<p>lol, this question is not as serious as the thread title makes it seem...</p>
<p>what were your deferral/rejection letters like? Were they the 8.5x11 envelopes? or were they just normal business letters?</p>
<p>Were they fat or thin?</p>
<p>I thought someone said they were e-mailed...maybe not though.</p>
<p>they were emails saying...."hey you didn't get accepted by any of the colleges. Better luck during the Regular Round. BYE!"</p>
<p>this is what the email basically said</p>
<p>oh, so it was a multiple application type thing.</p>
<p>hmmm gq, mind posting the email? (lol u dont gotz to)</p>
<p>Dear Jikyu,</p>
<p>Thank you for applying to the QuestBridge College Match program. Given the high level of qualifications of this year’s QuestBridge finalists, our partner colleges struggled to make their College Match scholarship decisions and ultimately selected only 104 students. Unfortunately, you were not matched with a QuestBridge partner school through the College Match.
It is important to understand that the College Match results are not an indication of your potential as a regular admissions applicant at our partner colleges. Last year, the number of QuestBridge finalists who were admitted to our partner colleges through the regular decision application process was more than four times the number of students who were admitted through the College Match. Each of these students was offered a generous financial aid award, as all of our partner colleges are committed to making higher education affordable to admitted students. This year, we are aiming to increase the number of QuestBridge finalists accepted by our partner colleges via regular decision to over 500.</p>
<p>We selected you as a finalist because we believe that you have the qualifications to be a competitive candidate for admission at our partner colleges. We encourage you to use your QuestBridge application as a regular decision application to those of our partner colleges that you are interested in attending. Please visit our Regular Admissions Process webpage for more information on your next steps: <a href="http://www.questbridge.org/students/post_match.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.questbridge.org/students/post_match.html</a></p>
<p>As you move forward, feel free to contact us with any questions regarding the college admissions process. Also, you can continue to utilize the QuestBridge forums to meet and learn from other high-achieving students who aspire to attend leading colleges.</p>
<p>We hope that the QuestBridge application process has provided you with valuable experience and information relating to college admissions. We appreciate all of your efforts and commend you for your dedication to academic achievement and personal development. All of our finalists remain members of the QuestBridge community. We hope that you will keep in touch and let us know where you choose to go to college so that we can keep you informed as we expand the opportunities we offer through our programs.</p>
<p>We wish you the best of luck in your educational pursuits, and we thank you again for applying to QuestBridge.</p>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>QuestBridge</p>
<p>wait so gq, will u still apply through QB for RD round? would that still make it harder?</p>
<p>What are the advantages of applying through QB if admissions are so difficult?</p>
<p>bltes, i think QB applicants are guaranteed full tuition if they get in through the QB application. cuz its only for low-income, high achieving students</p>
<p>I THOUGHT we were considered the exactly the same as ED people. I was wrong. In order to be a QUESTBRIDGE Applicant and Reciever you have to have experienced extreme circumstances and overcame them w/ very low income. my income is one of the highest among the Questbrdige finalists.</p>
<p>does 104 students mean 104 have already gotten into princeton or 104 have gotten into one of the "colleges" associated with QB? which colleges does it include?</p>
<p>also, do you know how many QB applicants there were to princeton ED?</p>
<p>hmmm id appreciate it as well if someone could find out/post stats on how many ED slots were taken up by Questbridge people</p>
<p>like 2 got into princeton, the rest of them went to....9 other colleges (from what i heard)</p>
<p>Wow, that's a big jump from last year--I looked on the QB website and it said that 45 got in (total, to all colleges) through the match program last year. It seems nearly impossible to get into your "match" college, and I admire you for trying, gqunit!</p>
<p>Wow that must be tough....
How many QB applicants are there total then?</p>
<p>wat da....WHY WOULD ANYONE APPLY QB!!! WHO CARES ABOUT THE FULL TUITION!!!?!?! GETTING IN IS BETTER, EVEN IF U HAVE TO SPEND THE REST OF UR LIFE PAYING OFF!(maybe not:))</p>
<p>hmmmmm i dont understand , if ppl have really low income, P'ton will definitely pay full (full for families w/ 40k or less). even if its higher, the offer would still be very generous. so why would anyone do QB?</p>
<p>someone explain to me why anyone would apply QB to P'ton</p>
<p>anyone who would apply QB to P'ton is dumb. like me. DO NOT DO IT!!!!!</p>
<p>anyways....the ~40 people who got into P'ton via QB last year was ALL THROUGH REGULAR DECISION, not the early round QB.</p>
<p>Well, I thought that low-income was a plus, because it shows that you achieved the same, or better than, people who had every opportunity. So, more potential. But I guess maybe not the case, from the QB results..</p>
<p>i think that means u have an excellent shot RD, gq!</p>
<p>yeah i was wondering why you would apply QB if you only wanted to go to Princeton--my friend got matched to Amherst for a full ride but the only reason that worked out better for him was because he ranked both Williams and Amherst through QB and really didnt care where he went</p>