Questbridge Scholarship - 2008

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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<p>WHOAH. I don’t know WHAT classes you’re taking, Sheed, but I have made my immune system sign a contract that states I will not ever get sick enough to miss school, under penalty of death. (Which kind of defeats the purpose, but oh, well.) Three words: A. P. CALCULUS. </p>

<p>But, anyway, I’m not trying to be your mom. The AP scores…well, 3s can’t really hurt, but I don’t think most of the schools Questbridge works with will take anything less than a 4 for credit (I could be wrong). They’re worth mentioning, just so they know you didn’t fully fail them, but I don’t know what kind of credit they’ll give you. I got a 3 on my US History test, and I sent that one in initially with Questbridge.</p>

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<p>lol, I’m taking 5 Aps and a 4th year Spanish honors, but i know i can catch up. this is a LAST resort if I don’t finish my essays by Sunday.</p>

<p>And i guess they’ll know i didn’t fail them because I wrote i was a AP Scholar…soo, yea.</p>

<p>I have another question: </p>

<p>I have 5 main ECs, then I have 2 very minor ones that i only did for a year. Should i add those 2 just so i can have 7 on the common application? Or should i just stick with 5?</p>

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<p>Questbridge Colleges Chosen:
Princeton, Yale
Rugby Captain + GA Allstar Team
Football (2yrs)
Cricket Captain (3yrs)
Model UN Vice President
150+ Hours of Community Service
Quest Scholar Finalist
National Achievement Finalist
IB Diploma Candidate
Black/Low-SocioEconomic
780 Math, 720 Writing, 690 CR
720 Spanish, 760 Math 2, 720 Physics,
AP WHistory 4
7/7 IB Spanish SL
4.596 GPA
GT Architecture Scholar
Notre Dame African-American Scholar
Destination Dartmouth Winner
Questbridge essays:

  1. The Transformation of My Mother Through Stress
  2. My Burning House
  3. My Grandfather’s Artificial Hand (Prosthesis Essay *Why I like BioEng)
    Honorary Invitee to VP Dick Cheney Economic Conference
    Job: Decorative / Visual Arts Merchant Part Time
    Senior Year Courseload:
    IB HL MATH
    IB HL ENGLISH
    IB HL HISTORY OF 20th CENTURY
    IB HL ART
    IB SL PHYSICS
    IB SL SPANISH
    IB TOK
    AP ART STUDIO
    HUMANITIES</p>
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<p>Is a 31 actenough for STanford?
Sheed do you know if the English section is weighted the least?
My score stands as:
English-26
Math-32
Reading-35
Science-30
Essay-10</p>

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<p>Sheed30, it’s ok I am most likely not going to school on thursday either. if you think about it this is really really really important, more important than an A on some test. </p>

<p>and collegehopeful78, no I don’t think it is.</p>

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<p>skrugger24, did you win the college prep award?</p>

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<p>Congrats to everyone who got finalist. I have a burning question: I put down Yale and Princeton for the College Match thing (early decision application where the materials are due Nov. 1st), BUT I have horrible a SAT I score. My class rank, recs, essays, and extracurriculars are very strong but the test score is bothering me.</p>

<p>In my case, would it be better to apply regular decision then? What do they look at for early decision as opposed to regular?</p>

<p>Help is appreciated :)</p>

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<p>no. I had no clue about it. I wasnt in the country for the most of junior year.</p>

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<p>collegehopeful78 Yea i think it’s enough for stanford. More than 25% of students at Stanford have a lower ACT. (25th percentile is a 28)</p>

<p>Cheeky if i am not mistaken, if you are not accepted through questbridge, you cans till apply regular decision…</p>

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<p>yea but you have to take into account that the majority of that 25th percentile is legacy and sports.</p>

<p>and yes cheeky it would be better to just do RD because once you submit your app, you can’t change the information on it. you can add things like awards.</p>

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<p>Oops, sorry I did not clarify. Sheed30 I did make Questbridge finalist.</p>

<p>By the way, do any of you guys know how many people applied for this year’s scholarship, or the acceptance rate?</p>

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<p>No idea, but i hear the number of finalists True Finalists is really small. so despite my thrill of tonight. I’m all the more worried.</p>

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<p>last year was 1500ish/3000, so that was like 50%, this year is less than 50%? is that good?!?!?!</p>

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<p>Whoa, skrugger24, we have IDENTICAL SAT I scores!</p>

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<p>so a 28 means ur higher up than 25% of the accepted students?</p>

<p>So a 31 puts me in about the 60th percentile?</p>

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<p>curious2582008… What schools did you rank?</p>

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<p>Stanford, yay!</p>

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<p>Finalist, whee.
Yale
Stanford</p>

<p>Got lots of work this weekend.
Basic stats
Asian
SAT - 2270
AP Bio 5 APUSH 5
Unweighted GPA 3.95</p>

<p>Essays - conflicting forces in life, witnessing/participating in an art project, my dad’s health. </p>

<p>For those who keep asking questions about specific colleges and what to send in, you know, research can help offset your anxiety. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html[/url]”>http://www.questbridge.org/cmp/college_requirements.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Somewhere on the website it states they expect about 120 students to be matched, although the remaining unmatched students stand a fair chance (as in around 35% can’t remember) of getting substantial financial aid in the regular decision process. I wouldn’t be surprised if 2000 finalists were named; the numbers have been climbing for Questbridge, and you can see the popular appeal of the addition of Yale and somewhat recent addition of Stanford. I’m not too attached to my application and their future decision, I just want to get it done and make sure it can accurately represent my abilities.</p>

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<p>Finalist! It’s crazy :]
Chinese female
SAT 1430/2230
SAT II (QB didn’t see them, but my colleges will) Lit & Math 2: both 760
GPA 3.9 UW
Rank 2/200ish
income < 30,000
Regional & National writing awards
Essays. . .two about my desire to write for an Asian-American audience; one about summer@brown

  1. Stanford
  2. Columbia
  3. U Chicago
  4. Emory</p>

<p>Congrats to all!!!</p>

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<p>Oh–I know I don’t have a chance at Stanford & Columbia, but I’m really hoping for Chicago. . .I think, if I have a chance, my best chance would be at Emory. You can’t beat a full ride!!</p>