<p>@Everyone: How do we know if we got a fee waiver from QB?</p>
<p>Does it take long for them to evaluate your request? I submitted yesterday morning.</p>
<p>Daughter and I are going back and forth about ranking. She is only interested in one school, Parsons. On the other hand, Parsons is not the best possible fit for her in an art school; there are other schools she likes more. Because of the binding decision thing, she wouldn’t ever get to find out if one of those would give her good aid, too. </p>
<p>Should she rank Parsons, on the slim chance that she will be a Finalist and match it? Or should she not rank anything, and use the QB app to apply RD to Parsons? Becoming a QB finalist is a long shot for her. However, regular admission to Parsons is entirely possible, because that would be more on the strength of her portfolio. <em>ponder ponder</em> </p>
<p>She is leaning towards not ranking any schools. I worry she should rank Parsons.</p>
<p>TrinSF-
I don’t know if this will help, but 2 years ago my son was applying to art schools (I hadn’t heard of Questbridge then). He applied to 5 or 6 and was offered generous aid at all but RISD. One offered a full-tuition scholarship and another increased their offer to full-tuition when he told them he had received that offer elsewhere (although they had originally said they couldn’t increase their offer). He was a decent (but by no means outstanding) student in high school. The offers were based on the strength of his portfolio. I really didn’t know how his portfolio would be viewed until we went to a few portfolio reviews where art schools review high school students portfolios. That gave us a better idea. It may have helped that his intended major (sculpture) was not one of the most common. He chose the first school to make the full-tuition offer and pays for room and board with grants and loans (I have no money to contribute). I think a school that would take a student in the match round would offer similar aid RD (but I really don’t know). Good luck.</p>
<p>If we make finalist, the deadline to submit materials to the schools we ranked is Nov 2. Does this mean postmarked by Nov 2 or received?</p>
<p>Two weeks everyone :D</p>
<p>theres gonna be a LOT of applicants this year i bet…4 from my school alone are doing it…maybe more. last year only 2 did it.</p>
<p>so i just found this forum, and boy do i ever wish i had known about this sooner!! I submitted my app, i think im a realllly long shot for being selected as a finalist, but im still hoping=) </p>
<p>I was wondering, since there’s different essays and recommendations and whatnot for common app and QB, is it any kind of advantage to do different essays ad get additional recs? If it doesn’t really make a difference i don’t really want to write the extra essays but…i don’t know if it’s any kind of edge or not. </p>
<p>thoughts?</p>
<p>^^^ I’m wondering the same thing, too. But I have two other questions as well.</p>
<p>Not all of the schools require a common application or supplement, right? I was looking through the schools I matched and none ask for the common app in addition to QB.</p>
<p>This is where I get really confused. Am I allowed to apply RD to other colleges right now? I finished some of the applications but have hesitated to send them in because I’m not sure if it’s allowed. The website confused me. I know I cannot apply ED/EA, but what about priority? I honestly don’t even know what a priority app is, but a few colleges have sent me them. This is what I understand so far. Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>I applied to QB ED (kind of).
I can apply to other schools RD as well, but not EA/ED. (Priority?)
If I become a finalist, I can leave my RD apps intact.
If I become matched, I have to withdraw all other applications.</p>
<p>What if I receive a decision from a school I apply to RD before I know about QB’s final results? Do I just not accept their offer until I do know?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m predicting…7,000 applicants for QB this year?? Cause 2008 was like 4,000 something right?</p>
<p>I dunno…</p>
<p>And AGAIN with the same question:</p>
<p>How do we know if we got QB fee waiver for the CSS?</p>
<p>You can apply RD right now so long as you withdraw the application if you are matched as far as I know.</p>
<p>As for the fee waiver from QB: the deadline for applications is October 12 so after that, I guess they’ll let us know depending on who needs it the most or how many people applied for it.</p>
<p>Submitted!!</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Yale</li>
</ol>
<p>…I feel kind of stupid only ranking 3 but those were the only school I was REALLY interested it. Anyone else have similar rankings?</p>
<p>Ju_liaa, your question about fee waivers from QB is here. </p>
<p>[QuestBridge</a> National College Match - CSS PROFILE](<a href=“http://questbridge.org/ncm/css_profile.html]QuestBridge”>QuestBridge)</p>
<p>Those who have been selected to receive the waiver will be notified in late October.</p>
<p>Thanks spiritual and MOM! Hopefully it won’t be too late in October. That would really give me no time to complete the CSS.</p>
<p>And my counselor rec still says ‘not started’. Frkn awesome.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^</p>
<p>You can sit down and do it in a matter of hours usually. The waiver is for finalists only, so I wouldn’t think they would give them until that notificaton.</p>
<p>If we make finalist, the deadline to submit materials to the schools we ranked is Nov 2. Does this mean postmarked by Nov 2 or received?</p>
<p>Yeah i guess you’re right :/</p>
<p>My plan was to apply to Wesleyan ED if i don’t become a finalist though so even without QB i have some hope XD</p>
<p>I think I may not rank any schools and just hope to become finalist strictly for the RD apps. </p>
<p>When you put the odds of getting matched in perspective, it’s insane. Columbia ED perhaps?</p>
<p>guys, another bad news in a serious of unfortunate events for me.</p>
<p>I had previously submitted a piece of writing for publication, the editor emailed me herself and said that she would love to publish it in their next issue.</p>
<p>Now, 3 months later, I checked their issue and…I was not published. The editor never notified me of this and I was led to believe that I was published.</p>
<p>In my College Match, I listed this as an acheivement, so it is basically not true. Since Yale and MIT do not require the common app and thus won’t see my updated info, WHAT DO I DO?! I’m contacting the magazine right now and will tell QB asap once I find out what’s going to.</p>
<p>AGHHH! So now, I have TWO messed up piece of info. on my College Match application…■■■. ugh.</p>
<p>2008 National College Match Program Statistics<br>
- Number of applicants: 4889
- Number of finalists chosen: 2470
- Number of finalists Matched: 260
- Percentage of finalists offered admission and generous financial aid through the Regular Admissions Process: ?? (2007 - 48%)</p>
<p>Me?
- 6249 Applicants
- 3000 Finalists
- 235 Matched
- 60% Finalists Acceptance thru Reg. Decision w/Good FA</p>
<p>I’m hoping for #3. but will be so happy 
w/#4.</p>
<p>@CodeH - Just notify and explain… :o Sh—t happens - I bet you’re not the only one needing to ‘update’ app. info</p>
<p>^wait you think the number Matched will decrease?</p>