National College Match - 2009-2010

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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<p>ugh hathormom you could not have spared at least a few characters of that very long, very vague, very corny speech to answer my question? someone should start a new thread if they want to discuss ethics and self discovery and prejudice and blah blah; i just want to apply to colleges and have a question.
RD QUESTION:</p>

<p>All of these QB schools request a supplement as well, but it appears to be a supplement to the Common App. Should I really write a fourth essay for all of these schools if im submitting through QB? Or can I copy one of my QB ones…
I know copying an essay over sounds like a bad idea, but im equally confused as to why a school would want to read 4 of my essays, when they only read 2 or 3 from common app kids…</p>

<p>someone help please</p>

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<p>Think on this my friends - over 40% of the world live without sanitation. I am not talking outhouses, I am not talking even toilet trenches, I am talking about having no toilets at all, nothing - go where you are. The resut is that 5000 children a day die - completely preventable deaths.
Perhaps a one of you can, someday, do something to change that.</p>

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<p>never mind… i’ll just ask someone on facebook… you guys are not helpful and this thread has taken a turn for the douchiest…</p>

5664

<p>sorry you feel this way - perhaps you just don’t understand. Your question can probably be answered by calling or contacting the colleges themselves - as they tell you in QB.</p>

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<p>@ mollybusk</p>

<p>You shouldn’t copy the essay-- write a fresh one b/c colleges would like to know more about you.
Others have said this last year as well…</p>

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<p>thanks jsterrence</p>

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<p>For RD, I’ve decided to reuse my QB essays if they fit the prompt (after having gone through them with a fine tooth comb) and writing new essays if they don’t, which is probably most of the essays. I agree, though, that this thread has gotten a bit off topic. Where did all of the insightful questions about applying go? This is supposed to be about the QuestBridge process and whatever else dealing with the QuestBridge partner colleges!</p>

<p>This sort of has something to do with Amherst’s supplement. I plan on responding to one of the quotes with an essay about Noetic science. After reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, I found myself fascinated by the subject and hope to write a really awesome essay about it.</p>

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<p>Hey Molly!</p>

<p>I had to fill out a supplement for Notre Dame in the match round, and I ended up reusing one of my essays from the QB application. Since I got matched, I’m assuming that was fine!</p>

<p>We’ve already written three essays, which is already more than what almost all colleges require with the CommonApp + supplement. I don’t see why they’d want FOUR!</p>

<p>Also, could we get a moderator in here or something so this forum could return to something productive?</p>

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<p>Let’s get in to college first before we can change the world. One life, one race: human.</p>

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<p>I’ve been following this thread for quite a while, and I haven’t post even in the midst of Tuesday’s stress-fest. That this thread has taken a turn for the worst, however, prompted me to speak out.</p>

<p>To the matched students: Congratulations, you deserved it. To the unmatched finalists: Congratulations, you may have deserved it, or you may have not. There is no point in envying the matched students, or trying to limit their flare. Guys, this is college applications-- we’re each individuals endeavoring to do our best-- and some of you look upon the matched with disdain, as if they had something they owed you. Look, the only thing that you guys, the unmatched finalists, can do is to look forward and take any measures to improve your applications for EA/RA. You may or may not get in then, and you may think that life is “unfair.” Life may be unfair, but what are you going to do about it? Complain? Just put your heads up and move along, and stop brooding over things you cannot control and try to improve the things you can. Your life may feel worthless now because of XYZ, but the point in life is to say “SCREW THAT! I’M GOING TO DO WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE DOING!”</p>

<p>There is also a point of concern for the matched students. This topic is about QuestBridge in general, so there will inevitably be both matched and unmatched finalists-- and even those who didn’t even qualify to be finalists-- reading this thread. Because of this, you guys are welcome to post whatever the heck you want. Do keep in mind, however, that constant questions such as “Oh, PRINCETON matched me, so XYZ,” “I was matched with PRINCETON (mentioning this for the 10th time), so —” may nag even the most disciplined of forum readers, not to mention QuestBridge finalists who where, indeed, not accepted to Princeton.</p>

<p>Ten years later you-- all of you, even me-- will be looking back at this and thinking, “Did I really react like this to a comment?” or, plainly, “This is just ridiculously stupid how a forum of intelligent, low-income minorities would bash each other like this.” Guys, MOVE ON! This thread is about QUESTBRIDGE, not about taunting or envying others.</p>

<p>For the record, I myself am a QuestBridge finalist who was not matched with MIT, Princeton, Stanford, or Yale. Am I depressed? Initially, yes. But that just tells me to GET MY ACT TOGETHER and endeavor to improve my applications for the next round.</p>

<p>This post was not meant to be offensive to anyone, and is sound advice from my heart. I am not trying to antagonize or worship anyone, but I am trying to remark on how RIDICULOUS this is.</p>

<p>I hope we can stay on track with this thread-- in discussing QuestBridge.</p>

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<p>How are you filling out the Rice Questbridge supplement? I can only open as PDF file and therefore it is read only. Does anyone know how to get a copy of it in an editable format.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this.</p>

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<p>Oh I have a comment for Molly. Yale states to please re-use the questbridge essays when submitting the common application and supplement for reg decision. But that is not possible for all essays. For example, one essay asks what in particular about Yale influenced you to apply. So just re-use what you can and if needed you may have to write new essays depending on the individual prompts asked. Hope that helps.</p>

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<p>Eloquently and validly said, fwong.</p>

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<p>nameofthegame, I read in a post here on CC about a free program that lets you fill out PDF forms. Here is a link to the program: [PDFescape</a> - Free PDF Editor & PDF Form Filler - Your Free Online PDF Reader, Editor, Form Filler, Form Designer, Solution](<a href=“http://www.pdfescape.com/]PDFescape”>http://www.pdfescape.com/)
I haven’t tried it yet, so if you give it a try let me know how it works. </p>

<p>If it doesn’t work for you, and you have access to a scanner here is a method my family has used.</p>

<p>We have printed off the PDF and scanned it, saving it as a TIF file. </p>

<p>We have MS Word 2003, so the next part could vary depending upon what you have.
Open Word, select Format, then Background from the drop-down menu, and then Printed Watermark. </p>

<p>Next, click on the radio button for Picture Watermark and selected the scan of the PDF. Choose a scale of 100%. Unclick the check next to “Washout” to keep the PDF from printing in light gray. </p>

<p>The form then shows up in the Word document. With most forms we’ve been able to select the entire watermark and move it up or down slightly to better match the line spacing used by Word. We then have to use tabs, spaces or hit Enter to move around the page using Word. Also, sometimes to best fit a line, you can enter your text, select it, choose the Format menu, then Paragraph. In the pop-up box under Spacing you can choose different “Before” or “After” spacing to force a line a text to better fit the blanks in the PDF.</p>

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<p>Hi nameofthegame—</p>

<pre><code> With a PDF file–
</code></pre>

<p>1) go to text annotation under tool mode
2) then drag a box to where you want to type
3) a box shows up that says-- Double-click here to edit
4) then double click inside the box and write in</p>

<p>— I have a MAC but I am pretty sure its same for PC</p>

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<p>fwong: i assume the mentioning of the school was directed toward me…i only did it bc im not sure how closely ppl are following this thread and would like to make my questions as clear as possible. if it’s not, then i apologize, but this might have also been the reasoning behind whomever this comment was directed toward. and unless they actually wrote their school IN CAPS LOCK, i don’t think they were namedropping on purpose.
molly: seriously? there was like one post after your question that didn’t have to do with your question. be a little more patient. and your question has been asked multiple times and is directly answered by many of the schools on the regular decision information. they encourage you to reuse your essays. if you don’t think they’re good, then write new ones. otherwise, just use the same ones if they fit.</p>

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<p>Can everyone just look up “Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend” on YouTube and stop the hate?
kthxbye</p>

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<p>Hi everyone! I’m a pretty new user to college confidential but I have read pretty much this whole thread but I didn’t see anyone who had been matched with Bowdoin too ( granted I stopped reading at around page 371 because my eyes were buring from looking at the conputer for so long :/). Honestly, at first I was kind of diappointed in myself that I didn’t get ranked with my first choice, but then I realized, Hey! This is an AWESOME opportunity! People would kill to have been matched! And anyway Maine is awesome, and I can’t wait to move there!! I just wanted to talk to someone who had been matched with Bowdoin also…
Thanks :slight_smile:
And I’m really sad for those who weren’t matched. You guys were robbed!! But you’ll bounce back when you get accepted through regular decision!</p>

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<p>crazyyy: In the 2009-2010 QuestBridge Finalist Facebook Group, there is one girl who got matched to Bowdoin. Try to get in contact with her. You can find her in the discussion “# of Matches” [url=<a href=“http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/topic.php?uid=166474537749&topic=11497]link[/url”>http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/topic.php?uid=166474537749&topic=11497]link[/url</a>].</p>

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<p>Just curious, did anybody get matched to Columbia? How many got matched? I still haven’t seen anybody post about a match to Columbia.</p>