Questbridge NonFinalist Applications

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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since you mentioned your son as a recipient of the unwanted emails earlier in this thread I assumed he was at least one of the disgruntled/upset non-finalists for whom you speak. If he is not, then just replace him in the sentence with the teens you do know who are disgruntled/upset. I was not making assumptions or judgments but merely responding to your claims about the upset QB non-finalists.</p>

<p>In post #18 I was not speaking with authority about anything at all but responding to your escalating level of vitriol and accusation toward Questbridge with the suggestion that perhaps it would be more constructive to contact Questbridge than to continue to vent here. In previous posts I quoted Questbridge directly on the subject the OP raised.
From my POV this is not a contest to see who knows more about Questbridge or who can win an argument but an effort to respond to concerns raised by OP and then you. You seem to be simply interested in being “right” rather than moving toward some more helpful perspective or approach. </p>

<p>As far as not having encouraging or positive advice here is what I said to @maryleanne: <<i know=“” it=“” must=“” have=“” been=“” a=“” disconcerting=“” email=“” from=“” rice=“” if=“” you=“” weren’t=“” happy=“” with=“” the=“” quality=“” of=“” your=“” qb=“” app.=“”>> <<you are=“” totally=“” in=“” control=“” of=“” the=“” process=“” and=“” what=“” you=“” submit=“” where!=“”>> << I understand that it is frustrating for non-finalists who may not be confident in the quality of their applications to know that they are “available” to colleges>>
and here’s a terribly judgmental and unhelpful idea I gave you: <<@happykidsmom, rather than steer deserving students away from the opportunities QB offers, you could give your feedback to QB about your reaction to this particular policy. Perhaps, suggest that they offer an ‘opt out’ clause for students who don’t want their applications made <em>available</em> to QB colleges. Since it’s something they all agree to when they submit the app, I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to just make it a box you check (or not).>> I can see how you would find that passive-aggressive…???</you></i></p><i know=“” it=“” must=“” have=“” been=“” a=“” disconcerting=“” email=“” from=“” rice=“” if=“” you=“” weren’t=“” happy=“” with=“” the=“” quality=“” of=“” your=“” qb=“” app.=“”>

<p>Frankly, I don’t think that you would like anything I say unless I’m agreeing with you. In my family we work really hard to live in the solution rather than the problem and that is all I’ve tried to offer in this thread.
@happykidsmom, your level of anger and attack toward both me and Questbridge is beyond what I feel comfortable with so I’m going to exit from this discussion now. </p>

<p>I will leave it to any readers of this thread to decide whether they find any of my posts “judgmental”, and my attitude “truly unhelpful”.</p>

<p>I hope the OP isn’t too distressed by the direction this thread has taken. I’m sure it’s not pleasant to see adults behaving this way and we haven’t set a very good example. I apologize to the OP for my role in that and hope that the rest of her college admissions process goes swimmingly!</p>
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<p>@happykidsmom, you’ve leveled a lot of accusations at honeybee but in fact you are making the inaccurate claims about QuestBridge. There are no new policies or procedures this year. </p>

<p>Here is information from QuestBridge:
"The process of making all applications available to our partner colleges is not new. In order to submit their application, all students must check the box to indicate their agreement with this statement: ‘I understand that my application will be shared with QuestBridge’s partner(s) (college partners and scholarship partners), regardless of if I become a finalist.’
Regardless of the fact that all applications are <em>available</em> to our partner schools, Finalist selection and rankings is still very important. Only Finalists can participate in the College Match and be eligible for the full, four-year Match scholarship. The rankings determine which schools will consider these Finalists for admission and the Match scholarship. For <em>all</em> students, although the schools have access to the application, students have complete control over which schools will actually review their applications for admission. " </p>

<p>Repeat:** For <em>all</em> students, although the schools have access to the application, students have complete control over which schools will actually review their applications for admission.**<br>
I don’t know why it seems so important to you to disagree with this.</p>

<p>The most important idea in this thread is that complaints should be taken up with the organization.</p>

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<p>I am still perplexed as why it is horrible if a QB app is made available to any of the partner schools. Available, is not the same thing as downloaded and read! It is nothing more than if a student applies to a school via common app, but then never sends test scores or supplements. I find it hard to believe that your son and 3 others have had issues with the QB process. I am calling BS on this.</p>

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<p>As the very greatful parent, I can’t imagine bashing the organization that assisted in my daughters education.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information everyone!</p>

<p>I didn’t mean for this post to escalate but I do appreciate all the research/anecdotes/information that you all have given me. My only concern with having my QB application sent to colleges is that I’m not sure if the reason for my QB rejection was because of a weak application, financial reasons, or whatnot. Therefore, if it were to be because of a weak application, I’m worried that colleges would take into account a weaker QB application along with a hopefully stronger CommonApp.</p>

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<p>@maryleanne, remember you DO NOT HAVE TO SUBMIT THE QB APP to any college. If you’re not confident in it, just submit the CA as @momofmusician17’s S did last year. And btw as a QB non-finalist her S was accepted SCEA to (one of) HYP so that’s encouraging! </p>