<p>So I just found out about QuestBridge today and have been going back and forth about using it.</p>
<p>My family definitely qualifies ($20000) and my stats are all really good (4.0, 2300) but I feel like I haven't really been hampered by my family's income level and I haven't worked to support my family. Will this just make it look like I'm using QuestBridge to gain an admissions advantage? I definitely need financial aid, but I think I would get it anyway from the schools I am looking at (Stanford, Yale, Princeton). Arggg what to do? Thanks all</p>
<p>Try it. You don’t have to have suffered from your family’s income level to apply.</p>
<p>You should start on it soon though; the application is due September 30th</p>
<p>Below is the FAQ that will answer many of your future questions.
[National</a> College Match Program: FAQ](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/faqs.html]National”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/faqs.html)</p>
<p>^Thanks, that helps a lot. Another question about it though… if I become a finalist and select certain schools to have my application forwarded to, will that be my “admission.” Will the college actually send me a letter of acceptance / denial and that’s it for that school? It also says I may have to use the CommonApp, but can my essays overlap a bit? Or between the QB essays and supplements (thinking of Stanford’s intellectual vitality)? Thanks again!</p>
<p>Again, your questions can be answered by referring to the FAQ; I posted the link above.</p>
<p>Once you are a finalist, that does not mean that you have been accepted yet.</p>
<p>imo, you should leave questbridge for people who have seriously suffered. You could be taking the spot of somebody who, like me, went hungry a lot of nights, woke up to an empty tree christmas morning, and/or wore the same pair of jeans to school every day. It wouldn’t give you a significant enough boost to even matter; ethically, you should leave it to people who need it to pay their application fees.</p>
<p>Sorry goldturtle, what you said is just plain wrong. I am sorry for you having a difficult childhood, but the OP CLEARLY qualifies for QB. You did read that he/she has a family income of $20,000? With stats that the OP has and family income, the OP is EXACTLY the target student for Questbridge, high achieving and low income. My D was a QB match a few years ago, yet she never “suffered” growing up. I have said many times on these threads that one need not have a hard luck sob story to be a QB candidate. Another thing, there are no “spots” to be taken. QB match students are chosen even before ED applicants. Nobody is taking the last spots in a class. They either choose you or they defer you to their RD pile.</p>
<p>Perhaps you read the OP’s income as $200,000?</p>
<p>Goldturtle proved that gold isn’t always better than silver.</p>