<p>I posted the same link you did when I mentioned statistics.
[Acceptance</a> Rates](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-acceptance-rates]Acceptance”>http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-acceptance-rates)
I was referencing early action admissions and botched that sentence. I hope you actually read the entire argument, regardless.</p>
<p>The most recent stats: 2010</p>
<p>Number of QB applicants: 6647</p>
<p>Number of finalists offered admission and College Match scholarships 2010 Match recipient profile: 310</p>
<p>(310/6647) * 100= 4.66%</p>
<p>Regardless of overall stats, early action stats are ridiculously low, especially when early action rates for colleges are typically greater than RD rates. </p>
<p>The average acceptance rate of all partner colleges is 21.36 (calculated from that page) and the early action rate should be about 2-8% higher. 21.36 is approximately 5 times the acceptance rate of QB applicants.</p>
<p>These stats were not directed to discourage students, but instead to support my argument that QB picks many unqualified applicants as finalists.</p>
<p>Additionally, the 2438 finalists that were not matched to a college EA could potentially have been not accepted to 8 colleges, making admission rates up to 1/8 of 4.66% for EA (up to 1/8 of 4.66 because the 310 could, theoretically, have been accepted to 8 colleges each)… thus, a fixed range for the rates of EA acceptance through questbridge:</p>
<p>lowest possible: 310 finalists accepted to 1 college each/ 8colleges(2748 total finalists)= 1.41%</p>
<p>highest possible: 310 finalists accepted to 8 colleges each/ 8 colleges(2748 total finalists) = 11.28 %</p>
<p>The highest possible acceptance of EA is still half that of the college averages, and the lowest possible is 1/21 of the averages.</p>