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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today is Questbridge notification day. [/quote]

I looked into this and it seemed like a colossal waste of time. Was I missing the supposed benefit?[/quote]

*Many schools consider it a hook- Yale tripled the number of QB students it admitted last year 
*Full scholarship if you're matched
*You can apply to up to 12 schools early, and none of them will reject you outright. If you don't get 'matched', your remaining options are numerous: you can apply ED to most places or you can move onto RD
*Free applications to the nation's best universities and LACs
*Application that is specifically designed to highlight the experience and background of a low income student. Testing is not as emphasized and most of the schools are willing to bypass lower scores for highly qualified QB students
*You get an alumni network and community at the school to which you matriculate
*Many graduate schools give automatic fee waivers to students who are QuestBridge finalists, including MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia
*Emails throughout the admission cycle for timelines and advice in putting forward the best application
*Partner schools send out invitations and vouches for students to visit their campus
*There's a program for juniors which gives out all-expense paid summer programs, telephone individual mentoring, essay coaching, testing preparation, and invitation to a conference where all of the 39 colleges come to speak to students and to teach them about the admissions process

Not a colossal waste of time at all- one of the biggest sources of inspiration towards helping low-income students go to college.[/quote]

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