<p>Hello fellow finalists! This thread is for everyone who forwarded their QB app on Dec. 2nd to post their decisions (Questbridge schools only). Hopefully this will give future applicants some insight into the RD process. :)</p>
<p>I'll start: </p>
<p>Stanford: Rejected
Pomona College: Rejected
Princeton: Waitlisted
Brown: Waitlisted
University of Southern California: Accepted! :)</p>
<p>Which school will you likely be attending (Questbridge or non-Questbridge): USC! #FightOn :)</p>
<p>congrats, Lilliana330. out of curiousity, how far are you from USC ? are you going for a visit?</p>
<p>@roderick Thanks! I’m about 4 hours away by car; already visited during the Explore USC program. :)</p>
<p>My daughter was a Questbridge finalist. She applied to 32 QB schools. Waitlisted at 7 and accepted at one. IT WAS A LONG HARD road SHE MADE IT OUT THE OTHER END AND IS NOW A Questbridge Scholar. This process is not for the faint of heart. Would she do it again? Yes! She also applied to 34 other schools and was accepted at all of them. She had plenty of back ups if QB did not work out. They were all free applications and many were either CA or no essays. She was given these opportunities due to her straight A’s and graduating first in her class. She is not a minority and represents zero diversity. It is much harder to get in Ivies and other schools if you do not fill any of their diversity needs and yet you still need financial aid. Basically the Caucasian students who need financial aid are definitely going to have a harder time. We know this is true because of knowing the stats of some minority students were much lower or the same as my daughter’s yet they got in several QB schools and Ivies. I would NOT let this hold you back because it is still possible. When we are talking about a couple hundred thousand in FA being awarded to attend one school for four years no one should expect it to be an easy process. Also be prepared to pay for CSS profiles and test scores. It could cost as much as 1000 to get that accomplished but then again look at how much money you stand to gain. The QB finalist who get in to a QB partner school is approximately 40-50%. Those are petty good odds. The crap shoot is well worth the rewards. Good luck!</p>
<p>*pretty</p>
<p>@Smartypantsmom60 Wow, that’s a lot of apps. 
It is a tough process, though; they don’t kid when they say “apply to non-QB schools as well.” Congrats to your daughter, though! If you don’t mind, which QB school was she accepted to? (:</p>
<p>It will make it very obvious who she is since there are so few Caucasians as QB finalists. She got in a Top Tier school in the most difficult to get in category and top ten National Universities. We are very satisfied but had to cast a very wide net. </p>
<p>I applied to a decent number of partners (I think around 25) as a QB finalist and CPS. I was ultimately accepted at one and waitlisted at four.</p>
<p>Hmm seems like we all received only one QB acceptance. I wonder if the partner schools consult between each other on QB finalists, in order to maximize yield…</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptance! I live near USC and visited a few times and it’s amazing. I am applying quest bridge next year. Also to answer your question on the “we all received only one QB acceptance.” There is a kid at my school that got accepted into Dartmouth, Emory, and MIT. I just hope I get into one congrats again. :D</p>
<p>^ Thank you (: Congrats to your friend!! Theory disproven lol. Good luck to you next year :)</p>
<p>@Lilliana330 God I hope I get it. I just want to get into one, just one. T_T</p>
<p>@Migoto Haha. Don’t limit yourself to only QB schools, though. Many wonderful fits can be found outside their spectrum. :)</p>
<p>@Lilliana330 I won’t I just finished my reach list. Going to look up safe school I like now.</p>
<p>@Migoto Don’t forget about matches as well!</p>
<p>I know a kid who applied to too many QB and non QB and has dozens of acceptances, it is too much. Spread a wide net yes but try not to get ridiculous about it. At least 6 acceptances were QB partners, probably more that I didn’t hear about–going to one on full merit and not the Ivy. </p>
<p>Due to reason I won’t share, I only ended up applying to two QB schools: wait-listed and rejected. If circumstances had been different, I would have cast a wider net and I strongly recommend to next year’s unmatched finalist that they at least apply to 10 partner schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing, @TiredQuibbler. Hope you found a college you’ll be happy at. Another point is to make sure those schools have varying selectivity rates. Instead of picking all partner schools with acceptance rates less than 10%, have a few from each range (5-10%, 10-20%, 20-30%).</p>