Hi everyone! Everyone who got accepted into the Questbridge College Prep Scholars program this year can post what they got as a part of their acceptance! 
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I was accepted. I am really surprised since I wrote all my essays in 5 hours before the deadline (10:00 PM - 2:59 AM EST).I think its mainly because the other areas of my application were really strong. If you guys were to give a percentage, how much would you say the essays count towards the application? I thought it would be the most major one. Now I have to go eat a whole chili pepper.
whats that template that ppl use for result threads? could someone post it
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[ size=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=6][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ):
[ *] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci):
[ *] SAT II (Type, Score):
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of ??):
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Major Awards:
[ /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]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:**
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): N/A (haven’t taken it yet)
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 36, 11, 36, 34, 36, 36
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Chem, 790
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.469 (5 is the max but also impossible because of mandated courses)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t give either, but I have to be in the top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (3), AP Bio (5), APUSH (4), AP Chem (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Major Awards: Nothing much except honor roll, 2nd in Ohio in Future Problem Solving individual competition (9th grade), AP Scholar with Honor, and some small school awards[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tedx (Head of Marketing), local youth orchestra (piccolo section leader), Mock Trial, Future Problem Solving, Gay-Straight Alliance, Band (flute section leader)
[] Job/Work Experience: I pretty much man the house, but no formal work experience
[] Volunteer/Community service: I participated in my school’s pit orchestra, I accompany the chorus at a local church, and I do yearly matinees with my youth orchestra to teach inner-city kids about music
[] Summer Activities: Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp for two years (both on scholarship because I couldn’t afford it otherwise), Interlochen Arts Camp in 2017 (again on some hefty financial aid)
[] Essays: Honestly, I thought they were really good. I poured my heart and soul into those damn essays
[] Teacher Recommendations: 12/10. The teacher who wrote a rec letter for me is famous at my school for writing the best rec letters, and even though I didn’t get to read it, we talked for a long time about Questbridge and I could tell that she wrote a good letter
[li] Counselor Rec: N/A[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[] School Type: Suburban public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <$15k
[] Assets: (listed in property)
[] Property: House is worth about $250k (bought before my dad lost his job, was able to pay off the mortgage before then), we have about $90,000 in real-estate because my parents wanted to start a real-estate business to help us with income, but it’s kinda failing and I think we’re actually losing money from it
[] Extenuating Circumstances: Abusive relationship, my father lost his job in 2012, mother works two part-time jobs in order to help my family, victim of bullying, afflicted with mental illness for the majority of my life
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li][/ul]
**Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: **
Honestly, the only thing it could have been is the high assets, which really sucks because they’re really not helping us at all, and I know people who became a CPS even owning an entire furniture business (no shade, but that’s gotta be high assets too). I was really hoping that Questbridge would look past that, especially given how low my income is, but apparently the world decided to hate me today
Decision: Accepted
[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
- ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 33, 10, 36, 29, 32, 34
- Weighted GPA (out of ??): n/a
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
- AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
- IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
- Major Awards: none
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Red Cross Club (Treasurer), Multicultural Leadership Council (Executive Board member), Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN Scholar), Model United Nations, Vocal Jazz, Theater
- Job/Work Exp*erience: I’ve had my current job at a party company for almost a year
- Volunteer/Community service: for the past couple months I’ve been volunteering at a food pantry and I volunteered as a Sunday School leader for 2 years.
- Summer Activities: I didn’t mention any on my application
- Essays: I wrote my biographical essay about how three things people have said to/about me best define me, within that I wrote about skipping two grades and the impostor syndrome that accompanied that.
- Teacher Recommendations: The teacher who wrote my recommendation knows me pretty well and is a very intelligent, thoughtful person, so although I didn’t read his letter of recommendation, I trust that it was very good.
- Counselor Rec: n/a
[ /list]
[ b]Other**
[ list]
- State (if domestic applicant): WI
- School Type: Charter/alternative
- Ethnicity: half white, half black
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: around $35k?
- Assets: none
- Property: I believe our house is worth around $300k
- Extenuating Circumstances: Not much worth mentioning, but my parents are both self-employed, so money hasn’t been very easy.
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I skipped two grades, so when I submitted the application, I had the hook of being a 14-year-old junior in high school (since then I’ve turned 15, though).
[ /list]
[ b]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:**
I definitely think the whole “14-year-old junior” thing helped me, but I think my ACT is relatively strong and I feel good about my extracurriculars.
ize=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
- SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1440, 8, 760, 680
- ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
- SAT II (Type, Score): N/A
- Weighted GPA (out of ??): 5.354 out of 6.0
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
- AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (5)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Major Awards: Honor Roll consistently; Distinguished Delegate at National Model UN Conference
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer (Captain); Varsity Lacrosse; Student body Vice President; A Capella Choir; Model UN (President); Heroes and Cool Kids; National Honor Society
- Job/Work Experience: N/A
- Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at the local elementary school; Volunteer soccer coach
- Summer Activities: High School sports camps; Volunteering at the local Democrats’ office
- Essays: I poured myself into those essays. I really worked very hard on them and adapted a lot from previous writing pieces, so even though I wrote them in a hurry, they were still polished. I also took a very creative spin on every piece of writing, even the short answers.
- Teacher Recommendations: My AP lang teacher wrote my rec and she is just amazing. She was so enthusiastic and there’s no doubt in my mind that she did her best.
- Counselor Rec: N/A
[ /list]
[ b]Other**
[ list]
- State (if domestic applicant): NJ
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: F
- Income Bracket: 60,000-65,000
- Assets: 10,000
- Property: N/A
- Extenuating Circumstances: I had a lot of very bad things happen as soon as I entered high school: Uncle died; dog died; mom diagnosed with breast cancer; dad laid off; dad suffered heart attack; and, lastly, I was diagnosed with anorexia and very nearly lost my life.
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Gen
[ /list]
[ b]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:** I think that I just showed a lot of balance and thought in my application
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1570, 18, 770, 800
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Math Level 2, 800; Biology-M, 800; US History, 800
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.0
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Biology (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Major Awards: N/A[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Top School Orchestra (Principal, 11th); Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles for 5 years, Swim Team for 3 years, Water Polo Team for 3 years
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid Swim Coach at local swim team
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at food bank on weekends, perform at senior center
[] Summer Activities: working at job and enjoying life
[] Essays: 8/10, kinda bsed them
[] Teacher Recommendations: 8/10 he’s a great teacher but i was a meh student
[li] Counselor Rec: N/A[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: $30K
[] Assets: None
[] Property: None
[] Extenuating Circumstances: parents are separated (limiting details for privacy reasons)
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I think I got accepted because I fit their mold of low-income, high-achieving students. Honestly, I’m not too sure.
Whoa. I have no idea what I did wrong but it looks terrible. Can someone help?
EDIT: I fixed it!
@Alumon When it says “remove brackets,” it really means “remove the spaces in the brackets.” Next time, preview before you post haha
hey guys where does it say your feedback on what you submitted? because i wanted to find out what i need to improve on and stuff thanks!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1440, 29, 720, 720
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 31, 8, 31, 28, 33, 31
[] SAT II (Type, Score): n/a
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.55
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/400 ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), Language and Composition (3), European History (2 lol)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB HL Chemistry, IB HL Physics, IB BC Pre-Calc, IB Spanish 4, IB Geography, IB HL English
[li] Major Awards: n/a[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science NHS (President), Yearbook (Editor in Chief), Science Olympiad (VP), NHS
[] Job/Work Experience: hostess last summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: founder and leader of grief group therapy at my school, founder of Random Acts of Kindness at my school
[] Summer Activities: Research at local University
[] Essays: 10/10 I worked on the 650 word one for 3 months until it was perfect. It was about my mom’s death and how I wanted to help others to help myself, so I formed the grief group.
[] Teacher Recommendations: I waived my right to read it, but my physics teacher knows me very well and writes the best recs in my school.
[li] Counselor Rec: n/a[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] School Type: public with IB
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: <$15K
[] Assets: n/a
[] Property: house worth $100K
[] Extenuating Circumstances: My abusive and pill addict mother killed herself freshman year, and my father is an alcoholic who now struggles with depression and no longer works.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: I think my essays and rec saved me from my bad gpa and test scores. My essay truly showed what I care about and what I have been through.
Congrats to everyone else accepted!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): n/a
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 30, n/a, 30, 33, 28, 29
[] SAT II (Type, Score): n/a
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.055
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.889
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% - 34/481
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), Literature (2)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[li] Major Awards: School Representative for HOBY Leadership Conference[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Black Empowerment Club, Service Club, National Honors Society, Music National Honors Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Convenience Store from May - Aug 2017
[] Volunteer/Community service: Nothing substantial
[] Summer Activities: jobs to pay for school, writing
[] Essays: I enjoy writing a lot and I had an amazing teacher freshman year that loves to edit and read the things I write. My essays were more story like than just answering the question.
[] Teacher Recommendations: It was from a teacher I had freshman year (different from the one mentioned above) and I’m a student aid for him.
[li] Counselor Rec: n/a[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[] School Type: Suburban Public
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $80K
[] Assets: None
[] Property: We own our home ($400k)
[] Extenuating Circumstances: My aunt was diagnosed with cancer so I had to help out a lot when my parents would be taking care of her or at work so I had to drop AP chem and there’s a WD on my transcript
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, I started tiny businesses when I was younger to help pay for things my parents couldn’t afford, I’m black and I go to a predominately white school in a predominantly white neighborhood[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I don’t think there was one thing I could definitely say that would tell you why I got in. Matter of fact, I didn’t think I’d get in because of my income. I wrote my essays and short answers in a story form to make it more interesting to read, and I’ve shown a long term passion of business from a young age in response to my circumstances, which is what I would like to go into in the future. I’m also a first generation immigrant? (parents came here, I was born here)
[wanted to delete my post but apparently you can’t do that on this site?]
I was accepted but what did you guys get as part of the acceptance? I got an invitation to go to the conference and a nomination for all-expense-paid campus visits but I was wondering if anyone got the essay tutoring help thing?
I got an essay tutoring thing. I got a quest for excellence award so I’m assuming it came w the award
I know it says “acceptances” but this might be helpful to future QB applicants so here goes.
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): NA
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): Took 1st in April so didn’t get to submit.
[] SAT II (Type, Score): NA
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.2
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/108
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
[li] Major Awards: IPPF Top 64 Internationally, some school awards[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook (Editor 3 yrs), Student Government 3 yrs, NHS 2 yrs, Debate team 1 yr (President), Newcomer Buddies mentor 1 yr (mentor immigrant middle schoolers), on Youth Advisory Council for city’s parks + rec board, Peer tutor 3 yrs, Neuroscience club, some other small extracurriculars that I didn’t put on app
[] Job/Work Experience: internship last year, but that’s it. Can’t really hold a job due to some legitimate circumstances I explained in app.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local middle school, at local mosque, and with a local nonprofit
[] Summer Activities: Mostly volunteering. Doing an internship at a university this summer, which I mentioned.
[] Essays: 9/10. I honestly put a lot of effort into my essays. Everyone who gave me feedback loved them. I’m also a pretty strong writer.
[] Teacher Recommendations: 10/10 – I’m not the best in her class but she has had me for two years (freshman and junior) and absolutely adores me. She’s also the advisor of two of my most beloved clubs.
[li] Counselor Rec: NA[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[] School Type: Urban charter (serves mostly low-income)
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: $65K
[] Assets:
[] Property: Own house – 250k
[] Extenuating Circumstances: Large family – seven kids total (I’m the eldest). Sister often hospitalized due to medical condition.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. My parents are both college grads but from schools in their (poor) native country, which sucks because even though they know nothing about the American college application process I still don’t count as first-gen.[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: Income + assets are on the high side for QB. Still, we are technically low-income as defined by the Census Bureau. We live in a high-poverty area and the local school I go to offers very few resources for its (mostly minority) students, all of which I explained. I’ve heard of people with even higher incomes getting selected so honestly not sure. However, I will still apply to NCM. Congrats to everyone who was selected!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1540, 20/24, 760, 780
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): n/a
SAT II (Type, Score): n/a
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t send
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Major Awards: Local Essay Prize
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very little clubs, no leadership.
Job/Work Experience: Helped manage parent’s food service business for two years (45+ hours a week)
Volunteer/Community service: n/a
Summer Activities: Worked at my parent’s business
Essays: Personal Statement 9/10 Short Answers 7/10
Teacher Recommendations: AP English Lang teacher. Spent over two hours discussing Questbridge + essays.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <30k
Assets: None
Property: Some home equity
Extenuating Circumstances: Worked everyday after school for ~6 hours while attending school to support family.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, unique story
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
Because I didn’t have many positions in school activities, I focused on what I did outside of school and really explained its impact. I also focused on what I wanted to study in the future and how it related to my own experiences. I was lucky to get my March SAT scores in time to show improvement from a 1300-1400. I’m looking forward to applying next year for the match!
@laughinglol I received what you got, but yeah I got the essay tutoring. Not sure why some people get it and some people don’t?..