<p>I'm a bit confused about this but, say we get matched and are asked to rank the top 8 colleges... is rankin those top 8 similar to applying ED to all of them?</p>
<p>Also, is the match process similar to like being accepted? </p>
<p>These might be dumb questions, i know but im kind of confused.</p>
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<p>No dumb questions :)</p>
<p>You must rank the colleges before you find out if you are matched, and yes, with the exception of Stanford, MIT, Notre Dame, Yale, and Princeton, it is an ED Agreement.</p>
<p>The match process is like being accepted ED (except for the five listed above, which allow you to respond by May) and with full financial aid. </p>
<p>Let us know if there’s anything else :D</p>
<p>As physicsnut1 said, if you rank any of the binding partner schools (every school except Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Yale, and Notre Dame) and are matched the decision is binding, much like an ED decision. However, you also have to pay nothing, period. So there’s a downside and an upside to the match process.</p>
<p>If you aren’t sure if you want to go to a school or if you want to keep your options open and see where you are accepted, I would recommend skipping the match round (or just ranking the non-binding schools you want to apply to) and just going through RD and using your QuestBridge status as a hook. A very awesome, helpful hook at that. :D</p>
<p>Thank you guys for all your help! Def. cleared up my confusion! Now all I’m worried about is being matched to Penn.</p>
<p>Definitely look into some more of their partner schools; though don’t rank any that you don’t like, of course. I applied in 2010 and I was only planning on ranking 1 binding school, but ended up ranking 7 binding and 1 non-binding, because I researched some of the schools that I hadn’t even heard about. It payed off, I got matched to a school I didn’t know anything about before QuestBridge. Of course, now I know everything about it. I’m in love- it’s a better fit than what I thought was my top choice. Can’t wait 'till next fall!</p>