<p>I don’t know if you were speaking to me, but my friend didn’t get a call. They just received an email, if you were asking :)</p>
<p>Do they send matches and non-matches emails simultaneously, or are nonmatches emailed first?</p>
<p>yes, I was. Thank you :)</p>
<p>I stand corrected, soon after I posted that he DID receive a call, from the people at Questbridge congratulating him. Ah! So proud :)</p>
<p>ah okay 
thank you =)</p>
<p>Matched to Stanford!!! Hella Excited!!</p>
<p>Matched with USC…also Hella Excited!!!</p>
<p>you guys should post stats! :)))</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>To the University of Pennsylvaniaaa!!! </p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>[ul] [<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M: 700 CR: 700 W: 710 (2110)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): US: 710 Bio: 630 Math I: 690 Lit: 670 World: 620
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out 147
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History: 4 English Lang: 4 Bio: 4 Art Hist: 3 Human: 3 Env: 3 Chem: 1 Euro: 1 Calc AB: 1
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: High school: AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Eng Lit, AP Comp Sci A, AP Physics B; College: Eng Comp 2, Macroeconomics, Public Speaking, 3 more in spring
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): College Prep Scholar, Harvard Trivia Champion, other small ones
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): SGA President (11, 12), Founding Editor-in-Chief School Newspaper (11), Founded Peer Counseling Group (11), Captain of Trivia Competition to be televised (12), and other smaller clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Executive Board Member of a subsidiary of a multimillion dollar corporation
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 1015 hours at an amalgam of places
[<em>] Short answers (subject and personal opinions on it): Very strong
[</em>] Biographical Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Fair
[<em>] First Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Fair
[</em>] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Very strong
[<em>] Why Penn Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Very strong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Very strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Very strong
[</em>] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): 2 supplements (one from the Executive Director of the company I work for, one from the school principal), very strong
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one, although had a quick phone call with an admissions officer that I thought wasn’t stellar [/ul][/li]Other</p>
<p>[ul] [<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public Charter, not competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, First Gen, First student to be graduating with an AA from college at the same time as I graduate from high school, had 3 back surgeries throughout high school that kept me out for a quarter at a time [/ul]
Reflection</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Strengths: Job, ECs, Recs, Some Essays, Rank, Weighted GPA, Back Surgerys
[</em>] Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA, Test Scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays were awesome, I wished on 11:11 everyday for 3 months, and my strengths outweighed my weaknesses I guess! I’m going to Penn!! [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>P.S. I hope this helps people in years to come, you can do it, ■■■■ I got into Penn!!!</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^(Says the Best Friend)</p>
<p>Matched to Columbia.</p>
<p>not matched. :(</p>
<p>Hi!!!
Today is the happiest day of this YEAR!! I got matched to Yale!!! They sent me an email at 2pm PST and called me at 3pm PST. Thank you SO much QB and CCers.</p>
<p>P.S. if you didn’t get matched, no worries. From my research, a lot of people who didn’t get matched got into most of their desired schools through regular decision. GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>here are my stats
This is for future QB applications. QB was so worth it!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>To Yale!!! </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M: 760 CR: 780 W: 770(2240)
ACT: N/A
SAT II (if submitted): Bio 800, Math II 800, Chem 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), chem (5), calc BC (5), and Eng. composition (5)</p>
<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, AP physics, AP econ, folktales/myth, orchestra, and free period.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USABO
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Prez of Invisible Children Club (4yrs), member of Team marine (1yr), member of several environmental clubs(1-3yrs), and various others. </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Tutor in bio and math
Volunteer/Community service: Meals on wheels, heal the bay, etc, about 800 hrs
Short answers (subject and personal opinions on it):
Biographical Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Fair
First Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Fair
Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Fair
Yale additional: Reused QB’s first essay
Recommendations (only if you saw it): Don’t know but probably good
Interview: I didn’t feel very strongly about the interview. I actually crossed yale off my list because of how bad I thought the interview went. I guess I thought wrongly.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian!!!
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen, low income
Reflection
Strengths: USABO, SAT subject tests, EC
Weaknesses: Essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: the content of my essays and my list of ECs/CS</p>
<p>Good luck QB finalists!</p>
<p>i don’t feel very confident in my essays for questbridge. would it be better to just do regular decision through common app instead?</p>
<p>Matched to Pomona!!!</p>
<p>Matched with Yale!</p>
<p>Asian male from NYC!</p>
<p>MATCHED TO STANFORD!!!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8/4 Weighted GPA: 4.1/5
Only taken two ap classes all my high school life
SAT Score: 570 math 630 reading 540 writing
ACT: 22 composite
Extracurricular: Varsity Football team captain, President of NHS, President of Forensics, President of SkillsUSA chapter, Vice President of “Recruiters” (Our school needs recruiting), Eagle Scout, Secretary Key Club chapter
Essays: Moderate
Special Achievements: Made an aircraft that went to near space</p>
<p>TOTAL PROOF THAT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CAN PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN DECISION!!!</p>
<p>matched to Penn! (girl from Texas)</p>
<p>rank: 1/410
weighted GPA (100 scale): 108.12
SATI: critical reading 800, math 720, writing 750
SATII: math1 740, literature 780</p>
<p>congrats everyone! this is so exciting!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): M: 740 CR: 590 W: 760(2090)
ACT: 33 (30 E, 32 W, 32 M, 36 S)
SAT II (if submitted): Bio 760, Math II 730, USH 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.1 ish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 38/692
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), USH (4), World History (4), and Eng. Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP physics Mechanics and E&M, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, AP Gov, and Engineering II.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really…NASF, QB, Discus
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Track and Field (2 yrs), Piano (1 yr-had to quit), Bunch of Church positions with leadership positions, NHS (2 yrs), Take care of sis after school (since like 6th grade) and others I can’t quite think of atm. </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Relay4life, Church concerts, etc…didn’t really meantion them.
Short answers (subject and personal opinions on it): Felt good about them. They showed me for me
Biographical Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Okay. Felt it was a little depressing but ended it with a hopeful note.
First Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Good. Showed passion for a certain thing
Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Ehn.
Recommendations (only if you saw it): Don’t know but probably good
Interview: None
State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: African American!!!
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): low income, some independent research, URM.
Reflection
Strengths: My essay
Weaknesses: Possibly my GPA compared to people I talked to there and my CR score.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays and passion :)</p>
<p>Note: Go for it even if you don’t think you’ll get it. Surprises do happen</p>
<p>Also my demographics.</p>
<p>Boy from Nevada. 16 (Skipped a grade…Idk if that played a role) Does anyone know if skipping a grade improves chances?</p>
<p>Moved to U.S 6 years ago from India. Started playing American football ever since!!</p>