<p>Gregb, yep, just got it.</p>
<p>yeah
I just got it too
for some reason this email upset me a bit…its like telling that I won’t get it and I better prepare my backup :(</p>
<p>I think everyone got that email so don’t get depressed!</p>
<p>Yeah everyone got this email…and seriously there’s a 10% match rate. You really can’t ignore the numbers here. The QB staff is really helping us out by sending us little reminders which is nice.</p>
<p>that email was a little disappointing for me too 
but hey, almost half of all finalists are going to have to rely on that info so I guess it makes sense to send it to everyone!</p>
<p>There might be a 10% match rate, but I can guarantee its a LOT lower for schools like Stanford, Columbia, UPenn, Yale, etc. I remember Yale or Stanford having a match rate of about 1.7% last year - 17 or 18 students out of 1000.</p>
<p>Agreed. Only about 10% finalists will get matched. I think QB wants us to be realistic.</p>
<p>Good point, applicationnot. MIT is on that <2% list too.</p>
<p>Remember that Yale probably took more but it was ranked lower by some kids and so they weren’t matched. What happens happens. We’ll all just have to see.</p>
<p>@applicannot: Exactly my point. The overall match rate is 10%, the individual match rates are lower. Not good news, so we’re lucky to have QB sending us these emails.</p>
<p>@Youdon’tsay: good point!!! I’m about to say that, too. And you guys should also consider that not all of the finalists chose Yale or MIT. The people on collegeconfidential are so atypical. Because CCers are ambitious people, a lot of them choose Ivies and MIT. I believe that there are many people out there ranking LACs.</p>
<p>However, there is good news. About 60% of all RD applicants get accepted to one QB school, and - I can’t guarantee this - I remember about 40% of applicants getting in at their top choices through both RD and the Match. That’s an awfully lot higher than 7.5% for Stanford. RD is where the magic is. Remember… December 1st might be hard. April 1st might be magical.</p>
<p>Yeah, the key is to be realistic and optimistic at the same time. :)</p>
<p>Yeah and there’s also the people who only rank non-binding because they haven’t had the opportunity to visit anywhere/ don’t want to be bound. There really isn’t just one type of QB applicant…</p>
<p>P.S.- Applications went up 20% from last year, so there should be around 3,000 finalists this year if the increase in applications is mirrored in designated finalists.<br>
Not too bad for what i expected.</p>
<p>Ju_liaa, I don’t think the number of finalists is increasing in step with the number of applications. Each year the finalist rate has dropped a little from 50%. I think the drop has been creeping, but I think the idea is to drop it each year until the number of applications really outstrips the number of finalist spots available… and that number probably fluctuates on how many students get matched or get in RD. I’d be willing to hypothesize that this year’s finalist rate is closer to 40% than 50%, but am prepared for that to go totally out the window as hypotheses often do.</p>
<p>I haven’t looked at the data provided by QB in a while, but if that’s the case then good for us.</p>
<p>@ Ju_liaa</p>
<p>i’m one of those applicants. (:</p>
<p>Same, I didn’t want to bind myself with any school since I had not even seen one except in pics, which doesn’t count.</p>
<p>@sweetmochi - thanks for answering! 
i called the school today and you’re right.</p>
<p>btw - i’m a LAC - er(?) i guess lol. i did rank upenn, rice, and northwestern though. but not SYP. i haven’t visited any schools except rice, because i literally live around the corner, but i didn’t want to miss out on the chance of being matched, no matter how unlikely. ya know?</p>
<p>so all binding… rice is the only one i know (very pretty btw!) if you guys have questions about houston, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>@mia12</p>
<p>From what I read, Rice is about the perfect university for me as it can get. However, I am a bit afraid that Houston might be a big let down for me. Can you give me the pros and cons of Houston?</p>