<p>Okay – the website says that in 2008, Yale accepted something like 17 applicants for the Match round and ~50 for the RD round. This seems VERY small to me…</p>
<p>Can somebody show me the math to prove that using QB is advantageous?</p>
<p>cellochick - <a href=“http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/pdf/supplement-only.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/pdf/supplement-only.pdf</a></p>
<p>mine opened… at the top it says supplement for the common app so I think so.</p>
<p>A college requires the common app as well ONLY if it’s stated on the required application materials page, right? So, like NU doesn’t, right?</p>
<p>Powerbomb, you’re asking for something unreasonable unless you can provide a sample of non-QB students that are otherwise comparable.</p>
<p>powerbomb, where does it show how many people were accepted in the RD round?</p>
<p>powerbomb: if you apply for the RD round, you have an advantage over those who use the common app. </p>
<p>but really? no offense, but don’t complain. it’s not like you’re doing them a favor. these schools and QB don’t need you; more than enough people apply.</p>
<p>I do have to agree with Powerbomb though. I felt as dejected once, especially when reading the UPenn article about how they’re set to decrease number of questbridge matches (and I’m not even ranking UPenn…). Honestly though, I would think about it this way: They’re accepting you KNOWING that they have to give you a scholarship/full ride so it’s obviously going to be competitive. Applying for a scholarship anywhere is hard. That’s why you have backups and ranks for schools that you’re pretty sure you’ll get into. Ex) I’m not going to put all my eggs in one basket and hope that I"ll be matched or RDed. I’m also applying state schools too and other non-ivy schools with a realistic chance of getting into. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@mia12: You can find statistics under the profile of former scholarship recipients. They have a pie graph and everything.</p>
<p>mia, did I ever complain? I’m very grateful and all, but I’m just wondering how worthwhile this is going to end up being. </p>
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<p>I don’t exactly understand what you mean.</p>
<p>@mia12: thanks! and as far as i know, yeah, if the common app isnt specifically listed under college specific requirements it isn’t required. </p>
<p>@powerbomb: i think they were talking about if you could find statistics on non-QB students accepted that are statistically comprable to QB finalists accepted to yale, so that you could compare and see what your chances would be then.</p>
<p>powerbomb i know what you mean. im starting to wonder if i should just apply ea to yale. and to crystal, the fact that the schools know that they’re giving you a scholarship, im wondering if thats a disadvantage rather than just applying to a needblind school and then applying for financial aid. For the top tier schools, if you qualify for QB, you qualify for a full-ride via financial aid as well.</p>
<p>Wait–that’s what I’m confused about. What if you DON’T qualify for financial aid. For example, according to some QB statistics, about 3% (something like that) of matched applicants have really high incomes. Does that mean they got a full ride still? Or not…due to lack of Financial Aid?</p>
<p>I can understand what you are talking about ^^^^^^^and some of you may be considering applying directly to the school, I have a different take on this. For need blind schools, you will be lumped in with all the other ED or EA applicants, many who have had many advantages that us QB people haven’t, private elite schools, unlimited test prep, and everything else that would come with coming from a high income family. By applying through QB, you will be given some leeway with test scores, etc. The admissions office will KNOW what you have achieved was done in sometimes very adverse situations, whether economic, abusive, single parent household, or in a crappy urban school, etc., and you will be getting a tip from these circumstances which you will not get applying directly to the school. </p>
<p>Unless you have an EXTREMELY overall competetive app that can stand up to EA/ED standards, IMO going through QB is a much better option.</p>
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<p>I assumed you meant you discovered this in the process of filing for a Non-Custodial Parent Information Waiver, in which case I said the waiver would simply be rejected.</p>
<p>At the same time, powerbomb, I agree with you that QuestBridge is not adventageous. Originally, that’s why I wasn’t going to use it. Then I was convinced otherwise by a former Stanford employee, and now I’m back to the same spot. Although it actually cost ME more to use QuestBridge, for many students, QuestBridge is a free or significantly cheaper process. And, although I think the Match is very slim, the QuestBridge application does appear useful in the RD round.</p>
<p>AH, I think I exhausted my creative writing abilities on princeton and now everything I’m writing for stanford sounds…bad. This really sucks, lol.</p>
<p>I strongly agree with what GA2012MOM said. Great post!</p>
<p>Thanks all - I think, for a moment, I forgot that Yale is still Yale. I was sort of falling into this notion that everything was going to be “easier” with QB. That’s obviously not the case.</p>
<p>@UPenn people: If we’re applying for a dual degree at Penn do we need to write the supplement essays they have on CommonApp but send them with the QB stuff? No idea and i know some of you are ranking it.</p>
<p>It is very interesting coming back to this after a long hiatus and seeing that, after 50 pages or so, all the worried applicants who knew nothing of the QB process are now answering questions.</p>
<p>:) </p>
<p>How is everybody doing with the stress and excitement?</p>
<p>@alexandra: dying a very slow, very torturous death.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how we can get the Yale ID that Yale asks for on its form?</p>
<p>^^^^They will e-mail you with it.</p>