<p>Hello everyone, i have a couple questions about Questbridge, things that I am confused about but need to know because I'm planning on sending everything in soon soon!</p>
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<li><p>Do my questbridge colleges see my questbridge application? (If yes do they see my common app?) Mainly I'm concerned whether my two questbridge essays have to be different from my common app essay.</p></li>
<li><p>Do they want you to list untaxed combat pay? I would think not..</p></li>
<li><p>Do you mark on the college's questions that you do qualify for a fee waiver because of questbridge? And what do you show as proof?</p></li>
<li><p>I know there was another one, it will come to me.</p></li>
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The schools you rank for the Match will see your QB app. You will tell QB in December which additional schools you want to get your QB app. Most colleges require both the QB and Common App for regular decision, but their instructions say it’s fine to use the same essay for both.</p>
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<li><p>Not sure about combat pay, but I believe there is a question about it in the CSS form that most colleges require. Perhaps someone else can tell you for sure, or you can email QB and ask.</p></li>
<li><p>Check the “Other” box in the Common App fee waiver section and write in “QuestBridge finalist” in the textbox. The colleges have instructions for fee waivers, too, so check each school you’re applying to be sure (and a few waive fees for both finalists and non-finalists).</p></li>
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<p>scoutsmom said “1. The schools you rank for the Match will see your QB app.”</p>
<p>As I understand the qb app process, tHere are two steps to it (at least):</p>
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<li><p>qb app due by 9-27 and reviewed ONLY by QB staff (whoever this is - not clear) to yield FINALISTS and outright rejections to qb. At this time, colleges do not see the app.</p></li>
<li><p>Review of the Finalists for the Match. I THINK , but am not sure, that colleges see the apps for the Finalists. The colleges would not see rejected apps.</p></li>
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<p>scoutsmom, is step 2 what you meant in your stmt, or am I wrong in the understanding noted here?</p>
<p>I have gone over this before and here is a bit of the q and a…</p>
<p>artsygirl13 said…
"Here is the timeline/process…
Applicant submits QB app by late September
Applicant finds out in late October whether or not they are finalist
If the applicant is a finalist they can do one of two things
a) Rank up to 8 schools, if they rank only those schools see their app
b) Don’t rank any schools, do ED/EA else where and/or participate in RD
At this point the only way that QB schools would have seen the application is if the applicant had ranked them</p>
<p>If an applicant does not become a finalist some QB partner schools will allow the applicant to forward their QB app in place of the traditional app, but most will not allow this for non-finalists. They have no way of knowing that the person even applied for QB unless they forward the application. If an applicant does become a finalist and does not match and/or does not rank then they can forward their QB app to as many or few partner schools as they want, again they have complete control over which schools will see the app.</p>
<p>The only people that see your app when you submit it is people at QB. If the applicant choses to forward the app is when other schools start to see it. Let me know if you have any more questions…
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Old 08-21-2013, 01:39 AM #5
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in between the 1st two bullets is another unstated part which I will state since I am an ignoramus on this (and many other things)</p>
<p>-QB (whoever that is, but it is NOT the schools ) reviews the apps , rendering for each app, a ‘Finalist’ designation or rejection in toto.</p>
<p>QB at this phase of the process is simply judging whether each app is QB-worthy - meaning a high academic achieving under low income/financial hardship and that would fit SOMEwhere in the partner schools."</p>
<p>Yes, sorry if that wasn’t clear - QB will forward your app to the colleges you rank for the Match only if you are eligible for the Match - that is, a finalist.</p>
<p>In addition, if you are a finalist who is not Matched, QB will forward your app to the list of schools you provide in December, after the Match results are in.</p>
<p>But in response to the use of the word “rejected,” keep in mind that:
The large majority of finalists are not matched and go on to the regular decision round.</p>
<p>If you are not chosen as a finalist, that is NOT a rejection by any of the colleges, it is only a QB decision. Non-finalists have been accepted into QB partner schools; becoming a QB finalist does not guarantee acceptance into QB partner colleges and being a non-finalist does not guarantee rejection. </p>
<p>The QB partner (and many other) colleges are looking for low-income, high-achieving students. QB is one way the colleges find such students, not the only way.</p>
<p>Edited to add: you really need to check the policies of the individual schools to see how each one treats the QB app for finalists and non-finalists. As you mention, idic5, there are differences.</p>