Chance me for Questbridge please!!!!!

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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<p>I ranked Yale, Stanford, University of Chicago, and Northwestern. Do you think I will be a finalist and hopefully get matched?</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>Egyptian female (moved to the states in 8th grade)
GPA: UW 4.73/5.00 Weighted: 5.22/5.00
ACT: 33
SAT II: Bio:710 and taking Chem, Math 2, in November 2013
AP taken:
Sophomore year
Calculus BC: 3
World History: 3
Junior Year
English Language: 4
Biology: 3
AP courses taking this year:
Chemistry, Physics C, Statistics, French </p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Science Olympiad 3 years (wasn't available in my freshman year school)
Service Club 3 years (wasn't available in my freshman year school)
Tutoring
National Honor Society
French National Honor Society
French Club</p>

<p>Leadership:
Captain of Science Olympiad
LINK, a program in my high school to lead incoming freshman and help them have a smooth transition into high school
Senior leader in French club</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Tutoring middle school students
Volunteer at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital over the summer~30 hours
Volunteer at St. Alexius Medical Center
Other volunteer stuff in different places.</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
High Honor Roll
3rd place at Science Olympiad Regionals for Chemistry Lab event
AP Scholar with honor</p>

<p>My family's yearly income is ~ $24,000 and there are 6 members of the family.
What do you think? (btw sorry about the long post)</p>

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<p>You are good for finalist as long as you have great essays and recommendations(which most of us)
but you won’t cut for match because only kids with EFC zero get matched.
BUT! You can RD to whatever schools you want, and pretty sure you will get accepted with good fin aid.</p>

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<p>Did you rank?</p>

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<p>Yes I did, what do you mean EFC zero?</p>

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<p>paul2752, OP will undoubtedly have O EFC with income at or below 24K for a family of six. OP, EFC = estimated family contribution. It’s the amount that colleges calculate your family can afford to contribute to your tuition. Yours will be 0 at most if not all QB schools. You can run the NPC (Net Price Calculator) on each college’s website to check.</p>

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<p>We basically have the same stats Nerd16 :0</p>

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<p>How is she not 0 EFC? Six people living off of $24,000 strikes me as pretty darn low, even by QuestBridge standards.</p>

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<p>@negativekarma: We are awesome</p>

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<p>One more question, does the fact that we own our house decrease my chances (financially I mean). We bought it a couple years ago.</p>

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<p>ya but i mean if its a dirt poor house(no offense) than it prob wont affect ur chances</p>

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<p>It will only be important if you have substantial equity in the house. If you do then CSS profile schools will list you as have a EFC based on using part of that equity.</p>

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<p>Thank you :)</p>

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<p>^
I meant EFC zero sorry</p>

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<p>I know, I just didn’t understand what EFC is because I don’t know if our income would have to be lower since that is kinda low.</p>

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<p>I suggest you to visit this website to estimate your EFC. </p>

<p><a href=“https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/paying-your-share/expected-family-contribution-calculator[/url]”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/paying-your-share/expected-family-contribution-calculator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thank you. It was very helpful.</p>