<p>She asked me to review and edit her application as I got into QB last year and I told her that her income might be too high but to apply anyways so she could get her name known for National College Match.</p>
<p>Her yearly income is 125k a year. Family of 4. No other financial hardships that she listed.
Her GPA is 3.66 UW and her SAT is 1760. She's first generation and her ethnicity is Hispanic.
As for extracurriculars, she's in Orchestra, National Honors Society and Key Club Secretary.
She was also in swim and tennis. </p>
<p>Her essays and recommendation were alright.</p>
<p>to be clear - you are saying that this applicant got into QB - meaning she got a match and a 4 yr free ride scholarship? when was this ? you said you got in last yr. if so, the QB match application has not even happened yet. it happens in sept of this yr.</p>
<p>No, she got the College Prep Scholarship. I only said National College Match, because I told her she should apply for the College Prep Scholarship so the admissions officers could become familiar with her name.</p>
<p>do you know if family owns their own home. I assume they do w/ HH income of 125k. Interesting that she even applied to QB when they say , if memory serves that the max income is 60k. I think that is called cojones in spanish. but power to her to get into a program for the financially needy when you are not financially needy.</p>
<p>my kid did not get in with a familiy income of 20k, 28 ACT -1st time took it as soph; I saw others in this thread who said they did not take it), nmbr 1 in hard HS, 4.7W, tons of ECs, but both parents are college ed, and she is caucasian.</p>
<p>If she did, that’s an awful lot of made up statistics. Seems unlikely.
And besides, QuestBridge is known for being a program for low-income students. </p>
<p>There’s nothing for her to be embarrassed about. The OP is likely in that spectrum as well, since they also received the QB scholarship.</p>
<p>The financial information section for QuestBridge is pretty extensive.</p>
<p>^ there is absolutely no magic factor in any particular order to being accepted as a QB finalists… absolutely none.</p>
<p>I think they look at each student and their partner schools and possibly evaluate the list of schools the student listed in regards to the probability of acceptance/match. Just a thought.</p>
<p>Essays and recommendations are undoubtedly vitally important.</p>
<p>It is a program that helps students from low-income families. Basically, you complete the QB application. This application includes 3 essays, 10ish short answers, 3 letters of recommendation (2 teacher & 1 guidance counselor) along with your ACT/SAT scores, transcripts etc… Two of the essays are standard commonapp essays that you will be able to reuse when you fill out the commonapp. The other is a personal essay which allows you to write about yourself and obstacles you have overcome. The application deadline is either September 30th or October 1st. So, you need to start working on this early. I would request your letters of recommendation before the end of your junior year. </p>
<p>Once you have submitted your application, you will have the opportunity to choose up to eight schools to apply to. This is called your match list. If you are selected as a finalist, you will have the opportunity to early apply to up to eight schools on your list. Some of the schools still require that you use the common app in addition to the QB application. You will need to look at each individual partner school to determine the requirements.</p>
<p>If you are not selected, there are several avenues you may follow. </p>
<p>1) Do not use your QB application at all and apply to all your schools through the common app.
2) Some of the partner schools prefer that you use your QB application to apply. This also is listed on the website under [Partner</a> Colleges](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge). You can click on any of the schools and go to app requirements. This will show you what the school requires.
3) Use both the common app and your QB application as a supplement.</p>
<p>It does seem kind of confusing. If you are even close to being eligible, I would use the application. My son was NOT selected as a finalist, but was contacted by quite a few schools who asked him to apply. Even though some of them said that they don’t waive the application fee, they all indicated that they would waive the application fee for my son. </p>
<p>Hope that my explanation helped. If you have any more questions, don’t hesitate to ask! :)</p>
<p>idic5 - I noticed your posts in a few QB threads and you seem (understandably) to want to figure out what factor(s) were determinative in your D not receiving the CPS. It seems there is no formula and the QB process is a genuinely holistic one in which they consider the individual students accomplishments, character, personal and financial challenges and unique life story. A girl I know well won the CPS award this year and her profile is similar to your D. She’s Causcasian with college grad parents but very low income, lower than yours. Stats: SAT 2270, W 4.6, junior class president, 2 varsity sports, NHS, 100+ hours comm service at hospital, studies 2 foreign languages at the college level, and plays 2 instruments. While this may not be unusual for a typical applicant to a selective college, it’s a huge accomplishment given her circumstances. Her family lost everything including home, car etc. some years ago and she has had to take care of invalid mother while father struggles with addiction. It’s a rough situation, the kids sometimes only eat lunch at school, no money for books or school supplies etc. and she has handled it with tremendous maturity and courage. She says her essay was terrible and she wrote it the last day. But I’m sure her recommendation was stellar as she is an impressive student. I think every CPS has a unique situation and a unique story to tell. If your D qualifies for QB and wants to pursue the College Match program in the fall, maybe she can spend this time this summer figuring out what her story actually is, who she is and why. If she lives in a household with a genuine 20K income, she probably has overcome numerous difficulties. She should figure out how to write about that in a personal compelling way. Good luck going forward…</p>
but power to her to get into a program for the financially needy when you are not financially needy.</p>