Anonymous wrote:To infuriate you even more my affluent kid who happens to be in a school with a good handful of diverse students is getting preference based merely on zip code. It’s clear to me that this is what happening versus sibling with similar stats who went through the process a few years ago. It’s been eye-opening. I finally figured it out based on various comments, things in email, etc. No one explicitly stated it, but…

Has your child actually been admitted anywhere, or are you just getting notifications of opportunities for scholarships and the like?

It sounds like the latter. You were in a zip code with some poor or working class families and you are getting targeted for mailers, but where is the evidence that your child is actually getting preferenced?

To infuriate you even more my affluent kid who happens to be in a school with a good handful of diverse students is getting preference based merely on zip code. It’s clear to me that this is what happening versus sibling with similar stats who went through the process a few years ago. It’s been eye-opening. I finally figured it out based on various comments, things in email, etc. No one explicitly stated it, but…

Wonder where Mackenzie Fierceton is now …

Anonymous wrote:My kid is UMC, unhooked, not URM, not an athlete, not a VIP, ‘24. I made it clear to them that they can go through this process feeling like they are being treated unfairly (not true), getting the short of the stick (not true) or….they can embrace the privileges they have, be grateful, and run with the opportunities they have. Because they had the golden ticket in their hand from the time they were born.

Is your kid enjoying Old Dominion?

Anonymous wrote:I get annoyed at the assumption that because you are third or fourth generation here you have it made or something. My parents were children of immigrants who grew up quite poor. Plus, my grandfather and father were drafted. Why are we being lumped in with the families who have been here forever and have passed down wealth and property forever.

....that's not the assumption at all? Nor is being an immigrant even the criteria for QuestBridge.

Do you think the descendents of slaves can't apply to QB because they aren't recent immigrants?

I get annoyed at the assumption that because you are third or fourth generation here you have it made or something. My parents were children of immigrants who grew up quite poor. Plus, my grandfather and father were drafted. Why are we being lumped in with the families who have been here forever and have passed down wealth and property forever.

Anonymous wrote:Does QB look at assets? DH could quit tomorrow, but I think our assets would give us away unless they aren’t checking.

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.

College admissions is not a meritocracy.

Anonymous wrote:Now you know how my kid feels.

Super high stats kid, rejected to T15, Asian male.

No we don't because our kids don't feel entitled to get into schools.

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being the person who starts a post to complain about how QB kids are taking all the spots. Appalling!

+1

So gross (and misinformed)

Now you know how my kid feels.

Super high stats kid, rejected to T15, Asian male.

Anonymous wrote:Does QB look at assets? DH could quit tomorrow, but I think our assets would give us away unless they aren’t checking.

You could forfeit your child to the state and have them raised in foster care. They would qualify and your assets would not count against them.

Anonymous wrote:Imagine being the person who starts a post to complain about how QB kids are taking all the spots. Appalling!

It's wild.

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

Imagine being the person who starts a post to complain about how QB kids are taking all the spots. Appalling!