<p>My son is a Questbridge finalist this year and will almost certainly be attending one of the schools he applied to through Questbridge. I thought I'd try to connect to other parents of Questbridge finalists and scholars on CC, since I feel as though I'm intruding on the students' threads.
We've just gotten a likely email from UPenn. It was his third choice of the Questbridge schools, and we're waiting to hear from the others, but it is quite an exciting option!</p>
<p>congratulations scoutsmom. Is your son going to attend Penn? My d like Penn so much during the whole process but was disappointed when she got waitlisted. Since one other school from PA rejected her, I told her maybe PA doesn’t want her. 
In a way its a good thing because I don’t think I like the idea of her having to choose between so many great schools.</p>
<p>Hi, almostmtnester! Me too! As ready as I am for the college decisions to be done, the idea of having my son actually leaving makes me misty-eyed (most days).</p>
<p>Penn is still No. 3; he was accepted to his 1 and 2, and we’re about to make our last visit this week. So I don’t think Penn will be his choice, but he’s left the option open. I’m glad your daughter has great choices, too!</p>
<p>Any Class of 2012 parents with kids starting the QB app process? Or 2011 parents trying to survive the college drop-off process?</p>
<p>My daughter is applying for the college match this summer. She was a college prep finalist and got the Yale conference as well as a lap top. Praying that she gets a college match scholarship. I would love to chat with you to get any advice you can offer. have a great night!</p>
<p>My DS2012 is working on his Questbridge application. Really hoping that he gets matched, but we know that is a long shot. Finalist would be great. He submitted an application to Windows on Williams in July and got accepted so he is feeling confident going into this difficult season, even though we both know that is not the same as a college admission. This mom tries to keep him grounded. It is hard to walk the line between being cheerleader-in-chief while at the same time reminding him of those dismal acceptance rates. My heart really goes out to all these kids, but I am so glad for the Questbridge lifeline.</p>
<p>Scoutsmom, is there a way to get a copy of the recommender form? My DS is sure about one of the recommenders, but is undecided between two other teachers for the second one. The two teachers are very different personalities and he thinks the decision might come down to the style of the recommendation format.</p>
<p>If you sign up for a QB account and start completing the application, just enter one of the teachers you are going to use as a recommender and then it will allow you access to a PDF of the form.</p>
<p>Thanks, FAFSAParent. I just had not scrolled down far enough. Seeing the document has helped DS decide which Math/Science teacher to use. He goes to a charter school that has only had two graduating classes so very few of the teachers have experience acting as recommenders. Very few have much teaching experience either so I think that may weaken their recommendations somewhat. Oh well, gotta play the hand that’s dealt!</p>
<p>QB has a tip sheet on writing recommendations on their website. I recommend printing it off for teachers and GCs and giving it to them. One of my kids’ teachers asked them to fill out a form for her including what they felt they did an especially good job on in her class. She used it to jog her memory when writing her recs. (She wrote absolutely superb recommendations.) The QB sheet is found here:
<a href=“QuestBridge”>QuestBridge;
<p>If the teacher doesn’t have their own form I think it is a good idea for the student to give them a separate sheet with examples of things they think they’ve done well with, contributed to class discussions, etc. As always, it is important how they present this to the teacher, not giving the impression the student is dictating what they want them to write. My youngest started giving this out when applying to summer programs during his freshman year. His guidance counselor’s reaction was, “Oh, I love you already! You’re trying to make my job easier!”</p>