QuestBridge College Match Results Thread *Stats*

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Matched*[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Not Matched*[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]College Match School:**[list]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ <em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendations:
[ *] Counselor Rec:[ /list]
[ b]Other[list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Assets:
[ *] Property:
[ *] Extenuating Circumstances:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list]
[ b]Reflection[list][</em>] Strengths:[<em>] Weaknesses:[</em>] Why you think you were chosen/not chosen for the match:
[ /list]
[ b]General Comments:*</p>

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<p>Don’t forget to remove the spaces in the brackets before posting! :)</p>

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<p>oops sorry for posting at the same time…</p>

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<p>Decision: Matched</p>

<p>College Match School:</p>

<p>University of Chicago</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800, M 730, W 630
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17 out of 35
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (3), English Lit (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Eng Lang, Adv Comp Programming
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (ASPL), Quiz Bowl (AR 4A State Champ, Captain), Jazz Ensemble (1st Tenor Sax)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: No paid.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Managing for sports, volunteering with Boy Scouts, lots of odd jobs for scholarship to private school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Computer hobbyist, reading books, relaxing, doing lots of community service
[</em>] Essays: Role model (grandfather), more personal issues
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Solid History, decent English, Jazz director
[</em>] Counselor Rec: School Report (My counselor has been so awesome this whole process.)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
[</em>] School Type: Private boarding college preperatory
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <25K
[</em>] Assets: None of much value
[<em>] Property: None
[</em>] Extenuating Circumstances: Private
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: A strong personality and ideals in line with the program, with solid academics.
[<em>] Weaknesses: None major
[</em>] Why you think you were chosen/not chosen for the match: I told my story the way I see it, just showing the way my loved ones have raised me. I’m ambitious in dreaming of the person I wish to become, and I want to lift everyone up with me.
[/ul]General Comments: I can’t wait!! I’m so excited!!! OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!!! Also, yay. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Matched!!!</p>

<p>College Match School: [ul]University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)[/ul]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (580 CR, 670 M, 640 W)
[</em>] ACT: 31 (34 R, 32 E, 32 S, 27 M) (2 Sittings)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/114
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus (All School Offers) And Rest Honors Classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Won a few bowling tournaments
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chess Club (Founder/President), Game Design Club (Founder, President), Student Tutor, International Club, Varsity Bowling Team, NHS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 1 Month Summer Internship at Louisiana State Bar Association
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Mentor at Old Elementary School for Lego Robotics Team
[<em>] Summer Activities: Law Internship
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about Hurricane Katrina for my biographical essay, and violence in my city for the community essay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Two favorite teachers that really know me. Waived rights, but they had to be great.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Waived. Counselor was new this year, but we’re pretty close.[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity:African - American
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <35k
[</em>] Assets: None
[<em>] Property: Just my house. Huge note on it
[</em>] Extenuating Circumstances: Medical bills from emergency surgery for my Dad and Sister.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First to 4 - Year College
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Definitely my essays. Told how Hurricane Katrina destroyed my home, but I how I definitely would not be the same person today without it
[<em>] Weaknesses: Dear God My Scores and GPA.
[</em>] Why you think you were chosen/not chosen for the match: I had an interesting story, and I was able to tell it through my essays and recommendations.
[/ul]General Comments: Oh my God. How did they even choose me? Looking at CC every day for the past few months, I thought I would be outright rejected even through Regular Decision. Especially with my scores (That Math Score) for Wharton (WHARTON), I applied hoping that I could slip into the class during RD. This just shows that the process is truly holistic. Every aspect of your application is reviewed. Scores are not everything. Colleges want personality, not just stats. Put your all into your essays and establish relationships with teachers, and everything will be just fine.</p>

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<p>Congrats you two. Yusei!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Matched</p>

<p>College Match School: Brown University</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): (Superscore: 1930) CR:630 M:650 W:650
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Hadn’t taken at the time of admission.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83; 96.2%
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/389
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Biology (4), Statistics (4), Physics B (3), Language & Composition (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Literature & Composition, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics/American Government, Honors French III
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel ec.): Georgia Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President), Science Olympiad (Vice President), Beta Club (Officer), National Honors Society, Academic Team, Senior Board, and some others.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Bagger and Cashier at a grocery store for one and a half years.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Various little things, like cleaning up in parks.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Duke TIP Summer Institutes, work
[</em>] Essays: Main QB/Common App Essay: 8/10. I wrote this one about the struggle my mother and I have experienced together. Brown Supplements: 10/10. I’ll talk about these one below.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: I read one from my French teacher, and it was really good. I also got my Junior LA teacher who loves me to write my rec, so I’m pretty sure that one was outstanding.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:My counselor knows me pretty well, so I’m pretty sure it was a good one. But it was probably a little on the generic side.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: Suburban public high school
[<em>] Ethnicity: African American
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <$28,000; single parent household
[</em>] Assets: $0
[<em>] Property: I guess our house?
[</em>] Extenuating Circumstances: N/A
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, single parent household
[/ul]Reflection[ul][</em>] Strengths: Definitely the essays.[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score[</em>] Why you think you were chosen/not chosen for the match: I honestly think I was chosen because of my Why Brown essay. The conventional approach is usually to talk about the Open Curriculum. Knowing this, I did some outside research, and I probably had an extremely different answer from what a lot of others applying to Brown usually write. And I truly believe that my unique answer put me over the edge.
[/ul]General Comments: Believe in yourself you guys! I really thought I had absolutely no chance of getting into any of my partner schools, but I’m so glad I ended up getting into Brown.</p>

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<p>Sorry, about the style.</p>

<p>Decision: NOT MATCHED</p>

<p>College Match Schools: Stanford, Yale, Princeton, MIT</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (CR-630, M-760, W-660)
ACT: 33 (32E, 27R, 36M, 35S, 10 essay)
SAT II: 760 math 2. 760 bio m, 780 u.s. History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/496
AP (place score in parenthesis): biology (5), World History (5), chemistry (3), u.s. History (5), calc BC (5), psych (5), English Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: ap art history, ap gov, ap macro, ap stats, ap Spanish, ap lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel ec.): ap scholar with distinction, first place in chemistry lab competition for science Olympiad, second place at FIRST robotics competition - all regional
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): science Olympiad 9-12 (president), tennis 9-12 (captain), national honor society 10-12, speech and debate 11, first robotics club 11-12, mock trial-12
Job/Work Experience: help my dad whenever I can with his work as pool service
Volunteer/Community service: 180 hours
Summer Activities: helping dad, volunteer
Essays: wrote about my tradition of drinking tea every night with my family after dinner and speaking with them
Counselor Rec:good
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: public high school, 2200 students
Ethnicity: Eastern European
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <$20,000
Assets: $0
Property: none (no house)
Extenuating Circumstances: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Born in Europe, came as refugee, speak a third language
Reflection
Strengths: Grades? Classes?
Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores, ECs
Why you think you were chosen/not chosen for the match: I don’t know beyond my weaknesses, but maybe because my sat II scores came a bit late, and because the schools were all nonbinding
General Comments: Hopefully EA to MIT, but I didn’t conduct the interview, then RD. Congratulations to all those matched, and to those not, just look forward; you got this!!!</p>

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<p>@modulusshift </p>

<p>How did you get into UChic with 17/35 class rank? It seems like a really small school, same for me, that’s why I’m asking.</p>