Questbridge Program???

<p>Great concept, great program. If your family aint' stackin' a lot of cheese, GO FOR IT!</p>

<p>Woh..It's ED?!?</p>

<p>Wait so I could get a decesion on Princeton in December? Does this also give us early status for Princeton? What if we are differed? Will we still be given QB and early status during the regular round? (I am really depending on senior grades to pull em up but I guess first and 2ndquarter grades would help, final grades are numbers and quarter grades are letters in our school).</p>

<p>Bump Bump!</p>

<p>If you are interested in QuestBridge, you may also be eligible for Posse, although that is catered more to students from urban public high schools, from what I've heard, it is an equally well-regarded program.</p>

<p>I go to a urban school in one of those cities but my school would probably disqualify me from the program. Can you please answer my question above? Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>What do you consider to be "early status"</p>

<p>If you mean you will find out earlier than RD, and Princeton knows you are bound to them, then yes.</p>

<p>OMFG that is awesome. Does it pose a distinct advantage though because if we are accepted through QB we will have to go?</p>

<p>Not neccesarily. The QB scholars are viewed in a different light not because of the early status of their application, but because of the incredible obstacles they have overcome to get to where they are. Not everyone who gets into Princeton RD would reach the final rounds for QB scholar (the converse is true as well)</p>

<p>collegehopeful78: just look on the QB site -- it answers it all on there.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.questbridge.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.questbridge.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you rank the school and are matched, you are bound to go -- it is, in essence, early decision. You find out at the end of November. If you do not get matched, then you can choose to be considered for regular decision.</p>

<p>Of the ~3,400 (I think that was the number) who applied last year, only ~1600 were finalists. Of those, only 103 were matched. ~500 were accepted in the regular decision round.</p>

<p>So basically we do have an advantage since it is binding and due to the circumstances that allowed us to be Questbridge applicants?</p>

<p>Those 3,400 all are deserving, experiencing hardships in life. The majority of them have above-average SAT scores in conjunction with spectacular ECs and GPAs. Don't view Questbridge as an advantage. It's a lot more difficult to get into a university through Questbridge than RD. Think about it. Princeton accepted no more than 20 people through QB -- that's less than 1%. Those people deserve the match more than anyone.</p>

<p>It's not an advantage; you're simply viewed differently, though obviously over 600 people, of the 1600 finalists, were able to get into some awesome schools through QB.</p>

<p>I'll also add that many of those matched are URMs or immigrants.</p>

<p>yes, absolutely!</p>

<p>did any of you guys go the college conferences? I am goingo the Pomona on one on the 16th and not quite sure what to expect. </p>

<p>Are there alot of people? time to ask the admissions officiers personal questions?</p>

<p>So its actually a disadvantage? Didn't Princeton take a lot of Qb applicants during the RD round?</p>

<p>Quesbridge is neither!</p>

<p>just apply if you want to and need money. Don't worry about how it will affect your chances so much. It's not going to matter if you are not going to get in or whatever.</p>

<p>Then whats the point of it? Princeton is need blind and offers generous financial aid anyways. Why go through such a long app if it doesn't even help you get in.</p>

<p>then don't apply, it's just that simple</p>

<p>I am asking what is the exact purpose of QB then? Murkywater said it can even serve as a hook. So many contradicting posts!</p>

<p>collegehopeful,</p>

<p>I guess the only advantage is to rollover the application for the RD round. How is it a hook? Are you kidding me??</p>