<p>^^^^^^^</p>
<p>MIT won’t get that app unless you push “submit.” I assume when you say you have started filling it out, that you are just saving it. No need to submit their app, assuming you are a finalist. Don’t forget to schedule an interview.</p>
<p>Alright thanks! And the interview should be scheduled by October 20th right? Since I am doing EA.</p>
<p>Yes, contact your interviewer through your myMIT account or whatever they call it, but the sooner the better as the interviewer in your area could be very busy.</p>
<p>@tomjonesistheman: It gives you another review, which is almost always advantageous.</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I’m possibly posting something that’s been asked before (and it may seem redundant) but here goes. </p>
<p>I’m thinking about QB but I’m confused about one thing. I have yet to take my SAT I and SAT II’s - I’m taking them in October and November, but the QB application is due September 30th. Does that mean that in order to apply for QB I would have had to be finished with all my testing before September? It’s basically like applying Early Decision, correct? </p>
<p>I know there’s a regular decision option with QB: does that mean I can hold off sending my application until December, when I have all my test scores?</p>
<p>I think that in order to even be considered for regular decision through questbridge, you have to be a finalist first. And in order to “try out” for finalist position, you have to send in your stuff by September 30…they said that the latest testing date for this date ended in June. But they did say that while accepting you without any test scores can be “esp. challenging” it’s not impossible. Esp. if you have other great credentials.</p>
<p>I wish that there was a generator that can tell you how much of a chance you have for getting into a certain college (like Yale…my dream school). I feel like I’m only the average applicant and there’s SO MUCH pressure from my family. </p>
<p>Btw, I had a friend of a friend…of a friend…who was able to score two free plane tickets a year to go to Yale like 2 years ago and onward. I didn’t know the scholarship includes plane tickets. Is this true?</p>
<p>Oh, one more post, haha. Is 97 considered an A+? I wasn’t sure if it was or just an A and I don’t want to “lie” and put A+. I’ve got mixed answers on google. What did you guys do?</p>
<p>The National College Match provides the plane tickets too! ;D</p>
<p>If one thinks that the list for ec’s is too short, how should one go about creating and sending a resume listing other accomplishments?</p>
<p>Or would that be sent with the Common App?</p>
<p>And would I have to print out the recommendation forms from the Common App to give to my 2 recommenders for Regular Decision schools? Do the QB schools that I will forward apps to for Regular Decision accept the QB recommendations? Confusing -_-</p>
<p>your sister got accepted? wow. where did she go? </p>
<p>if you don’t mind mentioning it, what were her stats? (gpa, sat/act, ec’s)</p>
<p>Actually, I think they just need the SAt or ACt to be a finalist, and then you have until november 2 (which is the deadline to submit the stuff to the colleges) to take the other tests. </p>
<p>Oh, and if anyone knows better, correct me if I’m wrong, because I also haven’t taken the SAT subject tests either or the ACT…</p>
<p>We keep going back and forth about my son applying through Questbridge. While he has the high academics and the low income, he hasn’t gone through life disadvantaged or with any great setbacks he’s had to overcome. His biggest challenge has probably been living in a small, poor, rural area surrounded by high HS drop-out rates and apathy. But even this is advantageous to a degree because he is a standout amongst his peers.
His dad and I are still married. We just don’t make much money even though we have college degrees. We own a beautiful home we built 3 years ago and thankfully have equity that we’ve been able to tap into the last few years, while our income has been super low. </p>
<p>Son first considered Questbridge because two of his reach schools, Princeton and MIT, are partner colleges and non-binding. He’s also interested in Rice. Cornell (not a partner), however, is his first choice. Because of scholarship opportunities at his in-state safety, we’re thinking he needs to apply there Early Action. Therefore, he’d have to use QB only during the RD round.</p>
<p>I guess my hang up is knowing that there are so many more kids out there in worse financial and personal situations.</p>
<p>Jimmy28, your S sounds like a perfect candidate for QB. Just the fact that he is high achieving from a poor rural area would make him stand out. Not all QB Match kids have overcome huge obstacles or setbacks, I know my D didn’t. Other than being low income from a single mom, she is an ordinary girl. If you read back through the QB threads from the last 2 years, you will see that there were match recipients from two parent households, who are also homeowners. In case you haven’t seen it, here is the match recipient profile from last year.</p>
<p>[National</a> College Match Program: 2008 College Match Recipient Profile](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/profiles_class2013/stats.html]National”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/profiles_class2013/stats.html)</p>
<p>Here is some data from the 2008 Match process if anyone is curious. I was surprised to see Princeton #1. (This is, in order, the number of Match recipients for each partner college. This does not include the possibility of being matched to several schools. For example, if Yale and Princeton both wanted a student, but Princeton was ranked higher, only Princeton gets the count.)</p>
<p>PRINCETON 31
PENN 25
YALE 17
WESLEYAN 16
CHICAGO 14
NORTHWESTERN 14
STANFORD 12
VASSAR 12
WILLIAMS 12
COLUMBIA 11
EMORY 11
NOTRE DAME 10
TRINITY 10
AMHERST 9
BOWDOIN 8
HAVERFORD 8
POMONA 8
MIT 6
RICE 6
WELLESLEY 5
SWARTHMORE 4
CALTECH 3
SCRIPPS 3
OBERLIN 2
PARSONS 2</p>
<p>BTW it adds up to 259 which is strange since there were 260 match recipients…</p>
<p>Hey did you guys know that there is no point in using QB for the RD round of Columbia? Check this out:</p>
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<p>What other schools do this? :(</p>
<p>Wait, should I talk about financial difficulties in my essays? I mean, they have shaped me, but I don’t think it’s the most difficult thing I’ve overcome.</p>
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<p>They still see that you were a Finalist, which helps. </p>
<p>And yea 31 from Princeton is a lot. Too bad only 2 were Asians (Chinese, Korean, Japanese)</p>
<p>I have a few questions:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Does the income QB lists in their match profile refer to AGI on tax returns?</p></li>
<li><p>Would my going to a private high school (FA cuts costs significantly) make it seems as though I’m not low income?</p></li>
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<p>Yeah even when it comes to scholarships like QB it comes down to the schools decision…asians are ORM at a lot of top schools these days. Just step into the Columbia campus XD</p>