<p>After going through the Questbridge site a few times, I am still confused on how it works. Since Yale, MIT, Princeton, and Stanford are all non-binding, what are the benefits of not listing any schools if the applicant can just apply to those 4 with no risk?</p>
<p>Also, if you become a finalist who isn't matched and only applied to those 4 colleges, do you get free applications to all of the QB partner colleges or only to those that you have ranked?</p>
<p>If you are accepted to the college match, and choose to rank those four schools, if one of the four also chooses you, then you are bound to attend that school. If you are not sure where you want to go, then your best bet is to not rank any. You can then have your applications forwarded to which ever school you would like at no charge.</p>
<p>On the QB website it says that Yale, MIT, Princeton, and Stanford are non-binding so you wouldn’t be forced to attend if you are matched. Also, you were saying that I would be able to forward my QB application to any school for regular decision including non-partner colleges?</p>
<p>@268919, you are correct. If you only rank the four non-binding schools, you are NOT obligated to attend them if matched. The only downside to ranking them would be that it keeps you from being able to apply EA or ED to any college, even non-QB schools. Also your odds of getting matched might be lower to those schools since not only are they among the most selective colleges in the world, but other QB applicants have the same idea, so they get lots of match applicants. But your odds are zero if you don’t try…</p>
<p>If you are not matched, but a finalist, you don’t have to pay application fees to any QB partner colleges. QB will forward your app to any of its partner schools that you list as of Dec. 15th, not just the ones you rank for the Match.</p>
<p>This flowchart answers these questions and is very helpful if you are still confused: [National</a> College Match Flowchart](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge)</p>
<p>You can apply to any non-QB colleges on your own (and you can apply for application fee waivers, if you qualify); I don’t believe QB will forward its app to non-partner schools.</p>
<p>I want to apply to MIT and Caltech via match.
So I need to fill out questbridge application, send GPA and recomendation before Sept.30.
How about Common App?
When is the due date for Common Appl?
Should I fill out before Sept. 30 too, or no?
How about interview for MIT?
Should I make appointment before I matched or after?</p>
<p>Hi! I’m also applying to through the QuestBridge Match, and I’m a little confused too.</p>
<p>If I apply and am matched to one of my ranked colleges, I’ll get a full tuition scholarship.
But if I am a finalist and I DON’t get matched, but later one of the QB colleges admits me, will I still get the full tuition scholarship, or does it depend?</p>
<p>@seniorsfo,
The material you submit by Sept. 30th goes to QB. November 1st is the deadline to submit additional Match requirements to the schools you rank. Each school’s requirements vary. </p>
<p>Cal tech is here [App</a> Requirements](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge)</p>
<p>MIT is here: [App</a> Requirements](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge)
and it says:
Interview (optional, but very strongly recommended)*
You can contact your MIT interviewer with the contact information provided through your MyMIT account. The deadline to contact your interviewer is October 20, 2011. If the deadline has passed, you should still make an effort to contact your interviewer; however, not all interviewers will be able to accommodate late requests.</p>
<p>The colleges use your QB app for the Match; if you are not matched, most schools (although not MIT) require the Common App to be considered for regular decision. The Common App due date is set by each school; most are Jan. 1st.</p>
<p>@LeftBrain
Match students are awarded full tuition, room and board, and usually a book and travel allowance, depending on the school.</p>
<p>For RD, it does depend:</p>
<p>“Admission through QuestBridge’s Regular Decision process is not binding and does not come with a guaranteed financial aid package; however, many finalists are admitted to our partner colleges each year with very generous financial aid packages. More than 1,200 QuestBridge applicants were admitted to our partner colleges this year through the Regular Decision process, which made attending that school very affordable for those students and their families.”</p>
<p>My son is one of those 1200 finalists and he did receive a very generous, no loan FA package.</p>
<p>@ scoutsmom: Thank you.</p>
<p>That has helped me make my decision as to whether to rank colleges on QB or not.</p>
<p>What are the benefits of filling out a QB app and not rank any colleges? Since you can only become a finalist but can’t be matched, what is the point of doing that?</p>
<p>Whether QB would be an advantage is a judgment call and only you know your circumstances well enough to make that call.</p>
<p>As a QB finalist, my son knew he had a strong application and competitive stats. He applied to 6 QB schools and got into 4, including 3 Ivies; he also was accepted to all 4 non-QB schools he tried for, including one Ivy. Was QB a critical difference? I guess we’ll never know for sure…he has great stats, but so do most of the applicants. Anything that sets your app apart from any other can be a deciding factor at a school that rejects 90%+ of its applicants. The QB process helped him put together a better application and saved us hundreds of dollars in app fees; that much I am sure of.</p>
<p>I put two of my teacher data for recommendation, but my button “Save & Continue” disapear.
I can’t add my counselor. What to do?
Only “Submit” button is visible.
Is that button for recommendation only, or to submit an application.
I didn’t finish my application yet.</p>
<p>Being chosen as a QB finalist is a boost in regular decision. The QB partner schools will also waive your app fees which is very helpful.</p>
<p>I have another question.</p>
<p>Say I ranked Yale (a non-binding school) on my list as number 1 and then Emory (a binding school) as number 2. Now, hypothetically, the planets align and I am accepted to both Yale and Emory. Even though I am not required to attend Yale, does that mean I’ll lose the full-ride Match scholarship I could have gotten at Emory?</p>
<p>@LeftBrain. Yes, you’d be matched with Yale and would never know Emory’s decision. I might be a little prejudiced, since I just dropped my son off at Yale, but that doesn’t seem like a bad outcome.</p>
<p>@scoutsmom: Thanks for the reply. So just for clarification: if I am matched with Yale, that means I will have a full ride should I choose to go there?</p>
<p>@LeftBrain. Yes. Our FA package included tuition, room, board, fees, a travel allowance ($300 for us) and a book allowance ($3,000) to get to a true COA (cost of attendance). We had a zero family contribution, but they had an expected summer employment contribution of $1500 from my son and $3000 in work study. And that was the RD package.</p>
<p>Also, you can use outside scholarships to offset the student earnings expectation.</p>
<p>@2blue and scoutsmom: Thanks.</p>
<p>For all of the QuestBridge colleges (except Rice) there is an expected “Student’s Summer Earning” contribution. Does that money come from summer programs at the university during the summer, or are matched finalists expected to find summer jobs (such as waitressing, etc.) over the summer?</p>