<p>Well, there are a few reasons.</p>
<p>1) I have to become a QB finalist in the first place.</p>
<p>2) Some colleges will only take students with $0.00 EFC through the QB process, and that is not me, although it is probably a question I could resolve by contacting the finaid office.</p>
<p>3) Some people have suggested that having the QB flag on the application may turn off some adcoms (conscious or unconsciously) just because they know that the school would have to pay full or near full tuition for the student.</p>
<p>4) If I do become a finalist, I am then competing with other QB students who are applying to Dartmouth who are probably worse off financially than I am and have stories of immigrating to the US and learning English in 3 years, etc, something which is fairly common if you look at the profiles of former QB College Match recipients.</p>
<p>5) I have also heard that the school has to pay QB for each match made, so that would be another reason for colleges to resist taking CM applicants unless said applicants were downright amazing, which I sadly am not.</p>