<p>I didn't say anything about not being fair...</p>
<p>I am just saying think about it before you act. I agree completely with karagon7's post</p>
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Now that it's all over, I would strongly urge only 'high achieving' URM's(especially hispanic, american indian and african american) with good stories/obstacles to use Questbridge. After all, that is what the schools are paying $50,000 or more for hoping to be connected to these students. If you are not in this category, I believe you have a better chance of getting in on your own.
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<p>Questbridge can only HELP your chances, not hinder them. Let me repeat; QB can only HELP. As for your other suggestion, my S didn't overcome gangs, abject poverty, health issues, cure cancer, write a book, habitat for humanity or anything like that and yet he was accepted into QB schools Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, and Rice. Just a good kid who loves languages. While he wasn't "matched" he was selected as a finalist, and the FA from each school is just obscene( in a good way for those not familiar with that form of hyperbole). I would think that most QB applicants have had great experiences with regards to the QB experience. Unless you have $160-$200,000 floating around(or several hundred dollars for application fees), what's the big deal in doing the research, filling out the forms, doing the essay(s) and finding out your status early. You can then focus on enjoying te rest of your senior year. I would assume that most QB applicants have more time than money. I'm sure that some of the QB schools are non binding if you're matched IIRC. If you do you research early enough, you should know where you would like to be should you be so fortunate to be "matched" ED via QB.
QB is simply a great program that educates, consolidates, and facilitates talented low income kids into outstanding coveted educational opportunities.</p>
<p>I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND doing QB. Seriously, like above posts have already said, the program can already help. And even though the application process is exceedingly tedious, you'll be way ahead of your peers once December comes along and you've finished all your essays, CSS, etc. Plus, the finaid the schools offer you if you get accepted are amazing (not to mention being able to apply to 8? schools with no app fees).</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me what their income bracket is to apply for QuestBridge?</p>
<p>National</a> College Match - Selection Criteria</p>
<p>Financial Criteria</p>
<p>If you are interested in the National College Match, it is important to note that our partner colleges are seeking to provide scholarships to students who come from families experiencing financial hardship. </p>
<p>Some of the factors we use to assess financial need include:</p>
<p>Annual household income: Last year's National College Match scholarship recipients come from households earning from $0 to $62,000 annually. If you come from a household earning more than this amount but still feel that you have faced economic hardship, there is room on the application to explain your situation. </p>
<p>Additional information about your household circumstances such as:</p>
<p>-Number of people in the household.
-The cost of living in your area.
-Other financial commitments, such as medical bills or support payments to family members outside the United States.</p>
<p>National</a> College Match Program: 2007 College Match Recipient Profile</p>
<p>^grantedin: Our income bracket was about $37,000 a year. Please remember, Questbridge is not only for low income. It is mainly for 'brilliant' minorities that have overcome 'obstacles' in their lives. Obstacles and minorities being the key words. You do not lose anything by applying except working your butt off. I would like to say though: if you have a dream school your dying to get into and they still have early admissions, your chances are greater by applying directly rather than using Questbridge. BTW, if you need financial assistance and would like to wait for the 'best deal', I would not advise EA.</p>
<p>"...if you have a dream school your dying to get into and they still have early admissions, your chances are greater by applying directly rather than using Questbridge."</p>
<p>I am very curious as to why anyone would say this. On what do you base your opinion?</p>
<p>Well, I am a low-income, white student who was a "Finalist" but not matched (with Stanford). I think QB really helped if only for the tremendous amount of writing you will have to do and the fee waivers. Remember that you can do QB and not be bound to any one school. Stanford and (I think) Princeton and Yale are all non-binding scholarships and you can just do the RD process.</p>
<p>Though I was not matched with Stanford through QB, I was accepted RD and I even got an absolutely amazing financial aid package that would've been about equal to the QB scholarship. I was accepted to all but one of my QB schools (Stanford, Pomona, CMC, rejected only by Swarthmore).</p>
<p>You can use your QB essays for later. It was a pain to have to start so early and stress for so long, but I know that my essays were a big factor in my acceptances. Most of the QB schools have ED (not EA) anyway, so QB can let you apply to many schools if you like them enough and if you don't want to commit there are the three non-binding schools and the RD process.</p>
<p>I am also a low-income student. I was a Finalist but was not matched with Stanford, as well. I have to admit when I wasn't matched with Stanford, I was pretty dejected because I thought it was a sign of what was to come later when I apply RD everywhere else. But it wasn't. Interestingly enough, I received likely letters from four QB schools: Stanford, Yale, Columbia, and Amherst. I'm not sure how big of a role QB played in my Yale, Columbia, and Amherst acceptances because I didn't apply there through QB in the early rounds but it may have helped me with Stanford. </p>
<p>I had an opportunity to apply to all my schools for free, which would have been the case anyway if I didn't do QB thanks to fee waivers. But QB definitely forces you to start early and really think about how you want your college apps to look like, so that you're ahead of the game. Although I still ended up sending all my RD applications the day they were due. Just don't procrastinate like I do. :)</p>
<p>work on Quest Bridge app during the summer? I thought the application for quest bridge was due march 31? or was that only for the summer scholarship thing?</p>
<p>The March 31st scholarship was for Juniors. The Match program for Seniors is going to be open at the beginning of August.</p>