Oh and I didn’t get an award ^
hmmmm I was really hoping to get the essay tutoring… @studythisorthat were you essays really good or did you do them like last minute (like i did), maybe that’s how they decide? I don’t think I can go to the conference (in rice) and th only other thing I applied to was the QEA in STEM so idk how else they are going to help me out if they didn’t give me the essay tutoring thing???
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1570, 20, 770, 800
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): n/a
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Math, 770 (Didn’t bother to include)
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 96.7/100.0
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97/4.00
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human (5), AP World (5), AP Calc BC (5,5), AP Bio (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[li] Major Awards: Couple of Science Olympiad State medals and made it to national finals for some astro test, Governor’s Honors Program[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SO (3 years), Model UN (2 years, Junior Officer), Debate team (founder), Boy Scouts (ASPL)
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship as PR at city government
[] Volunteer/Community service: A couple of honor societies and little stuff but nothing noteworthy
[] Summer Activities: Volunteer English teacher for Chinese kids in China
[] Essays: Biographical essay: 9/10, rest: 7/10, I’m a good writer but I procrastinated the essays really hard. The only piece I was really proud of was my 650 word one. I wrote the rest and the QFE awards the night before they were due.
[] Teacher Recommendations: 8/10, Language arts teacher from soph year, we’re good friends and he probably gave me a good rec.
[li] Counselor Rec: n/a[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] School Type: Small Public in Suburban, Highly Competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <40k
[] Assets: Small business owned by parents, $20k
[] Property: House, $200k
[] Extenuating Circumstances: none
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I didn’t have any single weak area in the app, but a lot of the application was mediocre for me. The fact that our school is highly competitive probably helped me a little bit regarding my GPA and grades, and I was really proud of my biographical essay. I still have a lot of work to do before NCM however.
Congrats to everyone else accepted!
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1590, 18/24, 790, 800
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
[] SAT II (Type, Score): Math, 800; Physics 800
[] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 5.26/5.33
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics 1 (5), Biology (4), CompSci (5), Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Major Awards: AIME qualification, Gold Div. USACO, 1st place medals in Anatomy and Robot Arm at Illinois Scioly, FTC State Robot Game Champion, Semifinalist Alliance Captain at FTC Robotics World Competition at St. Louis, USNCO National qualification[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computer Science Club (Student Chair), FIRST Robotics Team (Lead Programmer), JETS/WYSE Team (Student Chair), Science Olympiad (Varsity)
[] Job/Work Experience: Northwestern University bioengineering internship
[] Volunteer/Community service: BinaryHeart Founder and Student Chair (a club that collects donations of computers, refurbishes them, then donates them), Volunteering at hospital ~4 hrs a week
[] Summer Activities: None
[] Essays: Overall pretty good IMO, but maybe they were bad? I didn’t have anyone else review it, although I spent a lot of time on it myself.
[] Teacher Recommendations: I got it from my math teacher, who I have a positive relationship with. We’re not super-close, but I’m one of his best students and I taught one of his classes once. I’ll be TA’ing for him next year.
[li] Counselor Rec: N/A[/li][\list]
Other
[list]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] School Type: Public, but rich AF (I’m low-income, but I live in a pretty wealthy community and reap the benefits of a high-income neighborhood—I explain how that’s possible in my essays).
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$10,000
[] Assets: <$20,000
[] Property: A $400K house (This is where we spent most of our money).
[] Extenuating Circumstances: Not really
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]
** I can only think of my essays, my recs, and my house as the reasons I got rejected. **
[ size=6][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ b]Objective:**
[ list]
[ *] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1340, 6, 690, 650
[ *] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 29, 9, 26, 27, 32, 29
[ *] SAT II (Type, Score): N/A
[ *] Weighted GPA (out of ??): 5.33 out of 4.0
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97 out of 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 16/244
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Envronmental Science: 4, AP World History: 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Major Awards: Honor Rolls, AP Environmental Science Student of the Year, Science Fair Participant
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:**
[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Volunteering at local thrift shop, Three Varsity Sports (Bowling, Soccer, Tennis) with bowling and tennis being district champions, Boy Scouts (APL, PL, then troop scribe) member since I was 5, Student Government (9th was a representative, 10th was the tresurer)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Summer camp councilor at Boy Scout Camp in Summer of 2017 (Nature instructor), Publix Supermarket front store associate
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at my school, thrift shop, volunteerin withing boy scouts.
[ *] Summer Activities: Took Dual enrollment classes at local state college, Camp councilor
[ *] Essays: Worked on them from february to deadline, put a lot of things they didn’t know about me like favorite foods, experiences (which contributed to the overall me) rather that a restatement of facts and stats and awards.
[ *] Teacher Recommendations: One from my AP English Teacher/former English 2 teacher. I work hard in her class and don’t fool around, and she knew me for about two years. Have no idea what she wrote about me b/c she was done with it 20 minutes after I finished talking to her.
[ *] Counselor Rec: None
[ /list]
[ b]Other**
[ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black and Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: 74 K w/ main family, 25-32 K with mom’s family
[ *] Assets: House that we own 100k+ on, 5th residence after the 2007-2009 housing recession
[ *] Property: those houses
[ *] Extenuating Circumstances: Income on the high end, but There’s soon to be 8 people living with my main family and my dad is the only one that works, unreimbursed medical bills from my brother’s epilepsy and step-moms emergency surgery, house is still damaged from Hurricane Irma bc the insurance company is being dumb, mom is paying for my older sister’s remaining tuition at college plus facing the fact that two twin boys are about to graduate.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation (Mom fled the Vietnam War), how I-ve been changes from the hurricanes that hit wher I live, confronting racism.
[ /list]
[ b]Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:**
After looking at the thread, dang my test scores were low. It showed that the essays really do make an application different. Financial burdens also played a role in why I got it even though my parents (even though they are divorced) combined income was about 100k. Also me working so my family has 1 less worry of money to pay (7 kids total from both families).
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): First one: 1460, n/a, 730, 730; Second one: 1400, 16/24, 650, 750
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): n/a
[] SAT II (Type, Score): n/a
[] Weighted GPA (out of 100): 91.67
[] 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
[li] Major Awards: National Honor Society, Principal’s Honor Roll[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
- [] Extracurriculars: Robotics Team (developer), Math Team, Technology Team (secretary)
[] Job/Work Experience: Intern at a community center for adult literacy and work readiness
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a doctor’s office in the summer, volunteered at the school during summer as a TA
[] Summer Activities: ^^^
[] Essays: I’m a decent writer but I wrote all the additional information, short answers, and essay 7 hours before the deadline. Still, I think I wrote some pretty darn good content.
[] Teacher Recommendations: I’ve had my math teacher for three years and she knows I’m a good student b/c I frequently participate in math competitions. I only gave her a week to write the recommendation so I’m not sure how well it turned out, but she used to be an English teacher so I presume that she wrote a good letter.
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: specialized high school, highly competitive
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: <$35k
[] Assets: none
[] Property: none
[] Extenuating Circumstances: not really
[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 was accepted because of my short answers and essay paired along with my decent GPA and SAT scores. I was honest with my responses and I demonstrated my interest in computers and technology, in general, all the while making it seem interesting.
I’ve been lurking on the QuestBridge threads since the application opened up, but I figured I should get a little bit more active! Congrats to everyone who made it! To those who didn’t, I hope you guys don’t get discouraged for NCM or other applications, I wish you all the best!
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
[ul]
[] SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M): N/A
[] ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
[] PSAT (Comp): 1280 n(Sophomore year), 1310 (Junior year)
[] Weighted GPA (out of 5): 4.457
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350(ish)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), World History (4), Psychology (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[li] Major Awards: 2nd Place District History Winner (9th), 1st Place District History Fair Winner (10th), 1st Place District History Fair Winner and Best in Show (11th), 1st Place District FBLA Intro to Business Test, Honor Roll (9th, 10th, 11th)[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
- [] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (Letter Writer Committee), MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (Lead Researcher)
[] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at the Humane Society (80 hours or so)
[] Summer Activities: I usually did an extra class or two over the summer because I love learning and hanging out/spending time with my family, but now I can add volunteering to that list!
[] Essays: I had a continuous thread of my interest in psychology (which was also my stated intended major and top career choice), helping others (and animals!), and how I feel about my family. I enjoyed the cohesiveness of themes however I think I could have done better writing them. While I had them outlined for 2 weeks, I wrote them the night before the application was due and did not proofread as much as I should have. Overall 7/10.
[] Teacher Recommendations: The teacher I picked for my rec is one I’ve had for 3 years now! He knows me very well as he’s the one who works with me for History Fair and I’ve been in all of his AP classes. I’m positive he did an amazing job but for a little wiggle room, 9/10.
Other
[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <45k
[] Assets: None
[] Property: 50k house, mortgage on it
[] Extenuating Circumstances: If it counts, constant moving because of the military during elementary school
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation, interest in a non-traditional science, URM (Peruvian descent, which is never on the listed places for representation)[/li][/ul]
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I think test scores, recommendation, GPA, and the various extracurriculars put me in the running. After looking at this thread, I know I have less outside activities but I think my time and motivation dedicated to them really showed through in my application. I’d like to think the cohesiveness of essay themes with decent writing also played a role, but again I think some of them were a bit more rushed and less attention was paid to them for me to 100% consider them. For NCM and other apps, I definitely want to pay more attention to my essays and maintain cohesiveness in both themes and in writing quality.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (Comp): 1460
ACT (Comp): 32 but at the time of submitting it was only a 30
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.75
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.889
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Major Awards: superintendent’s honor roll, student of the year
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Talent Theater, Talent Music, MAO (VP), NHS,
Dance in a studio and Greek Dance at my church ~ 10 hours a week, student gov, Health Committee (pres/founder),
4-H, Key Club, HOSA (vp), Cross Country (team manager), GNOSEF which is a science fair, Mission Ignition club (school rep), Cheerleading, Girl Up club, Science Fair Club (secratary), NEHS
Job/Work Experience: work at a yogurt shop for nearly a year
Volunteer/Community service: work at my local zoo weekly since 7th grade, Mission ignition is a service based club to help end poverty in Louisiana, tutoring. By next year I’ll have at least 1,000 hrs total.
Summer Activities: usually just visiting my family back in my home country
Essays: My essays were probably one of the strongest things in my app. spent lots of time on them to make them really good.
Teacher Recommendations: from a teacher I’m very good friends with. She has written a solid 5 letter for me for different scholarships and knows me very well.
Counselor Rec: n/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Louisiana
School Type: Public, Magnet
Ethnicity: Greek
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $40k
Assets: None
Property: We own our home ($100k maybe but still has a mortgage)
Extenuating Circumstances: just having anxiety really
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): immigrant, ESL student, low income, being motivated and dedicated to service and helping others and how that has always played a key role in my life
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
I guess my application was a good showcase of myself as a student and also a person. My essays def helped me a lot in doing this and also I am very well rounded which I tried to stress as much as possible.
(I am honestly really nervous to post this because I feel like my stats seem like nothing compared to everyone else but I am still proud of myself for getting in so here we go!) (Please don’t judge me lol)
Decision: Accepted!!!
Objective:
- SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): Haven’t taken yet but I submitted my 1240 (maybe 1260, I don’t remember but it doesn’t make a difference) on my PSAT which I did absolutely horrible on because that day was a mess for me honestly. Needless to say, this score was definitely a detriment to my application :’-(
- ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): Just took last week (ahh!)
- SAT II (Type, Score): Have not taken yet
- Weighted GPA (out of ??): 4.24 (on a 5.0 scale)
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/145
- AP (place score in parenthesis): All four of our APs are only offered senior year at my school
- IB (place score in parenthesis): None (not offered at my school)
- Major Awards: Not too many major awards but I have had perfect attendance since kindergarten, maintained distinguished honors (honor roll), am a member of the National Honors Society, Certificates of Distinction in Spanish I, Geometry, and American History, and the Widener University High School Leadership Award (and scholarship)
Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President 9-11 Grades), All-City Philadelphia Orchestra (Violin 2- 10th Grade, Violin 1- 11th Grade), Philadelphia Young Musicians Orchestra, Mathletes Team (Co-Captain), and National Honors Society. (Just for reference I am also a member of my school’s Quizbowl team and Junior Prom Committee as well as various other orchestras but I did not put these on my application.)
- Job/Work Experience: I am in a string quartet that plays both paid and volunteer performances at public schools around my city. Also, I have tutored a couple students in Algebra 1/2 and Geometry
- Volunteer/Community service: I volunteer with my string quartet and walk rescue dogs at my local greyhound shelter every week
- Summer Activities: I attended the University of Pennsylvania Summer Mentorship Law Program the summer before tenth grade, the University of Pennsylvania Mathematics Summer Academy as well as the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY) the summer before eleventh grade.
- Essays: 20/10, I worked so incredibly hard on them and I’d definitely say the biographical essay was the best thing I have ever written.
- Teacher Recommendations: Most likely 10/10, my teacher knows me very well and was excited to write my recommendation
- Counselor Rec: N/A
Other
- State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
- School Type: Special admissions public school for the arts (I major in instrumental music: violin)
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: <$45,000
- Assets: Absolutely none
- Property: None
- Extenuating Circumstances: My mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently out of work for a few months healing from a double mastectomy. (I explained this in the additional information section of the application.)
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am a first gen and a female going into STEM
Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: Honestly I really dedicated myself to making sure my essays were top notch to make up for the lack of test scores and AP/IB courses offered at my school. Every activity and interest I included in my application is something I am extremely dedicated and passionate about so I hope that came through to those reading my application. I was so nervous to apply because I thought they’d never accept me with me only being able to take a few honors courses in my small arts school but I made sure to communicate that I am taking the more rigorous coursework I can while focusing heavily on my extracurriculars and passion for playing the violin.
size=6 color=green b Decision: Accepted/b /color /size
b Objective: /b
list
- SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): n/a
- ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): 33, 8, 36, 33, 33, 30
- SAT II (Type, Score): none
- Weighted GPA (out of ??): n/a
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.795
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4, did not submit)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered
- Major Awards: DECA Internationalist and a ton of awards at the state and local levels, a couple of academic awards that my school does for no reason
/list
b Subjective: /b
list
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA (Chapter officer), Child care(my mother is neglectful so I have to be the caretaker)
- Job/Work Experience: sophomore year I worked at a restaurant as a bus boy and within two months was in charge of training and managing co-workers, that summer and the first half of Junior year I was a full time door to door sales person, and during the winter I was a sales associate at Best Buy
- Volunteer/Community service:
- Summer Activities: Full time work for the last two summers
- Essays: wrote about not having a dad and having to be the man of the house which eventually led to me having one of my sister’s taken into CPS custody because my mother was being abusive to her and targeting her, also included how my mom tried to kill me once
- Teacher Recommendations: 10/10 had the best teacher I’ve ever had write it. She loves me because during her class I wrote about my mother whenever we had creative writing assignments so she also knew a lot about my situation.
- Counselor Rec: idk if he had to submit one but he also loves me
/list
b Other /b
list
- State (if domestic applicant): Kansas
- School Type: suburban public
- Ethnicity: white, quarter native
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket: <$10,000
- Assets: lmao none
- Property: nope
- Extenuating Circumstances: Abusive mother, no father, working full time whenever I got my low grades, I’m not enrolled in my tribe because my father is actually not on my birth certificate.
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Quarter native, mother only has an associate’s
/list
b Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments: /b I think telling them about my really weird life as a child helped a lot with showing who I was as a person and added perspective to my achievements. This year I plan on doing Summer@Brown Pre-Bacc program, going to DECA internationals again, and having an internship (most likely two, one in marketing the other at a bank). I also am in the application process for the Pioneer Program so I may do that over the summer as well.
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
- SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): N/A
- PSAT (Comp): 1140 (10th); 1300 (11th)
- ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci): N/A
- SAT II (Type, Score): N/A
- Weighted GPA (out of ??): 5.143
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4) English Composition (3)
- IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
- Major Awards: State Art Award, Debate Speaker and Team Award, Prinicipal Honor Roll
Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate (Treasurer, 10th) (President, 11th), French Club
- Job/Work Experience: TacoBell (for 3 months)
- Volunteer/Community service: Redland Middle School Debate Team (I helped the debaters at my middle school),
- Summer Activities: Help my parents at their business
- Essays: 8.5/10 My essays were reviewed by my teacher and I. It really helped that I connected my personal and school life to my essay. They were emotional, but not dramatic. It showed personal growth.
- Teacher Recommendations: 9/10 I was not allowed to look at it, but I trust my teacher because he has known me for 2 years and we are really close. It helped that he knows about my personal life and is my debate coach.
- Counselor Rec: N/A
Other
- State (if domestic applicant): Florida
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: 45K
- Assets: My parents did not own a house and only own a car. We rented and they had a few thousands in their saving
account. They had minimal assets.
- Property: N/A
- Extenuating Circumstances: N/A
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I was a first generation college and that my parents could not speak English and needed me to translate for almost everything.
Why you think you were accepted and general comments: I think it had to do something with my assets because my parents have minimal assets and probably my recommendation letter and essays. My scores were low, but my essays made up for it and my recommendation letter probably painted me as a young woman maturing and growing (I’m not sure, but it is what I gathered from what my mentor told me; which was minimal.)
Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (Comp, Essay, R/W, M ): 1530 (770 Math, 760 EBRW)
ACT (Comp, Essay, Eng, Math, Read, Sci):
SAT II (Type, Score): NA
Weighted GPA (out of ??): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Quintile
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc BC (5), AP Calc AB (5), AP US History (5), AP Physics C: Mech (4), AP Physics C: EM (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards: 24th ISSC-Poland (Invited Presenter), 41st/42nd GJSHS (State Finalist), Yale Young Global Scholars-BBS ‘17, GHP-Science Semifinalist ‘18, Boys State ‘18, President’s Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar w/ Honor, National Merit Commended, Paideia Scholar ‘15’16’17, Harvard Book Prize Recipient
Subjective:
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.
Counselor Rec: NA
Other
State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Independent
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: M
Income Bracket: $50K (not anymore though)
Assets: ~$7K
Property: ~$250K
Extenuating Circumstances: Mother diagnosed with Leukemia and unemployed, Dad working only part-time, 6 Dependents
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Immigrant, Both parents dropped out of HS (So first-gen)
@celestialkairos My son went through this process last year and it seems like a lot of people who had excellent stats, like you, were rejected. Maybe Questbridge thinks you will have no trouble getting into these schools without their help? Don’t let it discourage you. Only 1/2 of the people selected to be Qbridge finalists get chosen by colleges. If we had it to do all over again, I don’t think we would go the Questbridge route. For those who aren’t chosen, like my son, it is a rough roller coaster ride of emotions. You can get a scholarship package similar to the Qbridge scholarship by applying (and getting accepted) to any of the “need fully met” colleges. Good luck!!