Official Questbridge National College Match 2010-2011

<p>How are those numbers discouraging for Asians? Over 30% of finalists were Asian - more than African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans combined.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if the College Match scholarship has to be re-evaluated yearly for all schools? I know Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, etc. explicitly say that one must reapply each year for the aid, but I was wondering if most schools guarantee the full scholarship for all four years, regardless of changing income. My dad works on commission, so his income fluctuates with the economy.</p>

<p>I have heard others state that most of QuestBridge’s partner schools will not match if the applicant’s EFC is nonzero. I noticed, however, that College Match results are sent out November 1st, yet the FAFSA does not come out until January 1st - how can the partner colleges know what your EFC is before they make their match decisions?</p>

<p>Match decisions come out December 1st, not November 1st. The beginning of November you find out about finalist status, and at that point you will be required to submit financial information to each school you have ranked and they will determine your preliminary EFC at that time.</p>

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30% of finalists were Asians but only 17% of matches are Asians. On the other hand…
Black/African Americans 13% -> 28%
Latino 18% -> 27%
Native American 3% -> 4%</p>

<p>There aren’t statistics for finalists accepted during RD but this situation is probably repeated.</p>

<p>Muffinish, QB forum is not the place to have an affirmative action debate. QB takes way more things into consideration than race. There is no what percent of asian finalists fell into the 0 EFC catagory that some of the partner schools are looking for. Also, you need to consider that the majority of Asian finalists were trying to match to a limited # of QB schools. I have no data on this, but from seeing the apps on CC for the past three years, MOST Asian students prefer only a few schools…Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford. That makes their chances of being matched considerably smaller. If asian finalists would expand their match list, I suspect their match rate would go up considerably. JMO.</p>

<p>GA2012MOM: My fault on the wrong date - absentmindedness on my part. Can you comment at all on these universities method of calculating ones EFC in comparison to the federal method? I ran the college board’s EFC calculator and I am right on the line for zero EFC.</p>

<p>Sorry Sferics, I can’t comment on that at all. When my D applied and was matched in 2007, there was no mention on these boards re the $0 EFC issue. If my D were applying now after hearing this $0 EFC stuff, I would still tell her the same thing. Follow your heart, apply for the Match round to those schools you would be thrilled to attend, then leave the rest up to the powers that be. Good luck!</p>

<p>GA2012MOM, I am not trying to start an affirmative action debate; there are plenty of those on CC. I too have no data on this but most of the QB-ers (regardless of ethnicity) that I met during school visits (both all-expense paid fall visits and spring accepted student weekends) ranked only non-binding schools, i.e. Princeton, Yale, and Stanford. This is probably what most of the stronger QB finalists did because they did not want to be locked to a school without even having the chance to visit.</p>

<p>If I apply to QB, become a finalist, and get matched with a college, can i reject the scholarship? I know many will be asking why would i do that, but what if i later get accepted to another school outside of QB that offers me full financial aid as well, and that school is my top choice, but it’s not a QB partner school?</p>

<p>^Depends on whether it’s binding or not. You can find the details on the QB website:</p>

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<p>[QuestBridge</a> National College Match - Process Overview](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/process.html]QuestBridge”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/process.html)</p>

<p>Hope that helped :)!</p>

<p>^That helped me too! Thanks!</p>

<p>I have heard that the acceptance rates for some school via questbridge is lower than their regular acceptance rate! Is this true?</p>

<p>Also, how is one’s yearly income factored if their parents are divorced, with one receiving child support from the other?</p>

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<p>It would depend on the strength of the applicants applying through QB vs. other applicants. Yes, you will get a tip or second look because you apply through QB, but you must be competetive in comparison to others.</p>

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<p>Most, if not all QB schools require the CSS profile in addition to the FAFSA. Both of your parents incomes will be included in assessing your financial aid package.</p>

<p>Does anyone know if it requires more essays to apply to more schools via questbridge… I mean, would applying to two schools be easier than applying to all 8??</p>

<p>How many essays do you have to write fopr each individual college?</p>

<p>11mkhan, you will have to check out each school’s listing to see if they ask for any additional essays. The QB website has not yet been updated for the 2010 Match cyle. However, you can take a look at last year’s requirements for each school to get some idea of what they may want. [College</a> Match Program: Requirements](<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge)
Just realize the requirements listed under each school may change.</p>

<p>thanks 2blue!</p>

<p>Does anyone know exactly when the Questbridge National College Match Application will go online? The website says, “early August.”</p>

<p>For reference, last year the application was released on August 3rd.</p>

<p>Also, they’ve edited the new partner colleges’ (Dartmouth & UVA) scholarship pages, and UVA’s all-grant award is mighty enticing.</p>

<p>We have access to the application now.</p>