<p>@Mare<em>Crisium: Ju</em>liaa is correct, you will be selected as a finalist, and then your college apps will be forwarded, which is when you will be reviewed by the schools you ranked.
For your next question, the counselors fill out a slightly different form, but their recommendation consists of a letter like the teacher’s as well. In large schools, many students do not know their counselor well. If you can, make sure to have several meetings with your counselor before she submits the recommendation; that way, they can get a good idea of who you are as a person as well as a student, and be able to formulate a proper letter.</p>
<p>Wait so is it better to use the same essay for the Common App main essay and the QB autobio/other essay? Or should my Common App essay be completely different from the 3 QB essays? Is there any advantage to this? Thanks!</p>
<p>I really don’t even care if there’s an advantage to it. I’m just gonna copy/paste the exact same essay. I mean i wrote a beast essay, and i dont think i can replace it with one to just “fill another space”</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but with those test scores, QB might be your only hope. You’ll probably not make it that way, either, but it will put your income and family issues more to the forefront while you continue to try to raise your scores, which you should definitely do. </p>
<p>If you get the scores up, you may have a shot of being taken from the QB pile (yes, there is such a thing) during RD. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, look at other QB partner schools. Some of the lesser known ones like Trinity and Haverford (great schools), etc. may be a better match. Good luck!</p>
<p>@tomjonesistheman: If you want, do the common app essay as well, but for sure put in the QB essays. IMO, the common app essay is pretty much going to end up with the same result as the QB essays, so in order to not risk being redundant, I wouldn’t put in yet another essay. On the other hand, if you have something more to say, adding another essay may be helpful. It really depends on the applicant.</p>
<p>I also think you should apply through QB.</p>
<p>Yeah try to get you test scores up but i would say you should do QB.</p>
<p>Oh boy i haven’t done any of the essays yet XD
Oh wellz…it’ll happen eventually right? Just gotta let it flow LOL</p>
<p>how do you plan on going to yale with a 1520</p>
<p>That’s a little harsh cs12345, I mean they are planning to re-take it. Instead of asking rude and redundant questions, shouldn’t we be trying to encourage the person do improve upon their score?</p>
<p>My advice is to study really hard to get a better score next time. I had a 200+ point jump on my SATs because i worked my butt off. Before i was at the level of competition with BU and Syracuse, and i bumped myself up (score wise) to Amherst and Vassar. Also, grades aren’t the only thing. You say that you’re a published poet? If you’re looking to go into something like creative writing, then that does carry a lot of weight.</p>
<p>On a final note, don’t limit yourself to Yale or expect to be accepted there. Kids with 2400s get rejected all the time, so it’s important to develop the same amount (or close to the same amount) of interest you have in Yale in other school. Think, what is a safety school i wouldn’t mind attending? What other QB partners (not ivies) interest me?
That sort of stuff…</p>
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<p>Kids with 2400s are rare in general. They wouldn’t even fill up the entering class at Yale. </p>
<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat_percentile_ranks_2008_composite_cr_m_w.pdf[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board; </p>
<p>But, yes, sometimes colleges prefer students with other characteristics besides the highest possible test scores. Apply if you are interested in the college, and good luck.</p>
<p>Kids with 2400s may be rare in general, but I am inclined to assume that schools like Yale is where the vast majority of those kids apply. So do they come in large numbers? No. But the fact is that a large number of them do apply there, and are therefore in line to be admitted or dismissed. From what i have read, many aren’t accepted because they’ve spent so much time focusing on academics that they’ve totally neglected the other aspects of an attractive college applicant.</p>
<p>@Jul_iaa: “All the time” is a little bit of an understatement. Out of 1.5 million test takers, only 300 received a score of 2400 (this is per year, about .02%). Often the students that become obsessed with receiving a perfect score neglect other parts of their application, like EC’s, which is probably why they are rejected.</p>
<p>@hiilikeyoux3: Your scores are very low. Otherwise, if you do well on APs and ECs and are an extraordinary student, I can see you possibly getting into QB. If you can hike your score up to the average QB score, 1940, you probably won’t have a problem. As for Yale, you’re going to need to be a competitive applicant: probably around 2150 at the lowest. There are many schools that would be great fits for you, so I would seriously search in other areas just in case you can’t raise your score high enough. For SAT prep, I recommend Xiggi’s method.</p>
<p>So I applied through QB last year and was matched with the scholarship 
Here’s some things I thought would be helpful to anyone applying this year…</p>
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<li><p>Even if you’re income is higher than the $60,000 “cutoff” they give you and you think that you need the scholarship, apply! Mine was $80,000.</p></li>
<li><p>Really make sure that you choose the order of your schools wisely. I got into my second choice, but am soooo happy. Now that I’m actually leaving, I would never want to go to my first choice because of the distance it is from home.</p></li>
<li><p>Definitely re-use the QB essays for the common app or other college applications, unless later down the line you feel they’re not “up-to-par.”
NOTE: If you don’t get the scholarship to a QB school and still apply RD and need to submit the common app, I wouldn’t advise using the same essays. I don’t know how that works exactly, but I’m sure they’d see that you did that.</p></li>
<li><p>Make sure your teachers/guidance counselor saves the recommendation letters they write for you! It’s really easy for other recommendations when they can just make minor changes. Plus, it saves you from finding a million great teachers to write them.</p></li>
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<p>Hope this helps!
If anyone has any personal question, feel free to message me and I’ll help to the best of my knowledge :)</p>
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<p>well im taking an SAT prep class so that should help and imretakign my ACT so if i get a REALLY good score on my ACT thne ill just submit that</p>
<p>and also praying</p>
<p>its farfteched but ive known ppl who’ve gotten lower scores than me and go to stanford & usc thhat gives me a bit of hope xD</p>
<p>well for QB im going to try to hit all the higher ivies along with amherst
my back up is UCI</p>
<p>@alexandrafitzmor
whats thhe last test date that QB accepts for the SAT & ACT?</p>
<p>wait what happens if you apply for QB and youre not selected as a finalist? can you still use your QB app to apply to colleegs RD or is it a totla waste of time?</p>
<p>For the recommendation waiver, should I waive my rights or not? Will my teachers + counselor see?</p>
<p>Also, I’m kind of confused as to which teacher to choose. My AP World teacher or my Hon Algebra 2 + Hon Precalc teacher. I’m definitely going to get one from my AP Bio teacher as I do well in her class and it is the class I’ve participated the most in high school. </p>
<p>I’m pretty good at math and do get A’s, but I lacked motivation in those two classes that I took. Main reason is because it always felt as if we were repeating everything from Algebra 1. I understand that they’re trying to build everything up slowly, but I just couldn’t take it. I just dozed off in class, or tried doing other science/math work. The teacher probably understands where I’m coming, but I don’t know if that will affect what goes on the letter. Also, she’s a math teacher…and I’m not sure she’s a great writer…</p>
<p>AP World on the other hand, wasn’t as bad. I was always sleepy because the class was early in the morning first semester (2nd period). During second semester, the class period was changed to my former spanish period (2nd period to 6th period). I guess I was just used to turning my brain off 6th period… Anyways, she’s a great writer, but as the only AP World teacher and me being less talkative, I’m not sure she really knows me.</p>
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<p>what? i wasn’t making fun of the person; i was wondering what he/she was doing to make up for poor test scores. don’t accuse me</p>