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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't the real hook URM + poverty? QB is a non factor. You're hyping too hard to be a casual observer. QB is hq'd in DC, yes?[/quote]

I benefited from QB several years ago (was admitted to several partner schools, though I went elsewhere), so you're right that I'm not a casual observer. They are based in Palo Alto, CA. [/quote]

I[b]'ve never heard of QuestBridge before[/b].  I think the idea of getting poor smart kids hooked up to go to top universities is fantastic.  Doesn't look like it's URM, just low SES and smart.  Kudos to them.[/quote]

To start:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuestBridge[/quote]

QB is all about finding those kids who are high achieving and low income. There are literally thousands of those kids out there - [b]the majority ARE URM[/b]  but that is not the driving factor. I posted upthread about the phenomenon of these students UNDERMATCHING - they mostly apply to schools that are way below their capability. The truth is that folks don't understand is that there way more students like this out there that are not in the pipeline for selective schools. Once they wake up and step into the game, the competition will get fiercer as time goes on. The benefit of all of this is getting these students in front of highly selective schools and QB applications are reviewed first.

https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students/national-college-match/finalist-profile

My DC was invited to a selective college for a diversity fly-in program and met a ton of QB students. DC was impressed by all of them - they stay connected through Snapchat and they have been reporting their matches to the group. Really amazing.  Also, want to point out that the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation does a similar program and those kids are amazing as well.

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Well, the majority (70%) of poor high achievers are actually white.  I'd be interested to see if the QB demographics mirror this or if more emphasis is placed on helping out the poor URM students.

https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/03/19/the-untapped-pool-of-low-income-strivers

"69.4 percent of low-income very high achievers are white and 15.2 percent are Asian. By contrast, 5.7 percent are black and 7.6 percent are Hispanic."[/quote]

Don't be a dodo brain - URM kids are more likely than white kids to live in poor households in this country. On the flip side SLAC's made a particular effort after the Trump's election to seek out qualified low-income white students in rural areas.[/quote]

Yes, true.  But the majority of [b]high achievers[/b] living in poor households are white.  That's what this is about right?  Finding poor high achieving kids?[/quote]

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