Is Questbridge helpful at all

scoutsmom
Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:57:41 +0000

okay yes i know all this stuff… and they are still not clear i read that already. Do you have any real answers…



What are your real questions? Is QB helpful at all? is asking for an opinion, so, yes, QB was helpful to my son (he was a finalist last year and will attend Yale in the fall).
The link gives you the basic category of students QB is looking for: well-qualified (stats and accomplishments within the range of the students accepted into the top colleges) and low-income (generally less than $60,000/year). There are exceptions to those general guidelines, I’m sure, but those are the basics, which you already know.



Can someone who has experience and gotten matched/finalist tell me their experience? I don’t want to waste my time on this program when I can do it myself. But I really do need the financial aid and application fee waiver for college.



My son applied for the College Prep Scholarship and was invited to the Yale Conference. He learned a lot about the college application process and realized it was worth putting a lot of effort into writing his application. He applied to the National College Match, listing only non-binding QB schools for the Match round. He was a finalist, but not matched. He applied to 6 QB schools using the QB fee waiver and was accepted to 4 of them, including 3 Ivies, and all his financial aid offers from QB schools met our full need, without loans. It took a lot of time and effort to apply through QB, but my son does not think any of it was wasted, since he was accepted into colleges whose acceptance rates are below 10%, and will be attending one of them.

Only you can determine if QB will be helpful for you.