<p>This happened to us as well. Besides the huge disappointment and wasted time and energy, which were significant, and financial fees to forward css profiles by deadlines, we were consistently led to believe by Questbridge that if he didn’t get in through the match he’d get into a partner school through regular admit. So we missed all Early applications, and spent so much time applying to Questbridge partner schools we’d never considered under the ruse that they were thrilled to have questbridge students and it gave us all these chances. We spent so much time applying to those we didn’t apply to a lot of other schools that he might have had better chance and been better suited for. I have read that if you are a white male you have very little chance of being matched through questbridge. the IVYs use questbridge applicants to meet their diversity quota or needs. Meanwhile, it almost seems questbridge keeps A LOT of these kids from applying early or regular, where they may have a better chance of getting in without being lumped in the “poverty diverse pile.” I think the worst part, was how much they built it up, so that my son felt it was really something and he was really something that was really going to get into dream schools. Overall it was a huge disappointment, waster of time, energy, and money, and we should have been more wary and just gone the regular route. </p>
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