<p>sophomore12 where did you find the statistics for acceptance as a college match finalist?</p>
<p>I'm wondering if I should apply...seems like a lot of work but I think I have an okay chance at being finalist.</p>
<p>debryc, or anyone else, I thought Qbridge was a binding program, so if Williams offered a scholarship, how did you get out of it? Or did you find out before you sent in the binding list? I don't know if I'll apply just because it's a binding program, but if there's a way to know if you're in or not before it becomes binding I'm interested.</p>
<p>If you are part of the questbridge match, you are usually asked to apply ED (which is binding) to that school. It would also be important to research the Questbridges partner schools because it would be a waste of time if you are not interested in any of the schools.</p>
<p>If you read through the process (it's quite long), it says that once you are selected as a finalist, you are given the option of submitting a list ranking the colleges you are interested in. At this point, you can back out if you aren't interested in the schools or you don't want to go into any binding agreements.</p>
<p>However, I don't know how people found out if they got four-year scholarships. This might not be the Questbridge College Match Scholarship itself but rather any scholarships that the partner colleges want to offer the QB applicants during regular decision (if the student did NOT receive the College Match scholarship) because the website said that finalists who were not matched still receive financial aid packages from several schools.</p>
<p>So lets say that you're not a finalist, 1) is sending qb's application instead of the university's application only for students they see as low-income or is it for everyone that applied for their program? 2) Does sending qb's application give you a little advantage in admissions or is it the same as sending the university's regular application? thanks.</p>
<p>1) for everyone that applied to their program. you might have to write a letter asking the university to use your QB application instead so you don't have to apply again using the common app or w/e they use.</p>
<p>2) I believe it's the same as sending the university's regular application. However, applying using the QB application shows that you're low income and the LACs are looking towards increasing economic diversity so it may give you a boost in that category.</p>
<p>what happens if ur not first generation and parents make more than 100,000.... does it mean I won't have much of a chance... I'm interested in the program because it is really competitive and I want to see if I have a chance of wining...</p>
<p>taekwondo: Questbridge is a program for low income students. With family income that high you are ineligible to participate.</p>
<p>Wait I'm a little confused...</p>
<p>Is the College Match scholarship a guaranteed full tuition to the match school (if selected as a finalist) or sometimes just financial aid?</p>
<p>If you are ranked by the school and you rank that school, then you will receive a full tuition + room & board to that school.</p>
<p>here's something i've been confused about applying to this program: i know that you can't apply to another college early, but what if its regular decision deadline is before you're notified that you're a finalist? like the uc's are due at the latest November 30, but you aren't notified to be a questbridge finalist til december 1. do you think it's okay to still apply to the uc's since it's regular decision, not early decision?</p>
<p>You would be notified in time to apply ED</p>
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do you think it's okay to still apply to the uc's since it's regular decision, not early decision?
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It's perfectly acceptable to apply RD to a school before you know whether you have been admitted ED to another. You would, however, be required to withdraw your UC app if you are accepted under a binding ED plan.</p>
<p>I did the QuestBridge College Match program and received a full ride scholarchip to Williams. I would defintely encourage low income students to apply. However, it is a very selective process. There is no guarantee that after you become a finalist you will be accepted by a school. In fact, most schools accepted less than 5 students for an actual full ride and some not at all. However, many students were accepted RD and received very good financial aid packages.
OP, I don't know what you're chances would be at Princeton because it wasn't officially apart of the QuestBridge scholarship last year, but you may want to try to raise your SAT scores a little. Also, focus on your essays- they are an essential part of the application process (as you know, it's pretty long) Good luck.</p>
<p>A few notes:</p>
<p>1) Being white does not matter, the program is strictly for students f rom low income families, but open to all races</p>
<p>2) Acceptance is beyond extremely competitive, but know that academics alone will never get you in, they put a lot of attention on what you have done to overcome your barriers and most recipients have actually taken part in some form of outreach or action in their community to deal with these barriers.</p>
<p>Also, generally, each school will accept only give five Questbridge finalist the scholarship and if applicants are too close, they generally opt to take a lesser number than take more (the exceptions is always Williams & Amherst). </p>
<p>But note that if you are a finalist, most often you will be accepted atleast regular decision by that school.</p>
<p>Any motivated student who is from a low-income family is eligible. Generally, finalists have family incomes below $60,000, the highest last year was $85,000. Questbridge does not have a income requirement because it also takes into account factors like medical costs, number of siblings, and other circumstances. </p>
<p>The application is very involved. As a result, you can ask Questbridge to forward this application to partner colleges such as Williams and Stanford as well as scholarship programs like Gates Millennium. Many of the college partners accept the Questbridge application in lieu of their regular applications so you do not HAVE to enter the binding college match.</p>
<p>Questbridge also does not have a quota. If Questbridge feels you are qualified and will bring something to the interested colleges, you will become a finalist. As a finalist, you are asked to rank the colleges you would like to attend in order of preference. The partner schools are: Amherst, Bowdoin, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, Oberlin, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, Scripps, Stanford, Swathmore, Trinity, Wellesley, Wheaton, and Williams. </p>
<p>You rank ONLY THE SCHOOLS YOU WOULD ATTEND in order of preference. The college match process is binding. It's like ED but to multiple colleges. If you participate in college match, you cannot apply ED to other colleges outside of Questbridge. If a school accepts you through Questbridge college match, you must matriculate. So, </p>
<p>Student A may rank: 1 Stanford 2 Princeton while
Student B ranks: 1 Williams 2 Swathmore 3 Pomona. </p>
<p>You may certainly apply RD to any other schools, including Questbridge partner schools you are interested in but not committed to attending.</p>
<p>At the same time, the colleges rank the finalists. Each college is completely free to choose how many Questbridge scholars they will accept through college match.</p>
<p>Questbridge takes these two rankings and matches students with their highest ranked college that also ranked them. If both Princeton and Stanford ranked Student A, Student A would be matched with Stanford. If only Princeton ranked Student A, he or she would go to Princeton.</p>
<p>All matched students are guaranteed a four-year scholarship to their school. This scholarship includes:
* Full cost of tuition ($22,000 - $34,000 depending on the college)
* Full cost of room and board ($7,000 - $11,000 depending on the college)
* No parental contribution
* No loans (with the exception of Wellesley and Columbia, which includes a small loan)</p>
<p>Depending on the college or university, scholarships may:
* Cover the cost of medical insurance
* Cover the cost of books
* Include a work-study package to help cover travel and personal expenses</p>
<p>Unfortunately, not all finalists are matched. But as stated before, your Questbridge application can serve as applications to the partner schools. Even if you weren't matched with a school, it is feasible that you'll be offered admission through RD as well as a generous financial aid package. You're also free to apply RD to schools outside of Questbridge. Finally, if you made it as a finanlist to Questbridge, chances are you're a very desirable candidate and you'll get the recruitment offers to prove it!</p>
<p>If you have any more questions, I strongly encourage you to contact Questbridge and the partner schools directly. They WANT students like you. Good luck.</p>
<p>How is QB going to work with Princeton next year due to lack of the ED program?</p>
<p>if you guys have any questions specifically to questbridge feel free to pm me! i was both a quest college prep and college match finalist and i wholeheartedly support this organization and owe alot of my blessings to them! :D</p>
<p>collegehopeful78: it's still ED through Quest. Many schools don't have ED programs, but in QB it's still binding.</p>