Hello,
I did not add any universities to my QuestBridge regular decision form as I opted to only apply through Common App instead. However, I was told by the QuestBridge team that their college partners can still access my QuestBridge application. I found this to be true when I noticed that Rice automatically added my QuestBridge application to my applicant portal.
The problem now is that my Common App personal statement is similar to my QuestBridge essay because I chose to write on the same topic, assuming my QuestBridge application wouldn’t be accessed for admissions. Will the Ivy’s and other universities I apply to access my QuestBridge application as well and use that in my admissions decision regardless of the fact that I didn’t add these schools to my QuestBridge regular decision form? I would hate to seem lazy by repeating parts of my QuestBridge essays in my responses to questions regarding similar topics that are asked on the universities’ supplemental essay questions. One of the main reasons why I chose to apply only through Common App was to avoid exactly this problem of repeating myself. Does this mean I have no choice but to find completely new topics to write about for the supplements and hope the similarities between my Common App personal statement and my QuestBridge essay aren’t too detrimental?