<p>I still only see “The National College Match application will be available in early August.” :(</p>
<p>You may wish to refresh. The same initial page was shown to me, but I refreshed the page and the link appeared :D</p>
<p>I’m filling out the QB application, and I have a couple of questions.
First, when explaining my career goals, my reason is because I think it’ll help the most people possible. But that sounds kind of cheezy… should I try to be less “do-gooder” because I might seem insincere? That really is my reasoning though.</p>
<p>Second, when it offers an explanation of household or parent situation, if we don’t fit in any of the Examples given, should we just explain our parents/household or is that not what this is for?</p>
<p>Ok, I have a question. I’m sorry if this has been covered before, but I can’t find the answer. If I choose to apply to Questbridge and not rank any colleges (provided I become a finalist), when will I be told if I was accepted into any of them? Also, if I apply regular decision Questbridge, will I be able to apply to other schools early action?</p>
<p>After calculating my family’s EFC, it appears we are just barely not pell grant eligible. Must one be eligible to qualify for QuestBridge?</p>
<p>@hahalolk: You don’t have to be eligible for pell to apply for QB.</p>
<p>@Brooklyn24601 If you apply to Questbridge and become a finalist, but choose not to rank any college, you will be seen as opting out of the National College Process, which means you will not be considered by any of Questbridge’s partner college via the Match process. You will only hear about your admission decisions if you apply to them ED/EA or RD.
Also, I could not fathom what you were trying to ask with the second question as there is no such thing as ‘regular decision Questbridge’. Normally, when people say they applied to colleges via Questbridge, they’re implying that they participated in the Match process. If, as you mentioned in your first question, you opt out of the Match, you will be free to apply to any college that interests you, early action or regular decision, except for that you’ll be in possession of the honor of being a Questbridge finalist.</p>
<p>@hahlolk Not necessarily. On Questbridge’s official website, the only financial eligibilities explicitly stated are: 1. income under 60k 2. no extraordinary assets. Even so, there’re a few applicants with family annual income over 60k that get chosen as finalists and ultimately get matched every year.</p>
<p>Regular Decision QB (from my understanding) is if you were a finalist, but not matched. What happens then is your QB app is forwarded to the respective colleges that participate in the program, and you still go along with the application process almost like normal. With exception to say, essay, because sometimes they suggest that you recycle your essays! :D</p>
<p>gaginang is right; QB has a special RD process for unmatched finalists. Depending on the school, your app may be used in lieu of the school’s regular application–sort of like a special common app. For some schools though, a common app is also required, as gaginang said. More info and school specifics here: [QuestBridge</a> National College Match - Regular Decision Table](<a href=“QuestBridge”>http://questbridge.org/students/post_match.html)</p>
<p>Edit: I found a nice graphic outlining the process here: <a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/students/flowchart.html[/url]”>http://www.questbridge.org/students/flowchart.html</a></p>
<p>To those of you who also applied to the college prep scholarship as juniors, are you going to have the same teacher write a letter of recommendation for the college match scholarship?</p>
<p>Thank you, spiritualwitch and mathematicism. I was just wondering because the Gates scholarship is like that.</p>
<p>I have a question. My guidance counselor has been promoted and we have a new guidance counselor for senior year. Is it okay if my old counselor writes the recommendation letter instead of my new counselor because my old counselor has known me for 2 years and understands my situation better. Does the current counselor have to write the recommendation?</p>
<p>I don’t think that means, snowing, as long as your old counselor still has an administrative-like position.</p>
<p>My old counselor still has an administrative-like postion 
Do you think I should ask her for the recommendation? Also, if I become finalist, the counselor recommendation is going to be forwarded to all the colleges that I rank, do those colleges care?</p>
<p>^^ Sorry that I did not edit my post in time so that it would make sense. :)</p>
<p>I think it would be fine.</p>
<p>It’s fine. Thanks for your advice, I was panicking for a while.</p>
<p>Since we have to rank these colleges…</p>
<p>which colleges would you guys say is best for premed?</p>
<p>Hey guys. I have a question. If I ask my teachers to write me a quest bridge recommendation, do I also ask them to write a normal college [ED] recommendation (just in case I don’t get into quest bridge?) I’m just a bit confused about how this whole thing works.</p>
<p>CryoScourge: Some of the colleges will want you to forward your QB application to them if you apply regular decision, but I’m not sure about the ones that don’t. I’m wondering about this too.
InChristAlone: In my opinion at least, it’s really your preference. They’re all great schools that have good premed programs, so I would recommend picking the one where you would feel the best learning.</p>
<p>I’m at a bit of loss for what to do. I’m trying to decide between EDing and using Questbridge for my number one school. In the event that I become a finalist, it seems that my application would be filed under Regular Decision for this particular school, and I don’t feel comfortable with that, but I know that Questbridge will highlight my difficulties of living without a father/having to work during school. Should I just apply through Questbridge, and list my number one school, or go through with the application and just not list any schools so that I can still ED?</p>