<p>Okay, I have a question. Does everyone have a Checklist of College Specific Requirements in their locker? It includes docs specific to each college ranked and a date for you to put when each particular requirement is met for your own records. It states that these are deadlines for Questbridge Finalists. It would almost be a dirty trick for you to have to see these lists if you weren’t a Finalist. I know it’s wishful thinking on my part to think the just added this section to kids they’ve already made a decision on, but I am REALLY antsy about whether my daughter will be a finalist.</p>
<p>MattsMomFl, you might be onto something with the phone calls. My D did NOT receive one, but she was matched to her #1 school, so there was no doubt to QB or the school that she was committed. I can only assume that the person you referred to that matched to the #8 school, that they definately were making sure he/she was going to adhere to the binding match agreement. I’m surprised they called your S, being it was his #2, and obviously high on his list. So were you called/notified before the actual date? D got called on the Match date at 5:07 (give or take a minute) not that we were counting. Hope he is loving the school out there! :)</p>
<p>Edit: Just wanted the applicants this year to know that the phone call that other person or your son may have got did not determine where they were matched to. To infer that would be to say that QB was fudging the rankings. They would have NOTHING to gain by doing that. They simply want to give your apps to the partner schools! No more, no less.</p>
<p>That’s great…you still remember the time. I know I posted immediately here after I got the call and gave them my son’s cell. I knew he had matched somewhere, but they wouldn’t tell me which school! A very exciting time. </p>
<p>They called him with the questions regarding the schools on his list 2 days before the match calls were made. I remember there was some drama here as all wondered what “the call” meant, and who had gotten “the call.” I definitely remember thinking it was a very good sign that those kids were on their radar that late in the process, and it did turn out that those who got “the call” were indeed matched. It was later determined that the kids who got the call were those who were matched to binding schools. Im not sure if there was anyone who got the call who had been matched to a non-binding school, but there was no one on this board, and I suspect it didnt happen. Im convinced it was a call to the kids to make sure they knew this would be a true commitment.</p>
<p>LOL, D did not get the call, for her binding school, and I’m glad! What must those last two days must have been for your family!!! 
I don’t think I could have handled the stress!</p>
<p>Come to think of it, if you read back the beginning of my D’s year thread, there was a girl that was matched to your S’s school the year before my D that got a call a whole week before the match date, but they told her anyways that she was matched. I forgot about that till just now.</p>
<p>p.s., that girl’s call came from the school, not QB. I know my D’s call came from a QB rep, I’m assuming your sons did as well.</p>
<p>aw that’s cute, you two mom’s sharing experiences. I wish my mom know how to use a computer! lol. The suspense of friday is killing me!</p>
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<p>I wonder the same thing, too. I have a check list in my locker. Does this mean I’m selected as a finalist already?</p>
<p>^ Doesn’t everyone have a checklist, and haven’t they had one since they submitted their list of colleges?</p>
<p>Yeah - it’s in there</p>
<p>Checklist of of College Specific Requirements</p>
<p>If only…</p>
<p>If only, is right! It really should say these are the requirements IF you’re selected as a QB Finalist. I like the concept. We kind of had to discover those tables on our own last year and there were some kids that didn’t figure it out till pretty late in the game.</p>
<p>@GAMom - we learned from the match call not the school, and getting the prior call actually made the last 2 days easier knowing that he was still in the game at some level. I guess they made sure the school wouldnt let the news slip early again. I really wonder sometimes if QB follows this thread to figure out some of the kinks in their operation 
I guessthey would if they had any time beyond reading the FIVE THOUSAND applications (and probably more this year) they have to read in 3 weeks time and then all the questions they have to answer on email and the phone. I would definitely attempt to volunteer with them if I lived in that area.</p>
<p>@xctf - I totally commiserate with you and give you GIANT kudos for doing this process on your own. There are so many I’s to dot and Ts to cross, it’s astounding. I wonder sometimes if this is just a giant test to see if candidates can remember every last little detail and respond to them on time, and if they can, they’re in!</p>
<p>Hello all:</p>
<p>I sent an email to QB to confirm that 1) if they received my fax agreement form properly (becuase it didn’t show up on my son’s locker at all) and that 2) two additional “new” would be helpful rather than sending the letters from the same two teachers who wote his QB letter, and also to know 3) if we can send October SAT to the colleges after receiving it on Oct 29th. It took several days to received the response and want to share with you:</p>
<p>Dear xxx, </p>
<p>We had experienced an issue where the barcode that helps us link agreement form to the student’s account was not printing properly. If the barcode was on your form, or you noticed the issue and wrote in xxx’s QB ID number, then you don’t need to worry. If not, please print out and new form and submit it to us again. Do not worry if the form does not appear in the locker page; we will contact you if we are missing any materials. </p>
<p>As for teacher recs, while xxx could ask two more teachers to write recommendations, we generally counsel students to have the same teachers write the recommendation, as it is much better to have recommendations coming from teachers who know the student well. </p>
<p>If xxx becomes a finalist, and he thinks the October testing will strengthen his application, he should send the scores to his ranked schools. Please do not use rush report, as it will not have any impact on whether his application is considered. </p>
<p>Kind regards,
The QuestBridge Team</p>
<p>thanks SweetMom that helps. Yeah I had the same think I needed to fax something to them but their fax was down, but it is up now. But I’m still confused if it is better to keep the recommendations that are already in your “My Locker” or ask for new ones if you become a finalist. The only think is I think it wold be too short of a notice to tell my teachers that I need 6 recommendations (even though they could just make a copy) if I become a finalist.</p>
<p>Also did anyone do the Questbridge Excellence Awards?</p>
<p>@xctf: Both Princeton and Columbia require a full application including recs.</p>
<p>@ spiritualwitch- thanks…I’m only doing Columbia, I knew they had their own app. (I wasn’t sure if others did)</p>
<p>Wait, don’t all schools have their own apps?</p>
<p>Yes, I did the Questbridge Excellence Awards…don’t know how the competition works of course (since it was more on the side of the questbridge application). Good luck!</p>
<p>@ Obstinate: I don’t think all schools require their own apps (Yale and Rice off the top of my head). Most schools just require the Common App (e.g. Stanford) and a supplement, if I remember correctly.</p>
<p>Oh nevermind, I understand what they meant now.</p>
<p>I’m becoming more and more hopeless. I really am doubting the worthwhile-ness of this entire thing. Sure, it has made me write my essays a few weeks earlier, but now I’m starting to really stress over the smallest things whenever I think about QB…</p>
<p>Hey everyone, I have a couple of questions. If I’m not a Finalist come Friday and I still want to apply Early Decision to a college that I ranked, do I still have to send in my essays, teacher recs, scores, and all that good stuff to that college? I know that I will have to fill out the Common App and the college’s supplement, but other than that do I have resend everything? Thx!</p>
<p>@chinaman: Yes, you will have to resend everything. Once ur’ not selected as a finalist, there’re no connection between u and QB anymore.</p>