<p>On the Questbridge site, it says that almost all of their partner colleges offer four year scholarships. However, it also says that Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT are exceptions. They offer scholarships that need to be renewed on a yearly basis.</p>
<p>What does this mean? If a student's GPA drops, will he lose the scholarship? Can the scholarship be lost for other reasons?</p>
<p>It sounds a little scary. I wouldn't want to go to one of those great colleges, only to lose my scholarship in a year.</p>
<p>I saw your thread when I clicked on “Lastest Post”: anyway, it shouldn’t have anything to do with GPA, since none of these schools offer merit based scholarships…</p>
<p>I would think that it means that if your family income suddenly changes, as in for some reason your parents start making $200,000+ a year, your FA package may change even though you got in through Questbridge. I’m not sure though - call QB to ask just in case?</p>
<p>You know, if you’re low income enough qualify for QB, you would probably still get the same FA offer (full ride, only $2500 or so of work study) had you applied through the regular route. QB is only advantageous in that it offers you a different, longer application that allows you to highlight how your family’s financial circumstances might have impacted your life. FA-wise, it’s the same.</p>
<p>xrCalico23 is right. I wasn’t Matched in December but I still received four full FA and a near-full FA from QB schools in RD. As for losing the scholarship, I don’t think you would have to worry about your GPA. I’ve heard of a Princeton Match who earned a sub-3.0 GPA (closer to 2.0) but he hasn’t had problems with his QB scholarship.</p>