Questions about Questbridge!

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
1

<p>So I received an email about Questbridge. I'm not 100% sure I'm eligible. My family currently is bringing virtually no money into the house. My Dad has been unemployed for over 5 years, and my mom does some part-time editing with her old company. However, our house (which we bought over 12 years ago) is valued high. We are considering down sizing (high mortgage) but it likely wouldn't happen before applications are due. Would having our house make my ineligible for Questbridge?</p>

<p>Also, I formed my college list before I knew about questbridge, and only some of my schools are partner colleges. Are you allowed to apply to schools that aren't partner colleges? Also, a school that I was considering applying ED to is not a partner college. </p>

<p>Finally, I'm not even sure if I'm an academic match for the scholarships. I've taken many AP classes, 30 ACT, great GPA, but I'm only in the top 11% of my class, which reports as top 20% :( (which I think is unfair!) I mean, my high school is very prestigious and competitive, but they do say that most are in the top 5-10 percentile.</p>

<p>So yeah, those are my questions :) thanks in advance for any responses!</p>

2

<p>Also, for my brothers college, we pay ~18,000. so I guess that’s our EFC; however, it’s digging into our savings and will change a lot when I go to college.</p>

3

<p>Anyone with ideas? the application is rather extensive and I kinda wanna start it if I’m going to do it.</p>

4

<p>OP, I think you are probably getting no responses here as most QB applicants don’t have familys with assets like yours that would generate an $18,000 EFC. My gut reaction would be that you are probably above the household income/asset level, but I could be completely off base. E mail them at <a href="mailto:questions@questbridge.org">questions@questbridge.org</a></p>

<p>From my experience they are very prompt responding.</p>

5

<p>Thank you! I did email and they gave a somewhat general answer, but I have a feeling I would not have a good chance, even with an income <10,000. (for over 5 years)</p>

6

<p>soccersara, you could go ahead an apply to make finalist status and be eligible for the free apps. Even though your family has assets, with the low income I’m sure all the app fees would be difficult and the waivers would be welcome.</p>