<p>UW:3.71
W:4.0 (Almost all AP honors classes)
RANK: 40/660 (Top 6%ish)
Income:less than 30k
No house
Asian
33 ACT 8W
Dad went to college
First gen immigrant
~100hrs of volunteer work
I'm matching to all top colleges on the list (MIT/P/YALE/NOTRE D etc) but not sure if I should pick a school as a safety (I know the chances are low)
Also what schools do you guys think I have a decent shot at thats on the list for Match?</p>
<p>self bump 1234</p>
<p>You have a decent chance at becoming a finalist, but it is much harder to predict whether or not you will be matched…</p>
<p>none of the questbridge schools are safeties</p>
<p>shameless self bumb</p>
<p>Hi! First, let me say that, unfortunately, there are too many factors that go into the decision of whether or not someone will match or not for anyone on this board to tell you whether you will match or not. My son was a finalist, but did not match, so I have an idea about what it takes to match. The best I can tell you is that you seem like a good candidate to match and it would be a pity if you didn’t apply. The application is painful, but if you match, SO, SO worth it. Also, some on this board have said in the past that you don’t need a 0 EFC to match, but I have seen no evidence to dispute my belief that you do. If you have a 0 EFC, DO NOT THINK TWICE! Apply. You will never know if you would have matched if you don’t apply.</p>
<p>As for particular schools, my only suggestion would be to only apply to the schools that you would be happy to attend. There is no way to know which schools are looking for which demographics in any given year. If you aren’t positively sure you would be thrilled to go to a school, don’t list it unless it’s a non-binding school (MIT, Y, P and Stanford). </p>
<p>Good luck! I hope you’re applying for Gates Millenium, too. My son has several friends who won that, as well.</p>
<p>do you think I’ll have a higher chance because of my EFC (zero)?
Also I understand that Princeton requires two SAT tests along with the ACT+writing. Unfortunately I wont be taking the subject tests until October. Can I still choose Princeton as my match?</p>
<p>Almost everybody that gets matched has an EFC of 0, so that won’t really help (it won’t make you stand out or anything like that)… I could be wrong, so don’t take my word for it, but from my understanding you will be able to rank them (like I said check with QB and/or Princeton though)…</p>
<p>Here are last years acceptance (not match) statistics for last year. Think about LACs as they have pretty good acceptance rates. Some larger schools that accept over 20%–ND and Emory. YPM acceptance rates all less than 10% and so expand your horizons a bit. Sadly, I could not find the match statistics per school, but with a 0 EFC and loan limits these schools are still a major deal. Good luck!</p>
<p>[Acceptance</a> Rates](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-acceptance-rates]Acceptance”>http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-acceptance-rates)</p>
<p>Regarding 0 EFC… it differs from school to school, right? For example, wealthy schools may have a 60k cutoff under which you’ll be considered to have 0 EFC. Is this correct? My family’s income is around 60k for a family of five.</p>
<p>I found my EFC from fafsa so maybe you can try that.
Now I just gotta find a teacher that likes me enough to write me a letter of rec…</p>
<p>I think your EFC is more in line with what FAFSA says. Our income is well under $60,000, but we had an EFC considerably higher than 0. And, I disagree with Artsy in that there are a lot of Questbridge finalists who have EFCs over zero, and since it seems almost imperative that you have a zero EFC, having one DEFINITELY helps you stand out in the match round.</p>
<p>EC’s? You have a fine chance-all of your stats are ‘up there’ so to speak. Much will depend upon your essays, recs, and E.C.'s. I went to college, and my daughter was matched, so that didn’t matter in the final analysis. I am not sure what part of the country you are from-but some of the better, lesser known schools include: Swarthmore, Davidson, Haverford etc. Pamona took a huge number of QB kids, and Pamona is ranked near the top of every list…</p>
<p>curiously in the profiles that qb publishes to presumably help people decide whether it might be worth it to apply, they mention income and not EFC. But this thread , the claim is that EFC is important factor, which seems appropriate. You cd have a low income , but tons of other assets that yield a high EFC and therefore, I wd think, wd not be part of a qb needy person.</p>
<p>I wonder why qb does say what is the pctage of kids w/ zero EFC in their profiles?</p>
<p>[2012</a> National College Match Finalist Profile](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-finalist-profile]2012”>http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-finalist-profile)</p>
<p>[2012</a> National College Match Recipient Profile](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-match-recipient-profile]2012”>http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-match-recipient-profile)</p>
<p>my suspicion is that there is no good reason that they do not disclose this important factor and that it is an oversight on their part, or perhaps ( probably ) intentionally not thorough in order to get more app in the door.</p>