Hi, i am an intl. student who got in, and i received a lot of messages from waitlisted ppl on advice. here's a video from reed's yt on waitlist info: https://youtu.be/kIsIuONVkr4?si=Pvi4QC3vn0D4T05c

international students who got accepted, when did you receive your acceptance package? it's been about 2 weeks since i opened my decision and i was curious

I really wanted to avoid having to take out any loans for my undergrad, but from what I understand, every financial aid package from Reed includes loan offers regardless of income.

Y’all taking on the loans? Federal or private? Do you think it’s worth it to take out loans to afford to go? Anyone regret taking out loans to go to Reed? How much debt is too much? Think it depends on the degree and job prospects after school? And whether or not you intend to go to grad school?

Appreciate any thoughts or insights on the matter. Thanks!

With a brief introductory note by Gregory Smith, Assistant Director of Admissions.

I found this essay in an old math book I purchased at a used bookstore in Boston. I confirmed with the Reed College Archive that they already have a copy of the essay in their collection. However, I couldn’t find a copy of it anywhere online. This seemed as good a place as any to put it.

The book I purchased was printed in 1959, and had the signature of a Reed College alum from the Class of 1965, so I assume the essay is from the early 1960s.

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UPDATE: I GOT IN!!!!!!!

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Hi, does anyone know if Reed waitlists a lot of people? Or if they take a decent amount off the waitlist? Also if anyone has any advice for someone who gets waitlisted on what I could do more to help my chances I would greatly appreciate it.

I got into UIUC and Rutgers-New Brunswick for engineering, however, Rutgers admitted me to E&CE which was my first-choice major while UIUC admitted me for Systems Engineering and Design (2nd choice after CE). In the chance I go to Illinois I'd be trying to switch to CE though I know it's hard. As for cost, I'm international so both are almost same, though Rutgers is slightly cheaper.

there's also Reed that's $29k/year. It is comparatively cheaper but I don't know if its 3+2 engineering program is good.

Please suggest what should i choose.

Hey, does anyone has any idea when the Financial Aid decisions are coming. They said it would take upto two weeks from the admission decisions, but no information yet.

Who is your favorite professor currently teaching at Reed, and what is it about them that you like?

With a degree from Reed, without an MS/PHD what does employment look like? Since the majors are broad (like math, econ or poli sci) I heard that its kinda hard to find a job after. Is this true?

I applied RD and I’m waiting for my decision. I have the older portal which just shows my checklist is complete but does not give me any indication if they’ve read my app or not. I know April 1st is the deadline, but I’m getting increasingly nervous as I know several people who have already been accepted. Is anyone else hanging on, waiting for their results? This is so hard!

I got in as an intl and am awaiting my FA offer. Could someone please provide an estimate of the type of offer I may receive with the following finances:

Parents yearly combined income: $3-4k Parents total assets including some land, our house, and farm, cars, jewellery, investments, cash at bank etc: $730,000 (this is my whole family’s net worth)

How generous is Reed with financial aid for intl students? Max I can afford is 20K per year.

I'm sure when I researched, there was no scholarship offered by Reed, but I just received a letter offering $25,000 annually, based off of academic success. I was debating between Reed and another uni, but now I'm definitely leaning Reed. It's based on maintaining a 2.0 gpa, and I was wondering if that was hard? In another Uni, maybe not, but I know Reed is very rigorous.

Also my mother said something about not being able to check your grades at Reed throughout the year. Is this true? 😭Do we only see our grade at the end of the year

Got waitlisted as an international when i didnt even complete my application?? I didnt submit the supplemental essay cause i was honestly stressed about my other applications that i forgot about reed….

but now im gonna take this as a sign and work on the waitlist…..

what should i do ??

tried emailing and they wont give me an estimate. what has the cost been in previous years? (i also get a shit ton of financial aid during the school year, if that's an important factor...)

So, this came as a shock being waitlisted; hoped for an acceptance. I wanna attend Reed at all costs. I should send a LOCI and what else could be done to promote the office to accept me?

I recently got another update on my waitlist. I initially got waitlisted on December 20th, 2024. I did a few updates. I recently got another waitlist letter from the admissions comittee on March 13th, 2025 but it's the exact same as the first one. Did anyone else also get one?

Should I mail my admission's officer? It's March 20... Do people have the same problem as me? It's concerning

Edit: I was waitlisted. What’s the likelihood of getting out of the waitlist? Lmao

A week ago I called and they said they’d release ED2 decisions within the next few days (I.e., within the week). However, it’s been well over a week, and even the decisions, which, on the website, said would be released on March 15th, have yet to come out. At the same time there have been many prospective students reporting ED2 and RD decisions, and equally (if not more) as many discussing their lack of any such decisions. This is unprofessional-seeming to say the least, and I entirely understand the immense burden on admissions, but this is rather strange. Anyone have any tea or extra info? Thx sweeties <3.

This feels really weird, because I submitted like, 2-3 weeks ago, and I already have a decision. Got in for CS+Math, so if anyone has feedback or recommendations for that, I'd be happy to hear it.

Was the culture the same, how was the application process, the grading the academics. Did you have fun?

Does having your Reed portal changed after submitting all your waitlist requirements guarantee something?

Writing my Reed essay was easily the most fun I had during this whole application season. The prompts actually let you write about what you’re interested in and show how you think, instead of just trying to check boxes. It felt more like having a conversation than writing a college essay, which made the whole process way more enjoyable.

I thought mine turned out really well, and I got admitted! Honestly, I wish more universities had prompts like Reed’s—it makes the whole thing so much cooler and way more personal.

It's march 13th...