<p>I think ppl who try to set themselves apart by using Questbridge are taking a HUGE risk. It’s like having a scarlet letter for “i’m poor and need full aid for everything”
now THAT would definitely influence decisions. it doesn’t help to call out more attention to the fact that you’re under economic hardhips</p>
<p>and the acceptance rate under questbridge is not that great:
ex: in 2008, 4889 applicants applied for the college match, only 16 ended up at Yale, which is =0.3%</p>
<p>and if you look at the demographics for questbridge, majority are hispanics and blacks, so colleges’ aim would probably be to use these programs for getting urms</p>
<p>moral of the story: unless you’re really really really poor and literally escaped poverty in africa, use the common app</p>