<p>Hello everyone! So yesterday I found out I was a qb finalist and I am so very happy! Anyway, I was looking at the students who actually matched last year like the income and test scores and gpa and all so I was wondering if theres a good chance I will actually match with any of the colleges I ranked? thanks in advance! </p>
<p>Congratulation!</p>
<p>There must be a facebook page with QB class 2019 or such page. I was QB applicant-not a finalist…-and it may be
helpful to join the group.</p>
<p>One thing you need to remember,though, is that this is SUPER GAZILLION competitive, so make a good choice! </p>
<p>Also, applying to STATE schools during QB Match is OKAY.</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS! 
Apply to your flagship’s honors program on the side as a safety.
The match process for QB is like being allowed to apply ED to 8 schools. Don’t make the mistake of choosing 8 schools that are similar in selectivity and type; don’t include 7 Ivies plus Stanford, for example, you’d likely be very disappointed in the result. A good match list would include some LACs and some universities far from home (transportation will be included in your financial aid package). For the LACs, pay attention to fit - time to watch the virtual tour, read the Fiske Guide plus the Princeton Review’s Best Colleges plus Insider’s Guide.</p>
<p>do you guys think cappex is a good tool? cause i applied to brown, columbia, chicago, yale, stanford, university of pennsylvania, and vanderbilt and well I submitted all the requirments yesterday and i have been checking my chances on capped but idk how good of a tool that is really…i mean the only way to really know is wait until december 1st lol but yeah just asking your opinions </p>
<p>All of the chances website like Cappex are inaccurate: they don’t reflect your essays, recommendations, and ECs.</p>
<p>man i sorta hope you’re right/ wrong cause i have p good chances for all those schools and i feel like my essays were really strong esp for brown since it was my first choice and i got one of my college professors to do a LOC plus two high school teachers as well idk I’m so nervous</p>
<p>thank you to everyone who replied </p>
<p>Well, you did exactly what I told you not to do… now we have to wait. Do keep us updated.</p>
<p>lmao yes honestly i read your reply and i was like “well crap thats exactly what i didnt do” idk I’m ambitious really but its also my parents they want me to get into a “good” college and by that i mean well known </p>
<p>Katpiss, I understand that your parents want you go to well known school…but what are you gonna do
if you don’t get matched?
You can re-apply to partner schools by RD using QB application, but I would apply to schools that offer generous merit scholarships in the worst scenario.</p>
<p>Yes - that’s what all Questbridge finalists do, because their parents want something “solid” ie., that they’ve heard of (the other colleges on the list are all ultra prestigious and “well-known” to elite circles… but granted, not to the wider public; it’s just that thinking applying to Amherst or Pomona as anything else than super ambitious shows you don’t really know them)… and that’s why the strategy doesn’t work very well. By listing schools with similar slectivity and profile you diminished your hedge but you’re still allowed to apply in the RD round through Questbridge if you need to, and at this point you’ll have honed your strategy a little.
But you never know - it’s really partly talent, partly strategy, and partly luck. We rooting for you: Do keep us updated
Have you applied to your flagship’s honors program? Indeed, some have rolling admissions, meaning the earlier you apply, the better… and often if you apply past November, you’re out of luck. </p>
<p>tbh i never really expected to be a finalist at all so when i found out i was really happy and i most certainly do not expect to get matched (but you never know right?) so I’m def thinking of doing regular decision through QB and applying to some state schools if anything
the only reason i think i might have a chance for being a QBF is because i live in a house of 5 w/ an extremely low income, my sister has a condition, and I am valedictorian. I understand that my scores could be a lot better but rn I’m relying on my ACT i did practice and all that and i was getting like a 33 so yeah but i will let everyone know </p>
<p>Before the RD round, try to read essential books like The Gatekeepers (by Steinberg), <em>A Hope in the Unseen</em>, The College Solution or AdMission POssible!, The Princeton Review’s Best Colleges, <em>Acceptance</em>, <em>Hold fast to Dreams</em>… You should be able to borrow them from your public library. They’re all from different perspectives (The Gatekeepers: from the point of view of an elite admission officer; Acceptance: from the point of view of working class and middle income kids as well as their college counselors - both follow one year in the lives of seniors applying to college; Hold Fast to Dreams follows 10 lower income/poor students from a difficult urban environment over several years, from junior or senior year in high school until after graduation; A Hope in the Unseen follows a gifted teenager from the ghetto, from junior year in high school to junior year in college, then in the postface what happened to him; The College Solution or AdMission Possible! explain the whole process with everything you should know, especially wrt financial aid; The Princeton Review’s Best Colleges, like the Fiske Guide, describes college life and campus culture at each college so that you have an idea of what it “feels like” being a student there.)</p>
<p>thank you for your advice i will def try to get a hold of them </p>