<p>So I just read on another topic that if I want to apply with QuestBridge, I can't apply anywhere EA or ED...</p>
<p>Although I have a lot of financial problems, I'd be willing to take any amount of loans to go to Stanford, so my question really boils down to: which one gives me the best chance to get into Stanford? SCEA or QuestBridge rank 1?</p>
<p>Also to consider: My current SAT score is a 2280 (710, 780, 790), but I'm sure I can break 2350 (760+, 800, 790+) if I retake the SAT in October. Will my Oct SAT score be considered? The colleges probably won't get the score report until the second week of November, and the admission/scholarship notifications are issued on November 20.</p>
<p>Stanford's usual finaid and the finaid through QB are exactly the same (especially now since students have to contribute from their savings). It has to be renewed, there's work-study and summer work, etc. As for your chances, there are pros and cons for each. In QB, it's very very competitive, since it's a supposed full scholarship and ranking is considered, so very few get matched. To be honest, I think you'd be better off doing SCEA for Stanford. Or, if you do go through QB, it'd be best to just use it for the forwarding service in RD. QB applicants have much better success in RD than in the Match program.</p>
<p>I concur. RD through questbridge may increase your chances and financial aid, although not the full ride stipend, isn't chopped liver for a qb applicant either.</p>
<p>You can get in early through Questbridge. That's actually the idea, right? They shop you around and then you get a good financial aid package ideally through an early program.</p>
<p>Yeah, but I'm also afraid I'd get a full ride to UChicago and be forced to go when I had a chance at Stanford... And I don't want to apply to just Stanford and Princeton (Princeton is non-binding) because then it's a waste of an early application.</p>
<p>Do anyone have idea what's the admit percentage of each college through QB? I need to make the same decision as Flippy, go for QB or just ED my dream college(on QB list).
Thanks!</p>
<p>If you have a specific dream college, it would be unwise to apply to other schools ED -- which is what QB is. It would be better to rank, then, only your dream college (which, as you say, is on the QB list). But that would be senseless -- you might as well apply directly to the college ED, without having to go through all the ranking nonsense, etc. And financial aid would be essentially the same.</p>
<p>Flippy, By "forced to go to Chicago" do you mean by your parents? Chicago is not ED so you are not "required" to go there if you receive a scholarship. Not all eyes will weep for you if you were 1 of 30 students lucky enough to land a full tuition scholarship at Chicago. FYI, There is would be very little difference in the quality of your education or the intellect of your fellow students between Chicago and Stanford.</p>
<p>No offense, but you're not being 'forced' to go to UChicago. Don't rank it as one of your colleges. There are other kids that would want a full-ride there, so you'd probably be bumping out kids who actually want to go there.</p>
<p>And menloparkmom has got a very good point.. nobody wants to hear about how you don't want a full-ride at UChicago.</p>
<p>You said:
"And I don't want to apply to just Stanford and Princeton (Princeton is non-binding) because then it's a waste of an early application."</p>
<p>Then don't apply. There are other kids, like me, who actually want to get in through Questbridge. And if you don't apply, less competition for me! =D</p>