@finessenana43 It might be since I don’t think they cover our travel costs. Do you live near TX?
@aatd2 Hey! I’m coming to Yale too. But I don’t think expenses are paid. There are a few travel grants that they give out to people far away though so if you’re really far, you should contact them. I’m thinking of doing the same but seeing how I live in Massachusetts, I think the answer will be no.
Congrats everyone!! Sadly, I was rejected but I definitely procrastinated until the night before the due date and my application was not as strong as I had originally wished it would be. Wondering if this affects my chances for NCM though 
When is the rice session?
OH MY GOD I GOT IN!! College conference and Telementoring!! Just curious, does this award mean anything if we decide not to apply though NCM??
@synedoche You definitely still have a chance at NCM! I was rejected too and will be applying; plenty of finalists were not Prep Scholars and vice versa.
And congrats to everyone else!
Did anyone else get a nomination for all expense paid campus visits? I wonder when colleges will get back to us about those.
I just checked DS19’s(he is out of town), he didn’t get in, not really surprised but disappointed. He received his ACT scores that he had been waiting on yesterday right before his golf match, and was upset that he didn’t have any improvement in the composite score since last time. I think I will wait until he gets back tomorrow before telling him that he didn’t get picked for Questbridge.
Thanks for the reassurance @sudania!! I’m definitely feeling a little insecure and hesitant but I’m sure it won’t be long before I’ll get back up and motivated to do my absolute best for NCM!
Anyone else get nominated for All-Expense-Paid Campus Visits? Or is this a general thing given out to all who were accepted?
i was also nominated for the all-expense-paid campus visits @studythisorthat not sure if it’s for all cps??
I got a nomination to the all expense paid campus visits… but are these things true? Has this ever happened to anyone you guys know? Thanks!
@PrayingIGetIn I live about 7-8 hours away. Do you think that’s considered far enough to contact and ask for some potential aid?
Anyone want to make a results thread?
I’ll make a results thread so that all who were accepted can post what they got! I’ll post the thread name after this post
This is the thread for acceptances/results: Questbridge College Prep Scholars 2018 Acceptances/Results
Sidenote: just post on the thread that has the most replies (there are multiple threads with the same name)
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.
Well first you have to meet Questbridge’s financial requirements. I think how much the essay matters varies based on your scores and situation. Say you have no test scores. In that case essays would be the main component of your app. If you have excellent test scores/grades, you might be able to get away with lesser quality essays as long as you meet everything else and still have a solid story.
I think it’s for all cps, but I may be wrong! @studythisorthat @helloej
Kind of, I live in Georgia @aatd2