tanonev

I remember receiving an email about QuestBridge a couple years ago. I was really excited and wanted to try, but when I did so, I noticed a few things:
(1) The emails have bizarre formatting and have much larger file sizes than they should be
(2) Their method of stating interest in colleges makes no sense at all, especially since check boxes have been standard issue in HTML for a while now
(3) When I did research on the scholarship, the only praise of it came from its own pages
(4) Those pages had numerous dead links, and worse, fake links
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
(5) When I went to a part of their web site (I can't remember where, it was a couple of years ago), I lost control over my Internet connection. I had to dig through my computer to uninstall whatever it was that snuck into my computer.

Oh yeah, they also misidentified my year in school.

My evaluation: QuestBridge is an elaborate scam!
But I can't be sure, especially since no one has filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau.

I'd love to hear some information either refuting or supporting my claim...as for me, I'm gonna apply to college the old-fashioned way...

sunkist184

Well, I don't think it's a scam because I know for sure that some people have gotten scholarships through them. For example, if you search for Questbridge College Match in old forum discussions, you'll see that some people got scholarships from places like Ameherst. Also, if it was a scam, then why would I be getting mail from colleges that are partners, saying congrats on being a finalist, asking me to apply regular, or saying that I didn't get the scholarship to their school? I don't know, but it seems legitimate to me. For the past two years, I joined many high school students to interview for their summer program at Stanford. I think a few years ago, their website was not fully developed. Therefore, that would explain all the dead links because I remember that happening. Everything seems to work now.