<p>@Custardapple101
I’m afraid I don’t understand what you’re asking.</p>
<p>A question… :)</p>
<p>Do we just leave the work experience section completely blank if we’ve never held a paid job?</p>
<p>If you apply to QB, are you automatically eligible to use its services or do only a handful get picked to use it while others have to apply normally?</p>
<p>You can’t do the College Match if you’re not chosen as a finalist. But you don’t have to be in the College Match if you’re a finalist, anyway.</p>
<p>@Luminouzz, that’s what I’m doing. I don’t know if it’ll look bad or like we’re not helping our families out. But my parents don’t want me to work and there aren’t any jobs available to me.</p>
<p>@Luminouzz and CoyoteBringsFire
I did QB last year and I too worried about not ever having a job. Even though it was legally impossible for me to work, I didn’t explain my situation because I didn’t want to sound whiny. Not working probably didn’t help me in the QB process, though… I’ve seen people with jobs but almost no other activities be matched to great schools.</p>
<p>Just to offer some comfort, I know of students who were matched who had nothing written in the work experience section.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I see the light at the end of the tunnel.</p>
<p>Could anyone answer my question?</p>
<p>I am an Asian immigrant who moved to the U.S. since high school, and I am one of few low income (EFC=0) students in my school (full of richest kids in the nation). Good academics and impressive EAs. Should I apply through the match? (not first generation though, parents are well educated in my home country, but no degrees in U.S.)</p>
<p>I’m also considering applying to a non-Quest school (Duke) through ED. But that means I have to not rank any of my dream schools at all. Can anyone tell which path is better for me to take? thanks!</p>
<p>^Which schools are you planning to rank through the match, and how high are they on your priority list?</p>
<p>Remember, if you get matched to a school, it’s binding (with the exception of Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT).</p>
<p>^^^^^^</p>
<p>Notre Dame as well.</p>
<p>^^I’ll rank all the non-binding schools and all the most selective ones; very high on my list.
I’d love to attend any school I ranked +Duke, but the problem is do I use college match or ED based on my situation I described above.</p>
<p>Which one would you love to attend more? If Duke is truly your number one choice (and you have the stats to back it up), then you may wish to consider ED for Duke.</p>
<p>I am asking like if you are middle-income, can you apply?</p>
<p>CustardApple, here’s what the QB website says regarding financial eligibility ([QuestBridge</a> National College Match - Selection Criteria](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/cmp/criteria.html]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/cmp/criteria.html)) : </p>
<p>"The National College Match is designed for students who come from families experiencing long-term economic challenges.</p>
<p>Some of the factors we use to assess financial need include:</p>
<pre><code> * Annual household income: Most College Match scholarship recipients have come from households earning less than $60,000 annually. If you come from a household earning more than this amount but still feel that you have faced economic hardship, there is room on the application to explain your situation.
* Additional information about household circumstances such as:
o Number of people in the household.
o The cost of living in your area.
o Whether your family owns a home and/or any other properties, a business or farm, or other substantial assets worth more than $10,000.
o Other financial commitments, such as medical bills or support payments to family members outside the United States."
</code></pre>
<p>According to the website, for 2009 2% of the Match recipients came from families with incomes over $60,000. ([National</a> College Match Program: 2009 College Match Recipient Profile](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/profiles_class2014/match.stats.html]National”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/profiles_class2014/match.stats.html)) Evidently these families faced some sort of economic hardship. Of finalists as a whole, 7% were from families with incomes over $60,000. ([National</a> College Match Program: 2009 College Match Finalist Profile](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/profiles_class2014/finalist.stats.html]National”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/profiles_class2014/finalist.stats.html))</p>
<p>Hopefully that info will give you an idea if you’re eligible.</p>
<p>Custardapple, I just took a look at some of your posts and it looks like you graduate in 2013. The College Match program is for seniors in high school. There is a QuestBridge program for juniors called College Prep which juniors apply for in the spring of their junior year. It is designed to help students prepare for college applications.</p>
<p>I have a question about SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>I’m a rising senior and in the process of applying. I haven’t taken any subject tests yet but I’m planning to in November because I want to take the Spanish with listening. On QB’s FAQ it says:</p>
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<p>Does that mean SAT subject tests aren’t technically required on the application? Taking my tests in November would mean that if I were to be selected as a finalist, the decision would come out before I had even taken them.</p>
<p>That’s right, christiner. You can list your subject test date on the application and list the SAT or ACT scores you’ve already received. Since you’ve evidently taken the SAT, you would be eligible to apply for the QB program and could be selected as a finalist. </p>
<p>Now, let’s assume you’ve been selected as a finalist. The last date you can take the SAT in time for consideration for the College Match is October. So, if you’re a finalist you have four choices. </p>
<ol>
<li><p>You could choose to participate in the College Match and only rank schools which do not require SAT subject tests. </p></li>
<li><p>You could choose to participate in the College Match and take different subject tests in October. That would allow you to meet the College Match testing requirements of more of the schools.</p></li>
<li><p>You could choose to forgo the College Match part of the program and only participate in the Regular Decision process. That would allow you to take the Spanish with listening in November. </p></li>
<li><p>You could see if you could register late to take the ACT with writing in September or you could check with the schools in which you’re interested to see if the October ACT with writing could be considered for the College Match. That would allow you to meet the College Match testing requirements of more of the schools.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>See the list of schools’ required tests to see each one’s requirements: [QuestBridge</a> College Match Program - Required Standardized Tests](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge) </p>
<p>You don’t mention a subject test other than the Spanish with writing. Of the schools requiring subject tests, it looks like all want to see two test scores.</p>
<p>So applying to schools like Princeton and Stanford that require commonapps and supplements, can you copy questbridge essays for all of those? Is it really any extra essay work?</p>
<p>It depends really. Some of the partner colleges will just ask you to use the essays from the QB app for the essays on their supplements; others have unique writing supplements that you should prepare for anyway.</p>
<p>In any case, you should “prepare for the worst.” You should have your supplements ready and polished in the case that you do not receive the scholarship (and if the university requires one). In fact, you might even consider applying to other universities regular decision too (if that applies to you).</p>