I was reading about Questbridge, and got a little confused. If we are rejected as National Match Finalists, do we also get to apply regular decision?
Also, if you apply through Questbridge for any of the non-binding schools, can you also apply to any other college ED?
Yes, people who are rejected for the Match can continue to apply through QB regular decision! I was rejected through the match, but I applied to three QB partner schools through regular decision and was accepted into all of them.
Also, as far as I know there’s no problem with applying to a non-QB school ED as long as none of the match schools you’re applying to are binding.
hufflepuffle congratulations!! It is such a huge accomplishment, three acceptances. When people ask why bother to do QB, and cite the low match rates, a situation like yours is the perfect reply.
adizzyone, maybe you should email QB. They respond really quickly. This seems to say that you CANNOT do both match and ED at a non-Questbridge school:
http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/early-application-policy
We had the same question last year. S was a finalist and chose to do EA at a Singe Choice early action school. In other words, he was a finalist who did not choose to do match. The EA school allows ONLY early action apps to state (public) schools. If he had not been accepted (deferred or rejected) he would have forwarded his QB apps to the partner schools he liked most. Like hufflepuffle, being a QB finalist and being able to use the QB app makes you stand out int he crowd!