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<p>The most prominent advantage of this option would be the lack of a binding agreement to a Questbridge partner university.</p>
<p>So if you are chosen as a finalist, can you then not go to a college you applied for (normal decision) that you were accepted at?
For instance, I am applying to UF, and am gonna do QB…If I’m chosen as a finalist, I then have to go to one of the schools QB matches me with?</p>
<p>“The most prominent advantage of this option would be the lack of a binding agreement to a Questbridge partner university.”</p>
<p>Not when discussing applying through QB as a finalist rather than applying ED as a finalist. Both are binding.</p>
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<p>Ah, I thought that he was asking about just doing the Regular Decision option for QB. My bad!</p>
<p>Strikeb4ck, generally, you would have to accept the match with the QB partner college and cancel all applications from other universities.
There are a few exceptions to this rule, and they are QB colleges with non-binding decision. I know for sure Yale and MIT are non-binding. I think Princeton is as well. There are a few more, and they can be found on the QB site. You could match with these colleges and still choose any other college to applied to early decision. The disadvantage of these schools is that your scholarship is under review every year. If your family’s income changes, you could lose your QB scholarship.</p>
<p>Ah, thanks.
So basically, if it is a non binding college, then my scholarship is under review every year, but if I go to a binding one, the scholarship is given and can’t be taken away for things like income changes?</p>
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<p>No, as far as I know all QB schools require that you fill out FAFSA and CSS (or that schools equivilant) every year. My D was matched to a binding school and I fill both out, and if circumstances change, then our FA package would change accordingly. FAFSA is necessary every year so the college can get a Pell Grant as part of your package.</p>
<p>GA2012MOM, I didn’t know that. QB states that if you are matched you get a full four year scholarship to your match institution. I’m definitely curious to know now whether a QB scholarship can in fact be taken away and what the income increase would have to be for this to happen.</p>
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<p>I believe their table is wrong. If you’re applying through the Match, you cannot apply ED. But if you’re a finalist who opts out, you may apply ED.</p>
<p>Take Dartmouth, for instance. On the RD Table, it says one may not apply ED. However, check out Dartmouth’s own website: [url=<a href=“Apply to Dartmouth | Dartmouth Admissions”>Apply to Dartmouth | Dartmouth Admissions]QuestBridge[/url</a>]</p>
<p>*Finalists who do not wish to participate in the National College Match may apply to Dartmouth under our Early Decision program. *</p>
<p>I was wondering if you put some nonbinding schools at the top of your list for the college match, and you put some nonbinding schools below them. If you choose to not go to one of the binding schools, do you ahve to go to the binding schools below it?</p>
<p>^ It will go according to how you ranked your universities, so choose carefully when you rank the partner colleges.</p>
<p>So, I know everyone has already asked this question, but I don’t have time to wade through all these pages looking for it…</p>
<p>What are my chances of winning the National College Match, and should I bother with it?
My family makes around 60k a year, give or take. My brother has been going to college for about a year, so I hear that almost cuts our income in half, because he didn’t get much financial aid at all. My grades and test scores are stellar, and I think I do a mediocre job of essay writing.</p>
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<p>[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>
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<p>[National</a> College Match Program: 2009 College Match Recipient Profile](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge)</p>
<p>I have a question regarding the questbridge application. The application requires two letts of recommendation. Do those recommendation letters get viewed by the colleges that you put on your list? (assuming that I do become a finalist). </p>
<p>What I am trying to get at is whether or not I would need new recommendation letters for the schools i apply to through College Match.</p>
<p>It depends on the college for the College Match process, guezmike. Stanford, for example, requires you to re-submit most parts of the application, including the letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>[College</a> Match Program: Requirements](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html]College”>http://www.questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html)</p>
<p>Hi. let’s say someone wants to rank a non-binding school #1; then I rank a binding one the next and if that person gets admitted by both does she or he get a chance to choose since the highest ranked college is non-binding and one might choose not to attend. In other words, does QB just match people with the highest ranked college that have admitted someone no matter if it’s binding or not?</p>
<p>^ QB matches people with their highest ranked college and you don’t get to choose. In fact, you may never know whether your #2 school accepted you or not.</p>
<p>I have one more question: For those partner colleges, such as Stanford, that require both common app and supplements, does that mean their admission officers is not gonna read the QB app? If so then the QB app is only evaluated by the QB staff. Right?</p>
<p>I have a general sort of question.</p>
<p>How difficult is it to become a finalist? I know the chances of getting Matched are really low, and I’m okay with that: the kick start to doing apps early and the small advantage in RD is plenty. I just really don’t want to put in all this work and end up not even being a finalist. Yeah yeah, whine on… 
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<p>But basically, is the non-finalist to finalist round just checking that you are in the basic qualification range (under 60k, top 10%, good scores, check!) or is it a rigorous screening process? Since about half make it through, I’m hoping it’s the former, but that may be wishful thinking.</p>
<p>My impression is that the cut to make finalist stage is more holistic than the check process you first describe. I don’t think it is purely stats-based, but rather a look at the student within their context. For example, I heard an admissions officer from one of the QB partner schools talk about an admitted student. (I don’t know for sure if the student was admitted through QB or had just applied directly to the school on her own.) The student had SAT scores that were far below those of the school’s usual admitted students. But looking at the school profile, the admissions committee saw that the student was from a school with abysmal SAT scores. Within that local context, the student’s scores were outstanding. They saw what she had achieved and admitted her on that basis. Some finalists may have lower GPAs, but have some very impressive accomplishments. </p>
<p>(For those who may not know, the school profile is a sheet your guidance counselor should have which gives information about your school such as a description of your community, your school’s graduation rate, whether grades are weighted, average SAT scores and GPA, etc. It is designed to help admissions officers get a better understanding of your academic background.)</p>
<p>Personally, I think it is worth the work to complete the QB app. Even if you don’t make it to the finalist stage, you’re ahead on your essays and have your rec letters written. That’s all good.</p>