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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no problem with true QuestBridge kids at all. The problem a lot of people don't realize is that quite some of them are not poor at all. They are not middle class of course because middle class parents won't be able to hide their wealth. The ones I know, parents own companies or parents make money overseas. I don't understand how they could pass the QuestBridge criteria to be honest based on the living standard they have. Not to mention the ones who use college counseling companies to package their questbridge applications. Those services are not cheap at all. I know I couldn't afford it. [/quote]

Hopefully schools figure out a way to monitor this and provide harsh penalties for applicants that submit fraudulent information because they are taking an opportunity away from an actual deserving low income kid. Also, it just puts a cloud on  the entire program and allows entitled UMC parents that couldn't get their kids into the school another reason to complain. [/quote]
However, no one here has provided any proof that people are defrauding questbridge. People will say things like “oh they look like they’ve been on vacation” but many qb scholars go to good boarding schools that pay for or help them get grants for those types of experiences. It is very likely you are seeing a class trip. Being poor doesn’t mean you have a bad education or only grow up in the inner city.[/quote]

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