<p>OMG, this questbridge thing is driving me crazy. Is it easier to get in for low income people through questbridge?</p>
<p>Some people told me I'm wasting my time w/ QB, and that it is a hoax, but the profiles on the Internet look like dreams come true.</p>
<p>Also, why are the academics of QB matched students are so low? I mean more than half of them scored lower than 1300/1600, which, for top schools, seem pretty low.</p>
<p>I'm very low income, immigrant, but I'm asian and NOT 1st generation. How much consideration will I get compared to a URM, higher income 1st generation?</p>
<p>Watson&Crick:
QuestBridge is not a hoax--many students get in to great colleges through QuestBridge every year. Whether it gives you an advantage or not is debatable--while the president of Amherst has explicitly said that QuestBridge applicants have a slight edge, this policy is likely different at other colleges. In any case, applying through QB will highlight your low-income, immigrant situation, potentially giving you an advantage. (it's for this reason that QB stats are relatively lower--they focus on disadvantaged students, whose stats tend to be slightly worse than the average acceptee's) Don't worry too much about your chances relative to other applicants; it seems from your description that you fit QuestBridge's profile perfectly.</p>