is to live in a community where people can trust each other, and are (generally speaking) worthy of this trust. This affects academics to a much greater extent than you might guess. Hence Reed’s love for the HP.</p>
<p>So. I hope this WAS a learning experience, that if you decide to continue using drugs, you will do so more responsibly, and that you have an awesome time at Reed. There is plenty of room here for the “curious intellectual”. (And very little room for anyone else.) :)</p>