<p>QB’s summer programs are the Harvard SSP and similar ones at Yale, Brown and others. It’s just the ones you have to pay for so they’re not very prestigious (QB pays for you if you get the scholarship, which has a lower rate of success than Harvard’s admission rate XD). </p>
<p>Thanks for the article, texaspg. Seems like that year 20% was the acceptance rate and 71% were differed (wow!). Less than 4% flat out rejected. Hm… that changes things a bit (assuming that this trend will be true this year) since I doubt QB has a higher rate of acceptance (combined for national match). Also, being differed is about the equivalent to reapplying RD - with less work- except for MIT which would offer an early decision.</p>
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<p>phantasmagoric, you make a going point about applying to my absolute first choice. I would apply to QB anyways, because I heard it gives a boost in admissions to any college (even their non-partner schools). You say there is a possibility that the QB app would be ignored during RD; if that’s the case, do they consider QB as an award and that you’ve been pre-screened by a reliable source, or is it equivalent of applying independently?</p>