<p>I don't know if I should apply for this scholarship because it says that it should be for people who have severe economic hardship, and incomes less than $60,000 per year. </p>
<p>My mom roughly makes $30,000 per year (give or take a few grand) and my dad is retired but his social security and pension make around $28,000 (give or take a few grand). </p>
<p>So I am right on the hovering point for the cut off in the income portion. We don't have that much in savings, so I would most likely have to win a scholarship or take out a loan for school. And parents probably can't afford to pay much of the loan, (and it would kill their savings), so I'll probably have to pay most of the loan. </p>
<p>Also, do the colleges review the applications sent by Questbridge? And if you are rejected for the Questbridge will it affect the regular admissions process???</p>
<p>Also, one more question. </p>
<p>I don’t know if I should put all my time into this program because I am only considering two schools in QB’s partership, which are Stanford and USC (I’m only looking at these two schools). I’m only looking to stay in California, all my relatives are out here and I am not leaving. So is it truly worth it?</p>
<p>Worth what? A few minutes of time to complete an application? The worst case is you get nothing the best case is you get something.</p>
<p>I’m having the same dilemma. </p>
<p>And to the person above, it’s not just a few minutes lol. Not only is it pretty in depth, but it requires two teacher recommendations (on top of the ones you need for the Common App) and three essays due in about a month. And they only select, what, like 20 students? And this scholarship is, from my understanding, supposed to be the for the underprivileged, like those living on 30k or less a year. So especially at this time of our lives, when we’re studying for ACT and SAT retakes, subject tests, writing college essays, and trying to keep up with our classes, we DO have to think about whether or not it’s worth it to funnel our precious time into certain things.</p>
<p>^^^Can’t you just use the same recommendations from the Questbridge for the Common App? </p>
<p>And if the Questbridge is due around late September, then I guess we can’t send in our October SAT scores to the colleges w/ the QB partnership??</p>
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Scratch that part out. I mixed that bit up with the Coca Cola scholarship (which is like 50, actually).</p>
<p>My S was a QB finalist and we had an income of just over 60k and he had no sob story. He was just a very strong student who didn’t let adversity get in his way. He’s also white.</p>
<p>It is very good to do the QB app because it certainly helps get out other applications without much stress/effort. </p>
<p>It’s also pretty awesome to get free application fees and free visits to college campuses.</p>
<p>GoodDoc, your numbers are off. Five years ago my daughter was a match recipient and that year there were 204 IIRC and the numbers have increased since then as have the number of partner colleges. OP, as I stated in another QB thread, 12% of finalists have incomes over $60K and 4% of match recipients do. No sob story needed. I say do it, what do you have to lose? At the absolute worst you have your essays and teacher rec’s taken care of. You also have the benefit of free apps if you are a finalist, and some if not a finalist. I would say to roll the dice, somebody has to win. My D knew she had a strong app but was NOT counting on being matched, she was looking for the other benefits of QB. Take a chance!</p>
<p>is it worth trying if my parents have a combined annual income of around 70k?</p>