<p>^ especially because the QB application provides us with so many extra essays</p>
<p>Also, when do we turn in FAFSA/CSS and all the financial forms? </p>
<p>And also, we turn in our common app along with each schools’ supp. app. immediately after we find out we are finalists, right?</p>
<p>Also, October and November SAT tests will be used only for RD, right? </p>
<p>and I asked this already, but if I don’t make finalist status, I apply normally as if I had never known about questbridge, and if I do make finalist but do not get matched, then I can apply regular decision through questbridge again?</p>
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<p>Yes I do, and I am planning to schedule my interview before 10/20. And thanks! </p>
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<p>But on the fax cover sheet on the QB app, it says the counselor should fax both the transcript and the test scores…so idk. </p>
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<p>Yea, after 10/23. MIT uses the QB app in lieu of their own app.</p>
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<p>October SAT can be used for QB Match. November SAT will be used for RD. </p>
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<p>Yea that’s right; you can forward your QB app to RD colleges who are QB partners. If the college is not a QB partner, then you apply regularly through Common App.</p>
<p>Re the transcripts and scores:</p>
<p>This is a two-step process if it helps you to think of it that way. Part 1 deals with QB and Part 2 with the partner schools.</p>
<p>Step 1: You fill out your grades on the QB app. You self-report your scores on your QB app. You bring in the copy of your scores which the College Board sent you and have your guidance counselor fax them and a copy of your transcript to QB using the QB cover sheet.</p>
<p>Step 2: You have the College Board send your scores directly to the schools to which you are applying. You have your school send a copy of your transcript directly to the schools to which you are applying. </p>
<p>And now for our regularly repeated Public Service Announcement, 
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<p>Check the QB website. You will find exactly the info you need on what materials are to be submitted to the schools.</p>
<p>For materials need during the College Match process, see this webpage [College</a> Match Program: Requirements](<a href=“http://questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html]College”>http://questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html) and click on the schools’ names to read the requirements for each specific school. Note the page to which I’ve linked says all these materials have a deadline of Nov. 2nd for the College Match.</p>
<p>For materials needed during the Regular Decision process, see the overview on this page [QuestBridge</a> National College Match - Process Overview](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/process.html#Regular]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/process.html#Regular) and then look up the particular school’s requirements on the table found on this page: [QuestBridge</a> National College Match - Regular Decision Table](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/post_match.html]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/post_match.html)
This last link also gives the information on whether schools accept the QB application from finalists or non-finalists.</p>
<p>Wait, 2blue, if matched to a nonbinding school can you apply ED II? I don’t think you can, but it would makes sense if you could…</p>
<p>You CANNOT apply EA or ED to any other school if you get a non-binding match. You CAN apply Regular Decision if you get a non-binding match.</p>
<p>@2blue: This is an essential piece of information that is often overlooked/skipped. IMHO, CC should be used for questions that aren’t answered elsewhere; a simple Google search will give you the answers to about 90% of questions asked on this thread alone.</p>
<p>Also, the reason I asked such a redundant question is because ED2 is a much later date than ED1.</p>
<p>A word of advice for people who have to set up interviews.</p>
<p>It’s going to sound totally crazy, but try not to set up an interview that comes in mid-term. What i mean is don’t be one of those people who goes for an interview in between all the other students who are interviewing. If i were you, i would make sure to either go very early or very late. Psychologically, the interviewer and the adcoms will remember you more and you’ll be fresher in their minds if you don’t go in the middle. And contrary to popular belief, interviewing late doesn’t put you at any disadvantage. If they want you they’re gonna get you.</p>
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<p>Step 1 is due September 30th with the QB app, and Step 2 is due November 2nd to all your Match schools…right?</p>
<p>Because this whole issue of submitting other applications is both so important and potentially confusing I want to post the exact info on the QB site, found at [QuestBridge</a> National College Match Agreement Form](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/ncm/match_agreement.html]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/ncm/match_agreement.html). The excerpts are from items 2 and 3 on the link, and the asterisk explanations located at the bottom of that page. “NCM” is short for National College Match. Here on CC, I think we’ve usually been referring to this as the College Match process. </p>
<p>"QuestBridge NCM applicants may file Regular Decision applications at other colleges, but only with the understanding that these applications will be withdrawn and no new applications will be initiated if they are ‘‘Matched’’ with one of the QuestBridge partner colleges.* It is a violation of the regulations of this program to file an Early Decision, Single Choice Early Action, or Multi-Choice Early Action application elsewhere.** " (From item 2)</p>
<p>“Should a QuestBridge NCM finalist violate the binding provision of this program, the college has the right to withdraw their offers of admission and financial aid from the candidate. The college may also inform other schools of the violation.” (from item 3)</p>
<p>“*Being ‘‘Matched’’ at MIT, Notre Dame, Princeton, Stanford and Yale is not binding. You will not have to withdraw other applications if matched with one of these schools. You are not required to attend if matched.” (from the explanation of the * in item 2; see bottom of linked page to locate this)</p>
<p>“*<em>Even if you only rank the non-binding schools listed above, it is still a violation of the regulations of this program to file an Early Decision, Single Choice Early Action or Multi-Choice Early Action application elsewhere.” (from the explanation of the *</em> in item 2; see the bottom of the linked page to locate this)</p>
<p>tomjones, from the overview of the College Match process (<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/process.html):%5B/url%5D”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/process.html):</a></p>
<p>“Students complete and submit the QuestBridge online application and send in transcripts, test score reports, two teacher recommendations, and one counselor recommendation (Secondary School Report) by September 30.” (from item 1 on this linked page)</p>
<p>“Finalists participating in the College Match process submit additional required documents to the colleges that they have ranked by November 2. See College Specific Requirements for details.” (from item 6 on this linked page BUT KEEP READING FOR MORE IMPORTANT INFO.)</p>
<p>HERE"S THAT IMPORTANT INFO I JUST MENTIONED (Gosh, I feel like Billy Mayes…) </p>
<p>Be SURE to go to the pages which list requirements for each of the schools you have matched. Here’s the main page again from which you can access these: [College</a> Match Program: Requirements](<a href=“http://questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html]College”>http://questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html)
Click on the schools you’re ranking for their requirements.</p>
<p>From the MIT College Match requirements: “Request official score reports from the College Board and/or ACT as soon as you are notified of your QuestBridge finalist status on October 23. You should not use the “rush reporting” service.”</p>
<p>Now, contrast this with Bowdoin.
From the Bowdoin College Match requirements: “Students participating in the Match process need not submit official scores to Bowdoin College. Those who are matched with Bowdoin should send an official score report in December to verify the information on the QuestBridge application.”</p>
<p>Then contrast these with Northwestern:
“If official test scores are included on your official high school transcript, you do not need to submit any additional test score information to Northwestern. If official test scores are not included on your official high school transcript, please request official score reports from the College Board and/or ACT as soon as you are notified of your QuestBridge finalist status on October 23. You should not use the “rush reporting” service.”</p>
<p>Three different policies from three different schools. That’s why it is so important to go to the website and read the requirements for all the schools you rank. I didn’t go through all the partner schools’ pages. The majority I looked at have the same policy as MIT, but obviously you need to look each one up.</p>
<p>If you’re a Finalist don’t dawdle in getting all the required materials submitted so they have enough time to arrive. Each partner school’s College Match requirements page begins with the same exact paragraph:
“If you have ranked [school’s name] as one of your choices for the QuestBridge National College Match, the following four items must be submitted to the college as soon as you are notified of your finalist status on October 23. It is highly recommended that you begin this process in early October. If you do not submit the required materials by November 2, 2009, [school’s name] may choose not to consider your application for the College Match.”</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for the update. i’m in the middle of the application process and it’s very stressful running around the school to guidance counselor, teachers who are recommending me, etc etc. </p>
<p>Btw, is there any way to find out the SAT scores, leadership credentials, income, ethnicity, etc etc of any person accepted to Yale, Princeton, Stanford, or Emory through QB? For comparison at least? (because I don’t think my SAT is high enough…and thus a little insecure)</p>
<p>What are your SATs crystal? From the UPenn and Yale recipients i’ve talked to, i can say that they’re SATs have been 2150 and up. This sucks for me because i have a 2050 T_T</p>
<p>Well here’s the thing. I have a 2210 (not because my core subjects were high but because I aced writing) but I’m asian…and I’ve heard everywhere that the Ivy League schools gives asians a disadvantage. After all, there’s a billion of them with perfect 2400s (they’re nearly all rich, mind you, but still) </p>
<p>Oh, and did anyone pick the experience/diversity essay for Essay #1? Because I hope that it will stand out admist those who write about crazy chemical compounds in the “intellectually exciting” one.</p>
<p>crystal, you could search through the previous year’s QB thread to read the accepted students posts. </p>
<p>Also, remember most students are accepted during the Regular Decision process, not the Match Round.</p>
<p>I do remember reading a post from a super high stats kid who did not get matched to any of his schools. I also remember well a student who was not matched, but did get into Princeton during the regular decision process. I know that student was retaking the ACT in hopes of raising their score, but don’t know how the retake turned out. They had an SAT of 2080. More importantly, from that student’s posts, I thought they were a terrific person. “Plucky” was really a word that kept coming to my mind when reading them. You all need to have safety schools where you know you will be accepted and know you can afford, but don’t forget there’s more than stats when it comes to the College Match and RD.</p>
<p>You seem very knowledgeable about QB Ju_liaa based on your other posts. Is it because alot of people participate in QB around where you live? I didn’t find out until I got this letter in the mail, and I was like “oh, how convenient” lol</p>
<p>Thank you very much 2blue :)</p>
<p>I don’t know their stats, but I do know of Asian students admitted to Princeton & Yale through QB.</p>
<p>Crystal 91, you have been deceived by my posts XD </p>
<p>The area i live in is composed of (i don’t mean to offend anyone, it is simply their situation) rich white kids. My school has about 800 kids in it and only 7% aren’t white. I can say with certainty that I’m 1 of like 15 other poor kids in my grade (out of 200) who is overarching. And i only know of one other girl in my grade doing it, but her parents make way more than 60,000 a year and she is an only child. </p>
<p>I found out about QB by myself last year on this very website. At the time i was really depressed because i seriously though that i’d be going to community college (financial situation is wayy bad). QB really made me realize that i had more options, regardless of whether i became a finalist or not. I know so much because ever since i found out about the program i’ve been pretty much “studying it”. I’m sure you can agree that we’re all pretty good at that XD</p>
<p>The thing with my SAT score is that i got an 800 in writing, but my math section was laughable at best. I’m not retaking it, but i might do Math 1 in the upcoming Oct date.</p>