<p>I’m sure the numbers are much, much greater than last year. If the number of matches nearly doubled this year, I can only imagine what the #of applicants and finalists were!
Congrats Jakor!</p>
<p>I feel for you google2008. I do believe Asians are predjudiced against as are whites but for different reasons. I have come to the conclusion (being from the Silicon Valley,Calif.)that the “academically gifted” Asians are TOO MANY.The top universities are being flooded with these apps. I feel that you have to compete not with your peers in general, but with all the other asians out for the same prize. I also think the Asian “parent pressure” is behind this. I’m not trying to be an expert on this issure for sure, but it saddens me to hear of the stories Asian parents put on their children (grades for love). I know the ultimate prize is success but I often wonder if it is worth the heartache these children have to endure? Sorry, I just came from an Asian thread and it saddened me.:(</p>
<p>I got matched with UChicago. (My top choice.) :-)</p>
<p>Congrats PoeticExplosion.</p>
<p>I’ve got a Q about the RD for partner schools: do we have to send teacher recommendations and HS mid-year reports to any of them. They don’t list them under the schools’ respective RD tables, but some commonapp ones do require it. For example, Wellesley requires a commonapp submission, but does this include teacher recs and everything else too? Even Yale, Princeton, and Stanford don’t even list required material.</p>
<p>Congrats PoeticExplosion!</p>
<p>knguyen142, D had the same questions about RD materials, so she made phone calls to various schools that were on her RD list. ALL of them said to send everything, except of course new application. The one exception was Williams, which said send supplement only. I would still double check though with each and every admissions office that you are applying to.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks GA2012MOM, and congrats to your daughter. She’s very lucky to have your support and assistance.</p>
<p>Hey guys since i didnt match to Yale, and we didnt send additional Teacher Recs for it, do we need to send additional ones now that it’s regular decision? or no because of the Questbridge ones</p>
<p>I emailed Yale and they said that they will be sending out a mass email with instructions so just sit tight for now! :)</p>
<p>Cool, thanks google. I would not love to ask teachers again if we have to. I’m sure my teachers won’t love it, at least. :)</p>
<p>Hey, Congratulations to everyone that made it!!!</p>
<p>I was cut out at the QB Finalist Decisions date, but I’m still happy. Don’t give up hope, those who weren’t matched!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all who made it! S didn’t make the cut, but we’ll see what happens in the RD. To those who didn’t, keep ya head up and look for the next opportunity. Once again congrats to all who made it!!!</p>
<p>Good luck everyone in RD! We have a long road ahead! But we can do it! :D</p>
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<p>I’m guessing QB finalist is a good award to put on my list to colleges?</p>
<p>I don’t know that it is. I considered it as well, but ruled it out because it has potential to harm your chances. The selected colleges might be inconsiderate if they perceive your application to QB and the prestigious partner schools as your consideration of their schools to be “safeties” should you be rejected to the partner schools. And no schools wants to be considered a safety or a backup. I don’t know, that’s just my take on the matter.</p>
<p>I put it on and got into University of Michigan so I don’t see it as a negative - in fact it was the first award I listed</p>
<p>Question: for those of you who got matched to Princeton, did you see that part that said that we get virtually the same financial aid package as those entering regular decision?? Does that mean we aren’t actually winning anything except the knowledge that we’re already accepted??</p>
<p>Hey Joseph, do you think you can post your stats to help us RDers out?</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters if you put “questbridge finalist” as a award, it’s actually probably a plus because it is just one more recongition/award.</p>
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<p>For the most part, you’ll get the same financial aid package at any QB partner, whether you were matched or not. Why? Because they all (with few exceptions) have huge endowments and great financial aid. The only difference is that 1) you’re guaranteed the package (it’s set) and 2) it’s for four years (but even that has exceptions, like for Stanford). To be honest, while the packages are amazing comparatively, they still have some downsides – some require money from student savings, some have loans, etc. What are the real benefits? You get to apply to multiple schools ED (with exceptions, of course), and you’re flagged as a high-achieving, low-income student. There are other college-specific benefits, like having to fill out only one application and getting the fee waived, but mostly, the same benefits of QB can be applied to RD.</p>
<p>The biggest benefit I’ve seen is that finalists not matched have a higher chance RD, perhaps an even higher chance than non-QB applicants.</p>
<p>Joseph, congratulations on your college match! </p>
<p>You are correct that for some schools, including Princeton, the financial aid package you receive is the same as that received in regular decision. I think in the case of those schools it is best to think of Questbridge as having provided you with an alternate path to admissions, a fantastic path to have taken. As a Quest applicant you are part of a vetted group of the kind of students the school wants to have in its student body. You are guaranteed to have your application considered as part of that school, and then, if you had not been selected, to have a certain shot at being reconsidered in the second round of regular decision. If you had applied to some other school Early Decision you would have run the risk of being rejected rather than deferred.</p>
<p>Princeton is known for providing fantastic financial aid. No student is ever required to take out student loans. For an estimate of what your specific package will be you can use the school’s financial aid estimator at [Princeton</a> University | Financial Aid Early Estimator](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/financialaid/estimator/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/financialaid/estimator/) . Take into account this is an estimator. It is possible that your family may have some special situation that would be taken into account by the financial aid office to further lower your family’s expected contribution (if there even is one; it may very well be zero). Here’s a good overview of financial aid at a glance. <a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/pr/aid/pdf/PU-aid-glance-0708.pdf[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/pr/aid/pdf/PU-aid-glance-0708.pdf</a></p>
<p>That’s got to be mighty sweet to have Princeton in your back pocket, and to have the freedom of deciding whether or not you want to pursue any other college admissions. Congratulations again!</p>