<p>Here is my response from two years ago when my DD was a QB Finalist 2012: <a href=“Things to consider for future QuestBridge Applicants - Questbridge Programs - College Confidential Forums”>Things to consider for future QuestBridge Applicants - Questbridge Programs - College Confidential Forums;
<p>Now having hindsight I can honestly say If I had to do it over again, I would NOT have had her apply through the QB program. Why? Well for one the application is SO much more work than the CA. And two, she is a WASP. I think I would have just had her focus on ED or EA at her top school(s) instead of wasting her time and my $ on CSS’s to QB schools. She did not get accepted to any and got WL to one QB school that really was not a good match for her. But we were worried about the $ so that was the route we took. </p>
<p>Also, I gave QB a recommendation for a 2013 applicant who was a low income, high stats student. She did not get accepted even though her scores were probably higher than my DD’s. I felt so bad because we felt she was a shoe in coming from a low income family and an award winning writer too. My only assumption as to why she was rejected, because she is Philippine and would be classified as Asian.</p>
<p>I am sure QB has helped many students but I think all it does is increase the college applicant numbers and any student that would have applied ED/EA/RD would have most likely had the same results. And still gotten waivers and not gotten their hopes up and flagged them as low income. </p>
<p>Am I bitter? No, both my DD and I love her non-QB school and are thankful that she applied there and not just QB schools. It has been a perfect match for her and She is doing excellent and is now beginning to look at Grad Schools. Only one of those is a QB school from her early undergrad applicant days and it is not her top choice school. We have both learned a lot since then and I am replying to this thread because as I read of others who feel disappointed after thinking QB was going to help, I have to agree. I am not sure that it has been such a great service for the majority of applicants. </p>