<p>Anyone know why my son got an email from one of the partner schools even though he was not chosen for the College Prep Scholarship?</p>
<p>Got an email back from Questbridge letting us know that this particular school sent out an email to students who weren’t selected. I didn’t know the information was shared with partner schools before the selection process.</p>
<p>OP S was selected as finalist for College Prep, a friend from his high school also applied but was not accepted. Both of them rec’d an email invitation to apply for a visit program, with a priority app date (ahead of deadline.) Our impression was that the college is inviting all applicants, not just finalists, to apply. Both of them are applying.</p>
<p>That’s really interesting, momcinco. My son didn’t get that invitation. I emailed Questbridge and they said this particular school mistakenly emailed people who weren’t selected for the program. The email literally says, “XXX welcomes you to Questbridge.” So, sounds like a different email than what your son and friend got.</p>
<p>I know our income is too high (75K for family of 5), and there are lots of kids out there who really have much less than we do and are more deserving of the help.</p>
<p>sbjdorlo, thanks for the reply. Good luck to you with your son’s search! Where is he thinking of applying, and what are his interests? By the way it is so considerate of you to look at it that way (“there are lots of kids out there who really have much less than we do and are more deserving of the help”) but I am sure you don’t sleep well at night when your family makes $75 K a year and colleges can cost $60 K a year! So I wish you all the best also.</p>
<p>momcinco–honestly, my 2015er isn’t showing much interest in looking at colleges. It all seems overwhelming to him since he has no clue what he really wants to study in college–maybe engineering, game design, animation, design, or music. So, it really makes it hard to know what to look for.</p>
<p>My oldest was most fortunate to get a lot of need-based aid as well as a yearly NM scholarship, so he is well situated to graduate with no debt. We all want that for our kids, don’t we??</p>
<p>In our case it was the opposite, D (eldest) was not motivated, S is. I dragged them both to many schools while trying to figure out the best strategy for each of them. They are very different! D’s SATs are 200 points lower than his in Math and she just wants to get in and out of school the sooner the better, while S is one of those lifelong student types. </p>
<p>I applaud your being able to get both need-based and merit aid. Unfortunately S probably won’t get NM since his PSAT writing was low, and we are in NY, which has a high bar. </p>