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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does QB look at assets? DH could quit tomorrow, but I think our assets would give us away unless they aren’t checking.[/quote]

Yes they look at assets. You are always going to hear rumors of the welfare queen getting lobster with food stamps, or the person who got divorced to scam the financial aid process, but they are just rumors.

There are multiple points at which a scammer could be "caught" during the QB process, not to mention the college admissions process. These include not just very intrusive financial checks but also potentially interviews with the applicant. Your UMC kid is not going to present like a QB scholar, which is not a ding on either QB scholars or your UMC kid. They are different experiences, and that comes out in a lot of different ways. [/quote]
You were doing great until the end. Those are just stereotypes. Most qb kids are from cities, grew up poor, but act just like any other student. Many went to top boarding and private schools and have lived, while not at home, very upper middle class lifestyles while on scholarship. Being a QB kid who goes to Groton is very different from being one who goes to Stuyvesant is very different from being one who goes to a rural high school. There are more qb matches that are the former than the latter.[/quote]

So what?  The fact a kid was smart enough to get a scholarship to top boarding schools, so they attended HS and lived with Rich kids still doesn't change the fact the kid is poor.  Doubt they were going to Europe for spring break while attending that Boarding school, at least not with their family paying (a rich friend might pay).  So you are begrudging them because they got to live nicely while attending HS?

Obviously that is a bit different than Stuyvesant or a rural HS.  But doesn't change the fact that for that kid, the scholarship to college is huge and will be life changing once again 
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No one was begrudging anyone at all.[/quote]

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