<p>ahhhhh i havent been on this in forever :)</p>
<p>How is everyone’s RD stuff going? I’m here playing the waiting game until April 1st waiting on 6 schools, wish me luck!</p>
<p>Is there anyone who didn’t get matched that got into the school they wanna go to yet?</p>
<p>Yeah just look back at the past couple pages. There have been a few people which is awesome!</p>
<p>hmm maybe im just weird and can’t find too many people haha but I saw that you got into EDII to a school! Congrats :D:D</p>
<p>I actually regret doing QB, since I’m asian n my dad had a dramatic increase in his income this year. And also, I dunno if this is true but I heard that colleges pay QB for every applicant accepted through the match round? I think this was one of the reasons I was screwed over… I did get into berkeley, my safety school though haha</p>
<p>hey guys,
i havent been on for a while
congrats to all who got in! it gives me hope =)
i love qb and im so excited to hear back from my schools,
my parents income actually dropped a couple thousand so i should get more financial aid and im hoping to get a couple scholarships to make up for the rest…
i cant wait til april 1st!
because regardless of where im going… i still know that i got into qb as a finalist and thats huge for me…
anyways i applied to 8 qb school (same as the ones i ranked for college match)
-deferred from one
looking at just stats if 60% of the qb finalist got in during regular decision- that is VERY high odds
and i also applied to eight of them so that sort of increases my chances…
right now im satisfied with going to ANY of my qb schools because financial aid is a HUGE! part for me…my parents already have tens of thousands of loans on their heads because of my siblings and i cant add onto that
well i just wanted to say that im excited! =)
good luck to you guys!
(im a dork and im counting down the days til april 1st its 28 today fyi!)</p>
<p>jamesdakrn: they do have to pay around 3k for each student, but do you think you would have gotten in if you had applied EA or ED to a school instead of QB? I’m not trying to sound like a jerk, I did get matched (to Princeton) and I still don’t know whether or not I would have had an equal, worse, or better chance applying through REA to Yale.</p>
<p>Well, first, you have to differentiate between the Match round and the regular decision round. The Match round is pretty perilous. Only 10% (or so) of finalists get chosen for the Match. On the other hand, the combined acceptance rate for partner schools between the Match and RD is over 60%. QuestBridge is right for you if you have nontraditional circumstances; i.e., are low-income. You can really highlight non-traditional parts of your application. You may not have the same experiences as your middle and upper income counterparts, and there’s no shame in outlining your strengths. Not to mention QB has other intangible benefits like a complete application by September 30th, the Quest Scholars Network, etc.</p>
<p>I agree with applicannot. The most important benefit of QB is its special application, which gives you an opportunity to show the colleges the hardships you have gone through.</p>
<p>Hello, All. This is my first posting to College Confidential, and I want to thank everyone here for their incredibly sincere, insightful and helpful comments.</p>
<p>My question is the following: My D is a junior in the class of 2011, and we are low income with some extenuating circumstances (Hispanic, she has to help me take care of her grandfather, who lives with us and is an invalid). One of her past experiences which most marked her is that her dad had alcohol, substance abuse and violence issues. We fled to America from overseas to get away from him when my D was eight. (She and I are dual nationals; he only holds foreign citizenship, and has never lived in the US.)</p>
<p>Is this something we should put on the QB apps? It has been a great source of shame for my D her whole life, and I wonder if selected colleges will think my D is somehow “tainted” for being the child of someone like that? Also, her college counselor will find out about this side of her, something which she would find excruciating since her “persona” at her small, private high school is of a completely normal kid (which she doesn’t feel like inside due to the trauma she’s been through).</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your feedback.</p>
<p>Questbridge is all about facing adversity so I think that coming out of such adversity and being okay would be a good thing.</p>
<p>marama, from what you posted, your daughter is exactly the type of student that QB is looking for. Schools will not think your daughter is tainted, they will think just the opposite, that she overcame adversity. I’m confused as to why your D’s guidance counselor will have to know anything that your daughter doesn’t choose to share with her? The QB application is done online, and the counselor will not have access to see her essay’s. My daughter was matched to her #1 school through QB two years ago, and I would encourage your daughter to do it. It has many advantages such as free applications to multiple schools, and being able to give schools a much bigger picture of herself than the common app would allow.</p>
<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I’ve run into a major problem with MIT, so I’d appreciate some feedback.</p>
<p>I had initially ranked MIT for the QuestBridge National College Match, but once I realized that I wouldn’t be able to take my science SAT subject test in time, I requested that QB drop MIT from my match rankings. However, I was definitely planning on applying through the regular decision process. I took my chemistry SAT subject test, completed an interview, submitted transcripts/recs, and submitted financial documents. In December, I also requested that QB forward my QB app to MIT. As all this was occurring, I consistently checked my MyMIT page to make sure everything was being processed, and as of early last month, all requirements were completed. However, a few days ago, MIT put up their decisions.mit.edu page which allows us to see if we’re eligible to receive a decision on 3/14. It said I wasn’t. I called MIT yesterday, and they said that my application was never even read because I had withdrawn it during the match process, and that it was too late for them to consider me. They said it was my responsibility to email them earlier and let them know that I wanted to be considered for regular decision. My first thoughts were, how could they not realize that I wanted to be considered if I had completed all the requirements - interview, forwarded QuestBridge app, midyear report, financial aid, etc? I don’t think this is really fair to me. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Does your MIT account still show that all application requirements were completed? If it still does, I see no reason for MIT not to read your app.
I dont know. Try taking a picture of the page showing that all of the requirements are completed to use as an evidence or sth.</p>
<p>I’m sorry to hear about your situation.</p>
<p>Did you ever submit the common application or have your QB application forwarded?</p>
<p>applicannot, MIT doesn’t have commonapp. They have their own application. Aceking, did you submit the MIT app?</p>
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<p>For regular decision, MIT said that I didn’t need to submit the MIT app, just forward the QB app, which is exactly what I did. They use the QB app in place of their own.</p>
<p>Weird. I applied by forwarding my app through qb too (however, i did not withdraw my app during the match process). and my page looks exactly the same.</p>
<p>I am extremely sorry to hear about your situation too. My advice will be to call them again to explain you situation in detail (or you can fax them if you can do that early enough). I doubt they will change their position as the decisions are out next Sunday but at least you can try.</p>
<p>Try calling them, or faxing them a detailed clarification. Include the pages that you showed us to prove that you had sent the forms and that they had been registered. You have one opportunity in life to apply, so give it your all! If it doesn’t work out, then it may have been meant to be. However, no one has the right to say that something was “meant to be” until after they have given their all to establish their own fate. Good luck! We all have hardships, but we have to stand back up after falling down.</p>
<p>aceking: i thought you asked for the forwarding if you wanted to be considered for RD?</p>
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