Transfers!!!! Transfers!!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Reed College
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<p>first, good job everywhichway. im happy you got in. </p>

<p>if you dont get enough aid, talk to them about it. reed claims:
“Reed is committed to providing a comprehensive, need-based financial aid program that seeks to bring the college’s educational opportunities within the reach of all qualified students.”</p>

<p>if you cant attend due to money reasons, they should (if they arent full of ****) give you more money in some way or form.</p>

<p>EDIT: if i were in your position i would call them and say “i cant go to Reed because i cant afford it, no way around it. What can you do?”… but i duno if id recommend it. I play hardball a lot and dont beat around the bush. they may just get mad at you…</p>

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<p>Everywhichway
UC Davis did not offer you $19,000 a year in federally subsidized loans.
Read their offer again.</p>

<p>From their website

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<p>I did not make the distinction btw federally subsidized and unsubsidized loans in my post. I don’t think I’m even eligible for Perkins loans. </p>

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<p>Sorry- don’t consider a PLUS loan to parents as student financial aid.
I am surprised that schools do.</p>

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<p>PLUS loans are offered at Reed also - they just aren’t part of the FinAid package. Parents can borrow up to the cost of attendance. It is a loan to the parent and they have to start making payments as soon as it is fully dispersed. (So you start paying on the loan for each year in the spring of the year.) I think the interest rate is lower than most private loans.</p>

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<p>Are any of you older students looking for Reed-area housing this summer? I’m transferring and trying to find a good off-campus situation.</p>

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<p>Try Reed LiveJournal, there are a lot of people looking to fill vacancies off-campus.</p>

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<p>lame. my college im attending right now didn’t send my transcript with my honors…(dean’s list, phi theta kappa, reccomendations…etc) Apparently, due to this Reed cannot accept me. not crying for attention or anything just saying, not fair. Anyways, I’m going to Alfred University in ny next year for at least a year…if things work out there i will go for all 4 years, if not I’ll always reconsider applying to Reed, and make sure all my stuff gets there on time. I’m going to be a second year student, so i have one more year to possibly apply and get accepted to Reed. My first year of college was alright, and I stayed around home, but im ready to go out into the world. Good luck to all of your future reedies and i hope you have the best days of your life at Reed, maybe in a year I will see ya ;)</p>

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<p>If you fill out a questionnaire specifying that you want a roommate, will ResLife put you with another transfer student, or could it be anybody? </p>

<p>Also, are they generally good about listening to additional preferences? For example, I want to live in a building with a full kitchen because I like to cook occasionally.</p>

<p>Finally, are any transfer students on CC looking for a roommate on-campus for the fall? If you’re a guy PM me if you’re interested.</p>

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<p>Here’s my pity party story: My college sent out the College Report Form a month and a half after they said they would (I didn’t know until Reed contacted me saying my file was still incomplete) and because of that, Reed reviewed my application later than all the rest and had already divvied up the financial aid for this fall. So they offered me deferred admission with financial aid for the Fall 2010. I wouldn’t mind taking a year off but it looks like I’d still have to add another semester or two because my credits aren’t transferring in neatly (a 3 credit system to Reed’s 4 credit/1 unit system). So taking 3 1/2- 4 years to graduate instead of 2 (or even 1 as I could graduate next year from my current school) is not so appealing. But I really love Reed and have desperately wanted to go there… and my current school is not challenging enough… I really don’t know what to do.</p>

<p>By the way, you can take Hum 110 as a transfer student if you have the time to do so. <a href=“http://www.reed.edu/orientation/students/transfers.html[/url]”>New Students - Admission & Aid - Reed College;

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<p>I am going for the next three years. I can understand your perspective a lot. And if that really is a problem for you, to go to school for the next three and a half to four years, I understand. But, just to share, I look at this way. I am spending the next three years of my life on a fiercely intellectual adventure, and I’m going to have a hell of a time. Lol. But yeah, I find that outlook makes the three years desirable.</p>

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<p>I agree that Reed is definitely worth an extra semester and would surpass pretty much any other educational opportunity… But my situation is kind of unique in that a) I’m a somewhat older, non-traditional student so every additional year distances me from the average student age at Reed (haha!) and b) I’m married, so getting my bachelor’s done fairly quickly is a priority as my husband and I would like to travel and get on with our lives, not just sit around for 6 years while I get my bachelor’s at my dream school and his soul withers at some corporate bs job.
I know that taking an extra year and then another semester/year to graduate is not the most practical idea (esp financially), but I keep trying to rationalize it because I want to go so badly. So I guess we’ll see how it plays out…</p>

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<p>Well, the alumni who interviewed me was 32 when he attended Reed. He didn’t live on campus, where the social scene with the youngsters might be alienating and puerile to him, but he lived in Portland. Portland is not a bad city to live in. So if you wanted, and the idea is practical enough for you and your husband, you both could live in Portland together as you get your BA. </p>

<p>Anywho, good luck. I hope you find what you’re looking for.</p>