<p>My son is applying through QB.
He is most interested in Yale and U Chic.
He has decided to place yale as his first choice bc Yale is non binding - He can then apply to U chic and if acepted he wil have the advantage of
choosing between the 2,w/ more time to research them.
My concern is that if he is rejected from one or both and then re- applies on his own,
and is accepted, wouldnt the financial aid be less/different thanif he were accepted through QB?
Sorry if this sounds confusing .
Marsha</p>
<p>Hi Marsha,</p>
<p>If your son becomes a match finalist, he would be applying to these schools through EA. IF he is rejected from one or both, he will not be able to re-apply on his own through RD , because the tribal counsel has already spoken.</p>
<p>[College</a> Match Requirements for Finalists](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-college-specific-requirements]College”>http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-college-specific-requirements)</p>
<p>Marsha, could you clarify if your son is applying to both Yale and UChicago for the Match recipient round?</p>
<p>Please be aware that Yale will not accept him in the first match round unless your family’s EFC is zero. If he gets rejected during the match round, Yale will reconsider his application for regular decision. You should know that, during match round, colleges not only offer students a free ride, but pay QB a hefty per-student fee ($10k or more), which helps to fund QB’s continuing existence. As a consequence, relatively few are placed during the initial match round and most of those who are placed are URMs or first-generation college applicants who are in high demand, not necessarily those with the strongest grades. </p>
<p>Students matched during regular decision don’t pay much more, if any more, if your family income is under $60,000 a year. Out of pocket is probably less than what most big-city community colleges would charge. Officially, our estimated out-of-pocket costs for Brown is about $5000 a year – but that’s on the high side if you are frugal, because just over half of that is estimated direct out-of-pocket costs for books, travel expenses and incidentals. My son saves by buying many of his books used on Amazon, flying Southwest, and using his meal plan plus $200 a semester credit to buy snacks and such necessities as laundry detergent.</p>
<p>These are costs you’d largely pay living at home and commuting to school. Tuition and fees plus room and board total about $2400 a year, which the student can earn via work-study, logging in 10-12 hours a week during the school year.</p>
<p>Brown, Williams, Amherst, and Northwestern all came back with totals within $500 of this figure. Your own situation may vary by school, due to assets as well as income and running your own business can be unpredictable, because IRS-allowed expenses can sometimes be added back in as income for financial aid considerations.</p>
<p>Unless it has changed in recent years, the College Match has no rejection feature. The candidate is matched or not, and has no idea of the details when matched to his or her higher listed school. Of course, an unmatched student knows he had no offers. </p>
<p>Most successful students attend schools that accepted them in the post College Match process. QB encourages the RD process and supports the unmatched students.</p>
<p>He is applying to both
Placing Yale first bc it is non binding</p>
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<p>Your post is a bit confusing. If he applies to both Yale and Chicago and he is matched to Yale, his Chicago app will be then put in the RD pile so he will get a second bite of the apple so to speak at Chicago. But, if Yale does not match him and Chicago does, it is binding and it is game over on December 1st. </p>
<p>If he is not matched to either, he doesn’t apply in RD on his own. His QB app will still be in play at both schools and he will need to submit any other documents as required by each partner school on the QB page.</p>
<p>As far as FA is concerned, if a student is a Match recipient to any of the partner schools, there is no parental contribution, which may be different in RD depending on EFC, assets etc.</p>
<p>sorry for the confusion with the post.
I think I have a better understandof the process now.
QB site is very through.
Thanks very much to all for the feedback.</p>
<p>Pardon my confusion, but what is a URM?</p>
<p>URM = underrepresented minority</p>
<p>For abbreviations often used here, see the sticky thread at the top of this forum.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>