<p>I'm going to prepare to write my bio essay for QB in the summer, but I want to know how person should I be? And should I also talk about my parents, their background, or even someone in my family that I've never met hanged herself because of her life situation which then affected my dad (kinda too personal, my mom strongly disagrees on putting it on the essay)?</p>
<p>And who is going to be able to read and edit my essay if it's really personal? Not just this essay but the other essay.</p>
<p>Helloooooo</p>
<p>I’m also applying for CPS.</p>
<p>Yes, be personal, but it needs to be about your life. It can be that your parents fight all the time which impacts your ability to concentrate and do your homework. It can be that your parents do drugs (and how that impacts you), etc. How the death of someone affected your dad really doesn’t impact YOUR life particularly. You could simply say that a catastrophic event happened to my dad when he was younger and now he smothers me to protect me and doesn’t allow me to have a social life, blah blah blah… </p>
<p>QB is YOUR story, not someone else’s.</p>
<p>Right, my parents don’t do drugs or fight but the death of someone close to my dad affected his WHOLE life, he could’ve been so much better because he is extremely talented but there was no one there until he met my mother…and so our family would have more money potentially if that didn’t happen.</p>
<p>Make sure it revolves around YOU rather than your dad. I would think it’s a bit too personal but that’s just my opinion.</p>
<p>Right, yea thanks.</p>
<p>Anything that affected your dad’s whole life, and yours indirectly, is probably important enough to include, but it can be told simply in the extenuating circumstances sections. Do write the big essay about your own experiences because that’s the best way to make your voice heard. My son did his application like that and got matched.</p>
<p>Right. For CPS it’s only a bio essay right?
Also, did your son have a high enough SAT?
I think I won’t get over 2100 SAT at max…but people in my school (tiny school) got into UPENN with less than 2100, one got in with 1980 ED.</p>
<p>Be personal. It’s a college essay. What could you do?</p>
<p>Yea thanksss</p>
<p>So who can edit my essays if it’s very personal?</p>
<p>I got a few more questions.
So if I apply for CPS in March and write a biographical essay, do I write a different one for college match?
Also, I estimated that I am about top 25% of my class (65 people) that that’s because most of my classmates are really smart and we only have 2 advisories per grade and I have the SAME classmates for 4 years lol.
Would that be a bad thing for QB? And my SAT score won’t be that excellent, probably 1950-2050…
And even though I am an immigrant, it has been more than a few years (close to a decade) that I’ve been in the US…would that also be bad?</p>
<p>SATs are super fine. The application is holistic, so you’ll be looked at from all aspects of your life. I got a lower SAT than you and I was a Match finalist and I know other people that were too. Other people with those kinda of SATs got matched, so don’t be discouraged nor confident. Only 4-5% of the finalist are matched, so be prepared for the worse, but still, if your life story is amazing then you might a chance. As long as your family makes less than $40k a year, your a URM, and you have decent essays, you’re ALMOST guaranteed becoming a match finalist. I’ll just depend on the competition as questbridge is getting more and more applications each year, 9585 apps 2012 -> 12,818 apps 2013, and they’re only still taking 4-5k finalist.</p>
<p>The essays COUNT A LOT, let me tell you. Most people believe that’s the reason why they got matched. Is fine to reuse the essays since they even encourage it, but make sure to revise them thoroughly. </p>
<p>The immigrant part I’m not quite sure. As long as you were older than 6 or 7 when you got here I believe I’ll be a hook depending on your accomplishments, but it all depends. Show how you’ve improved and/ore that you have to improve your life situation. Try to get a job or internship next summer, those look good. I’ve been in the US for 6 year by the way.</p>
<p>Thanks. I am not URM since I’m asian but I definitely quality for the other things you’ve mentioned. What school this you get matched for? So you mean I’m almost guranteed? That’s great news, because I’ve been taking great responsibilities in my family for years and I would like to have something to come out of it.</p>
<p>This is from another thread that I posted but no one has been able to answer, please answer it!
Bump, so I got a question. I’ve been through a lot, tons of stress and I mean TONS (even now), a little bit of anxiety(sweating excessively), suicidal thoughts and semi depression during my middle school years, yet I was able to be in my school play for 2 years and be the lead role (no doublecasting) in 8th grade and I found out that I can actually sing. And also I have to take huge responsibilities since my parents do not know English (dad in foreign country, mom lives with me but her English is basic). We rely on each other to live but she cannot help me academically. My Language skills are so good that it can basically read a historical book in Chinese and understand all of it, and I left china when I was 8.
So my question is, is this all a huge factor that would allow me to get matched for qb? (family earns 15k)</p>
<p>And what about GPA? My unweighted is probably gonna be a 3.7-3.8. (3.8-3.9 in 11th grade)</p>
<p>Feel free to send me your essay. I’ve literally read hundreds of them. Also: join the Facebook group for your application class-the applicants are a wonderful support system for each other. No one is “guaranteed”, however, you certainly have a great chance. Your theme should be: I have achieved despite X, Y and Z…NOT, I failed to achieve because of X, Y and Z. If a test score is low, take the test again. Your application needs to show how you have overcome adversity, NOT how you have been defeated by obstacles.</p>
<p>Right, I understand that.
I joined the group and I’m waiting to be accepted.
Can someone answer my question more thoroughly? Lol.</p>