Reed Application Supplement

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U.S. or dual U.S. citizen (If dual, specify other citizenship: ) U.S. Permanent Resident* visa; citizen of

Other citizenship:

Reed Application Supplement

To accompany the Common Application

last (family) ﬁrst (given name) middle

number & street city state zip country

number & street city state zip country dates effective Legal name:

Permanent home adress: Mailing address: Daytime phone number: Proposed date of

college entry: Application type: (check one) (Please type or print)

Your Common Application for admission to Reed College will not be

considered complete without this supplementary information,

including items 1, 2, and 3 on the reverse side.

Early decision—Option I (Fall application deadline November 15; notification December 15) Early decision—Option II (Fall application deadline January 2; notification February 1) Regular freshman (Fall application deadline January 15; notification in late March)

Early admission for qualiﬁed high school juniors (Follow same schedule as regular freshman) Transfer candidate (Fall application deadline March 1; notiﬁcation May 1)

Visiting student (Non-degree-seeking student. Follow same schedule as transfers)

country

*If you are a U.S. Permanent Resident, you must submit a photocopy of your Alien Registration (green card) with your application to Reed.

( ) Email address:

Fall of year:

Please name any relatives who have attended Reed, their relationship to you, and their years of attendance:

Yes No

Citizenship:

Have you applied previously to Reed? To which other colleges

are you applying?

(over) Yes No If yes, when?

If you marked “Yes”, please use Reed reactivate supplement form and instructions.

Application fee and payment form enclosed

(see next page)

yes

no

3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Portland OR 97202-8199 TL 503/777-7511 TF 800/547-4750 FX 503/777-7553 EM [email protected] WEB http://web.reed.edu

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Ofﬁce of Admission

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EARLY DECISION APPLICANTS:

I hereby make application to Reed under the early decision plan with the understanding that, if accepted, I will withdraw all applications I may have submitted to other colleges, and I will not initiate any new applications. I will confirm my intention to enroll at Reed College by submitting the required enrollment deposit by the specified date. I also confirm that all the information contained in this application is factually correct and honestly presented:

ALL APPLICANTS:

My signature below indicates that all the information contained in this application is factually correct and honestly presented.

Signature Date

2005-06

Items 1, 2, and 3 below are required of all applicants. Item 4 is required if you are not currently attending school. Item 5 is optional. Please use separate sheets of paper to address these items, labelling each one carefully. Please note that all materials submitted with the application will be retained by the admission ofﬁce and will not be returned to you.

1. Personal Statement. Answer one of the essay options on the Common Application OR answer any question from another college's application. Be sure to state the question you are answering on the same page as your es-say. If you already wrote a personal statement on the Common Application, you are done with this essay, unless you choose to submit a second personal statement.

2. “Why Reed?” essay. How did you ﬁrst become interested in Reed, and why do you think Reed would be an appropriate place, both academically and socially, to continue your education? (This essay is instrumental in helping the admission committee determine the match between you and Reed, so please be thorough.)

3. Writing sample. Please submit a copy of a research, expository, or creative paper (in the English language) with instructor’s comments. The paper should be one that you have written recently.

4. If you are not currently attending school, please describe your activities since last enrolled.

5. If there are any special issues or academic concerns that you feel have not been adequately covered in the application, or if you would like to supply further information to the Admission Committee, please elaborate. Essays and graded

writing sample:

OTHER SCHOOL INFORMATION:

I will not/did not graduate from high school. I plan to take/have taken the G.E.D.

Date G.E.D. received . Please have test results forwarded to Reed.

I participate in a high school completion program through a college (such as Running Start). Name of college and completion program

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Reed Application Fee

Payment Form

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Ofﬁce of Admission

Applicant's name Date of birth

Applicant’s email address

I am enclosing:

a $40 check or money order, or

an ofﬁcial fee waiver for the application fee.

I submitted the application fee previously: online, or

as a check or money order, or in a fee waiver.

I have not paid the application fee online and would like to pay it now using Visa Mastercard

Card #: Expiration date:

Print name of cardholder as it appears on the card: Daytime phone number of cardholder: ( )

Please be assured that, should you choose to pay by credit card, this page will be shredded immediately after your payment is processed, in order to protect your privacy.

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Financial Aid Form

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If your parents are separated or divorced, please estimate the expected contribution from your non-custodial parent: $________________

If the non-custodial parent contribution is zero, you must explain why there will be no contribution using the com-ments section of the reverse side of this form.

Student email address:

middle ﬁrst (given name)

last (family)

If you are applying for ﬁnancial aid, complete this form and

mail it to the ﬁnancial aid ofﬁce in the envelope provided.

Parent email address: Student SSN:

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File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)* no later than

January 15, 2006. (The Reed College code for the FAFSA is 003217.)

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File the College Scholarship Service (CSS) Proﬁle** no later than

January 15, 2006. (The Reed College code for the Proﬁle is 4654.)

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Send this form to the ﬁnancial aid ofﬁce at Reed College by January 15, 2006,

for freshman application, or March 1, 2006, for transfer application.

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Submit a copy of your parents' 2005 IRS income tax return by April 15, 2006

(include copies of W-2 and 1099 statements).

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Submit a copy of your 2005 IRS income tax return by April 15, 2006

(include copies of W-2 and 1099 statements). If you are not required to ﬁle

a 2005 IRS income tax return, include a letter with this form stating that you

will not and are not required to ﬁle a 2005 IRS income tax return and attach

all 2005 W-2 and 1099 forms.

*Go to www.fafsa.ed.gov

**

Go to www.collegeboard.com/parents/

FINANCIAL AID CHECKLIST

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Siblings in college: If you have indicated on the CSS Proﬁle that your siblings will be in college for the 2005–06 academic year, please complete the following:

Sibling name Grade level in 2005–06 College Sibling name Grade level in 2005–06 College

Reed evaluates financial need using federally and institutionally determined procedures and guidelines to interpret information submitted on the Profile, FAFSA, and student and parent income tax returns and W-2s. Oc-casionally, families have individual considerations and situations that may play an important role in determining need. Please address here any additional information you believe would assist us in determining your financial need. (Please attach an additional signed letter, if you feel you need more space to explain your circumstances.) Comments:

Return this form in the envelope provided with this application to the Financial Aid Office, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199. If you have any further questions concerning financial aid, please feel free to write to the financial aid office, or call 503/777-7223; 800/547-4750, option 1 (toll free); email: fi[email protected] It has been the historic practice at Reed College to admit students of any race, color, religion, sex, national and ethnic origin, and without regard to personal disabilities, veteran’s status, or any other unlawful basis, nor upon sexual orientation or political beliefs to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Reed does not discriminate on any of the above attributes in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarships and loan program, and athletic and other school-administered programs, Pursuant to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the 1972 educational amendment, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, equal opportunity is national policy. Inquiries on the application of Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504 may be made to Edwin O. McFarlane, Reed College, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, HEW.

Note:

Student signature Date

2005-06

Were you home-schooled? Yes No

Other citizenship: /visa type

Citizenship:

* If you are a U.S. Permanent Resident, you must submit a photocopy of your Alien Registration (green card) with your application to Reed. country

Outside scholarship resources:

If you have been awarded any outside scholarships or will receive resources such as veteran's beneﬁts, ROTC, or vocational rehabilitation, list each award or resource below. Do not include scholarships applied for but not yet awarded.

Name of award Amount for 2005–06 Renewable?

Name of award Amount for 2005–06 Renewable? Date of high school

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Legal name: Mailing address: University or college:

Has this student ever been subject to disciplinary action, suspended, or dismissed from your school for academic or disciplinary reasons? If yes, please explain:

Statement of Good Standing

from to Degree candidate? Yes No

Year: Fall Spring

Freshman Sophomore Junior

I hereby agree to release to Reed College any records or information pertaining to this matter. (most recent)

Please ﬁll in the student section, sign, and then have the dean of students or other appropriate campus ofﬁcial at the college or university you have most recently attended complete and return this form. Your transfer or visiting student application for admission to Reed will not be considered complete without this form, regardless of whether your transcript states your standing.

TO THE STUDENT:

(Please type or print)

Records and reports Casual contacts Personal acquaintance

This form will not be retained as part of the student’s permanent record and, therefore, will not be shared with the student.

TO THE DEAN OF STUDENTS:

Is the candidate presently in good academic standing? If not, please explain:

Yes No

This report is based upon:

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CONFIDENTIALITY: In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, matriculating students do have access to their permanent ﬁles that may include forms such as this one. We do not provide access to admissions records to applicants, those students who are denied admission, or those students who decline an offer of admission. We administer all educational policies and activities without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or sex. Again, your comments are important to us and we thank you for your cooperation.

street address/P.O. box city state zip country

Dates attended: Proposed date of entry to Reed: Anticipated class standing: Yes No 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Portland OR 97202-8199 TL 503/777-7511 TF 800/547-4750 FX 503/777-7553 EM [email protected] WEB http://web.reed.edu

REED COLLEGE

Ofﬁce of Admission

For transfer and visiting student applicants

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Do you have any reason to doubt this student's academic or personal integrity?

Please be speciﬁc:

If not a current student, would this candidate be permitted to re-enroll?

What is your understanding of the applicant's reasons for transferring? If you are in a position to comment on the validity of these reasons, please do so:

Please indicate any particular contributions the student has made to non-academic life at your school:

Please use this space for any additional comments about the student and his or her candidacy to Reed (if using additional sheets, please attach):

Please print your name: Title: Phone number:

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Transfer Report

For transfer and visiting student applicants

street address/P.O. box city state zip country

ofﬁcial name city state country

Legal name: Mailing address: Email address: Current college:

Freshman Sophomore Junior

One Reed unit is the equivalent of four semester hours or six quarter hours. Students considering a transfer to Reed should be aware that the college requires two full years in residence (15 units, or 60 semester hours, taken in residence at Reed) to obtain the degree.

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Please be sure to complete BOTH sides of this form.

Your application will not be considered complete without this information.

Currently enrolled Not currently enrolled What is your

anticipated class standing?

Year of high school graduation, or GED completion:

What is your anticipated major?

College status: (Please type or print)

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Ofﬁce of Admission

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2005-06

COURSES IN PROGRESS

PLANNED COURSES

Course Number Title semester hours quarter hours term (e.g., fall 2004) Course Number Title semester hours quarter hours term (e.g., fall 2004)

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Reed Reactivate Supplement

number & street city state zip country

number & street city state zip country dates effective (Please type or print)

Your Common Application for admission to Reed College will not be considered complete

without this supplementary information, including items 1, 2, and 3 on the reverse side.

If you ﬁll out this form, do not ﬁll out the Reed application supplement.

Early decision—Option I (Fall application deadline November 15; notification December 15) Early decision—Option II (Fall application deadline January 2; notification February 1) Regular freshman (Fall application deadline January 15; notification in late March) Transfer candidate (Fall application deadline March 1; notification May 1) Visiting student (Non-degree-seeking student. Follow same schedule as transfers)

country

*If you are a U.S. Permanent Resident, you must submit a photocopy of your Alien Registration (green card) with your application to Reed.

( ) Email address:

Fall of year:

Other citizenship: /visa type

Please name any relatives who have attended Reed, their relationship to you, and their years of attendance:

Yes No

(over) Fall 2004 Fall 2005

Application fee and payment form enclosed (see payment page)

yes

no

REED COLLEGE

Ofﬁce of Admission

Legal name: Permanent home address:

Mailing address: Daytime phone number: Proposed date of

college entry: Application type: (check one)

Have you submitted the Common Application online? Citizenship:

For which term did you previously apply? To which other colleges

are you applying?

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EARLY DECISION APPLICANTS (Early decision is not available for transfer applicants):

I hereby make application to Reed under the early decision plan with the understanding that, if accepted, I will withdraw all application submit-ted to other colleges, and I will not initiate any new applications. I will conﬁrm my intention to enroll at Reed College by submitting the required enrollment deposit by the speciﬁed date.

Signature Date

2005-06

ALL APPLICANTS:

My signature below indicates that all the information contained in this application is factually correct and honestly presented.

The following items are required of all reactivate applicants:

1) Common Application and Reed reactivate supplement 2) A $40 application fee

3) Final high school transcript (showing graduation date) or GED results;

4) Transcript(s) of any coursework you've taken after high school graduation or after earning your GED;

5) At least one new letter of recommendation (if you are reactivating as a transfer, this recommendation must be from a college professor). 6) Three essays, as described below:

A. Personal statement. Answer one of the essay options on the Common Application, or answer any question from another college's application. Be sure to state the question or prompt you are answering on the same page as your essay. If you have already written a personal statement that was submitted with your Common Application, you have completed this portion, unless you choose to submit a second personal statement.

B. "Why Reed?" essay. We know you answered this question the ﬁrst time you applied; however, we are interested in hearing your current perspective on why you continue to believe that Reed will be an appropriate place—academically and socially—for you to continue your education.

C. A statement addressing what you have been doing since you last applied to Reed.

OTHER SCHOOL INFORMATION:

I graduated from high school in (year). I did not graduate from high school.