I go to a charter school in Utah called Nuames (Northern Utah Academy of Math Engineering and Science) and i’m 80th out of 250 students. We used to have a lot more (325) but since our program is quite rigorous students who do badly drop out and return to the school they’re zoned for.
I have a 3.85 unweighted gpa but I’ve taken enough college classes at my local university (weber state university) to earn my associates degree this spring (i’ll graduate with high honors in april) and I’ll have taken 5 years of math upon graduating (idk if that’s something worth mentioning)
My Act is a 29 (which isn’t very good) and my chosen major is architecture
I’m a member of our national honor society and MUN club.
I’m also a ballet dancer, and volunteer our local library and local hospice and was a camp counselor/counselor in training my last 2 summers.
My parents are divorced and have been since I was 6/7 (separated at 6 finalized at 7) and my dad is no longer in my life and kind of fell of the face of the earth since we moved to Utah.
My mom makes less than 40,000 dollars including the 500 dollars a month she gets from my dad. We’ve been on food stamps pretty often through out my life and almost lost our apartment a couple of times.
My mom doesn’t have money to send me to college and I’m scared questbridge is my only hope.
I’m hoping to get into Rice, as they are my top choice.
Last year, out of 5,338 Finalists, 767 were accepted to a Questbridge partner through the National College Match. Approximately 1,800 of the remaining Finalists were accepted to a Questbridge partner school through regular decision. This data can be found on Questbridge’s blog with a quick Google search.
If you don’t get matched to Rice today, you still have the opportunity to get in with great financial aid. You can apply to Rice with your Questbridge application for regular decision and have them grant you financial aid based on your family income (if you get accepted). I actually have a friend who is at his first year at Rice. He didn’t get matched in December, but he did get accepted to Rice in the spring and only pays $2,000 a year. Your entire education (most likely) won’t be paid for, but it’s better than nothing.
Best of luck!