<p>Does anyone here have information or experience with a group / program called Questbridge?
My S has been contacted by them, and I'm wondering if we should respond...</p>
<p>Yes, definitely!</p>
<p>I have no personal experience with the group (not being URM or low income), but Questbridge seeks to fund the education of high achieving URMs/low-income students (not sure about the last bit) at some top-notch LACs. These include Grinnell in the Midwest, Amherst in MA and a few others. There should be a list available. The funding is, I believe, in full, for all four years. A great deal!</p>
<p>Being contacted by Questbridge is an honor in itself!</p>
<p>Wow! I did look through their website and it looks very above board, but to go further you have to set up an account with personal info.
I'm a bit confused, however, unless "low income" has gotten much higher than I realize. We are caucasion, and until this morning, I was pretty sure we were "middle income" :)
I'll check the application and see if I can determine the income cut-off.
Thanks very much for the info.
Anyone else with knowledge / experience - please chime in!</p>
<p>if they contacted you, u shd be good</p>
<p>We mistakenly got information from some organization that advertised it as one that helps out students who were either/or urm, low income or first people in their family to go to college. We are none of those categories but realized that they may have gotten that idea from one of our sons colleges where he accidentally said he was an Alaskan Native/American Indian. We found THAT out when he was invited to a "diversity overnight". Since he didn't want to be the token white kid, he declined. The application was on-line and had one of those scrolly things for the race part and he must not have clicked it when it said Caucasion. We thought it was pretty funny and after I straighted it out with the admissions person, I wondered if the whole staff was bummed that they had lost their Alaskan native/ American Indian.</p>
<p>Funny, we had something similar happen with my d., although she was in no way culpable. She has a name that could be thought of as most usually either African-American, or Middle Eastern. She was invited (with flight tickets and everything) to the diversity weekends at Williams (my alma mater - and they KNEW who I was) and Amherst. She turned 'em both down.</p>
<p>When race appears on forms these days, I usually put "200 meters", though if I think they really care, I tell them the truth: Mongol-Semitic.</p>
<p>I'm beginning to wonder if something like that may have happened. After looking at the website they do have a really high definition of "low income", but I'm not sure how they'd have access to that info as an identification tool anyway....
I'm wondering if we should fill out the app and let them decide, or just figure there was a race box marked incorrectly somewhere.
Could any harm come from completing the app. if our income turns out too high, or otherwise not who they are after?</p>
<p>From Questbridge's FAQ's</p>
<p>Is QuestBridge only for minorities?</p>
<p>Answer - posted 2006-04-12
No. QuestBridge is for students of all races and backgrounds. We recognize that students of all backgrounds face financial and circumstantial obstacles to higher education. We welcome students of minority and non-minority races to apply. </p>
<p>Some of our partner organizations, such as the Hispanic Scholarship Fund or the Gates Millennium Scholarship, do focus on minority students; however, QuestBridge works hard to ensure that we are providing opportunities to low-income students of all ethnicities. </p>
<p>Please also note that students of all backgrounds are also encouraged to apply for the College Match in the fall of 2006. </p>
<p>What qualifies as "low-income"? </p>
<p>Answer - posted 2006-04-12
QuestBridge has no absolute limits on household income. In addition to the household finances, we take many factors into consideration, including the size of a family, parents' level of education, and any extenuating circumstances or hardships that affect a family's financial situation. In the past two years, the vast majority of successful applicants have come from homes with income under $60,000, however, successful applicants have come homes as high as $85,000. But again, there are no hard and fast rules.</p>
<p>You can apply to questbridge as a non-urm</p>
<p>If you think that your family meets the income guidelines, have your son toss his hat into the ring.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>"When race appears on forms these days, I usually put "200 meters", though if I think they really care, I tell them the truth: Mongol-Semitic."</p>
<p>What would you answer on the next line, being sex? [fill the blank with your favorite funny reply]</p>
<p>Yes! (please).</p>
<p>Now a days one always has to worry about phishing. Perhaps best to look up Questbridge and use that link, rather than the one you were sent- just in case. But the program itself is absolutely legit.</p>
<p>I'm extremely confused--I was contacted by Questbridge a few days ago and I am an upper-middle class white girl. Did they get my name through the PSAT? I did quite well, but I marked 'Caucasian.'</p>
<p>Son was a Nat'l Hispanic Scholar. He received several emails from the organization. Do some seaches on the site-there have been students who applied. Son also received tons of stuff for low income students, which irritated my 3rd generation Swiss-German husband. There is always someone richer, someone poorer, but income would be considered poor to few.</p>