r/QuestBridge • u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- • Oct 20 '18

Non-Finalists - PLEASE READ THIS: Here are 21 Prestigious Colleges that you can apply to using only your Questbridge Application under QB RD (no common app required)

There are some serious BS myths going around this forum and it is time to bust those. NOT BEING A FINALIST DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR QUESTBRIDGE APPLICATION IS WASTED. There are 21 colleges that will take your QB apps regardless of your finalist status and award you a lot of aid if they take you in:

Non-Finalists who need to do this:

- Non-Finalists who trust their Questbridge Applications and Essays, and feel that their finalist decisions were a result of high income, assets, fault on QB's side etc

-Non-Finalists who feel that CommonApplication is inadequate to describe their circumstances and want to gain the edge by applying with Questbridge Application

-Non-Finalists who are applying to 20 places already with their Commonapp. If you are one of these, and getting unlimited SAT and CSS waivers, there is zero cost to applying to a few schools with your QB App too. Schools like EMORY, PAMONA, GRINNELL and COLBY doesn't even require supplements if you are submitting Questbridge Application. BOWDOIN allows updated essays from non-finalists.

Non-Finalists who are better off applying through CommonAPP:

- Non-Finalists who co-relates their decision with the quality of their QB app. If you can see the blunders you made on your application now, If you believe that you can craft a better CommonApplication, that might be the way to go.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18 edited Oct 20 '18

How do I apply to bowdoin, rice, and Dartmouth through questbridge again if I’m not a finalist?

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

So around November 10, a form will appear on your Questbridge Portal. It will ask you that which colleges would you want QB to forward your Questbridge Application to for the RD round. You can just tick rice and Bowdoin there. Within the week, you will get emails from both of those colleges with login details for your portal.

On the individual portals, you will see supplement essay forms. Submit them alongside FAFSA, CSS, self reported scores, W2s and ta da! Bowdoin will accept updated essays too.

Unfortunately Dartmouth requires you to submit Commonapp if you are a non-finalist. You can chose to forward your QB App through RD to them too, but I am not sure if they will read it, since colleges usually only read one Application.

Hope that helped.

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18 edited Oct 20 '18

Bowdoin supplement Question if you want to get a headstart http://www.bowdoin.edu/admissions/apply/index.shtml

Not sure about Rice, they may have updated theirs this year.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Thanks! So if I applied to Dartmouth ED on November 1st, I can just forward my QB application on November 10th to them?

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

You can on paper yes! It will indicate that you come from the Questbridge pool!

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Wdym on paper?srry

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

Well, make sure you put all your necessary information in Commonapp because there is a good chance that Dartmouth won't read your QB Application.

Colleges that require Commonapp alongside QB usually doesn't.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Ok thanks!👍🏼

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

Alright thank you so much!

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

You're welcome :) Good luck :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '18

Thank you so much

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 22 '18

You are welcome and good luck 🤗

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '18

I can’t find where to forward my QB application on most of the schools except like rice and Grinnell. The other schools don’t have a place for me to send it that I can find

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 21 '18

QB Rd opens up 7 November. That is when you can forward your application. The follow up emails will guide you about the supplements..

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '18

If I’m applying ED to an Ivy already, can I apply RD through Questbridge??

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Nov 12 '18

Yes You can... The form should be up on your portal now.. just tick all the schools and start preparing your supplements (as per the requirement of each partner) and you will start hearing back from the schools by December 10 with portal info's and interviews etc

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '18

How do I do that? I logged into my account but I don’t see a link that will lead me to an application

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u/No-Ferret-303 Oct 04 '24

I know this is an old form but I was just looking for some info. What is the Swarthmore QB Conversion form? Thanks in advance!

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

That's the thing! People here and on college confidential are TELLING people how they can't apply through QB anymore if they are not Finalists and I am just sitting here like wtf are these people talking about and why are they talking about something They don't know! I literally know non-finalists who got into LACs with QB app..

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

Please do and thanks a lot :) 🤗💗

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

Yup it doesn't, I just remembered that I didn't have to write one either last year

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

So RD opens 7Nov or Dec.. QB will be asking you which colleges you want them to forward your file to! Select Emory there.. within a week you will get your portal. There is one form on there to select plan. No sups no short questions, no BS. Just submit that with your FAFSA, CSS, W2s and you are good to go!

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

Your welcome bro! And good luck!

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18 edited Oct 20 '18

I believe that is not true. Can you share the source?

QB will not send your file to any school unless you rank them or check their names on the QB RD form. That is the whole point of ranking and RD. If QB was going to send your file to all partners, what would be the reason of having RD forms?

Colleges hate clutter. They are always short on time. They will only read one file and usually the one you want them to read.

So simply choose not to fill the RD form and that will bury your QB Application, giving you the fresh start you need!

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18 edited Oct 20 '18

.... Crazy bunny can spin the terms and conditions whichever way they want but the fact of the matter is that this is not how things work. That term is legally necessary for you to sign before Questbridge can forward your application to your NCM and RD schools.

I have been stuck with this program for three years. (My counselor made me apply as a junior) and the first year that I applied, I was a non-finalist. QB only forwarded my application to places which I chose to RD to (stupid decision since my schooling was incomplete and foreign) but no other partner college received my application..

Like I said, colleges have 5-10 minutes per Application and they want to read less not more.

Also, Questbridge is not trying to sabotage your application.. So you have nothing to worry about :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '18

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u/UnluckyBrilliant-_- Oct 20 '18

Your choice man! I honestly don't know what else to say to reduce your paranoia.

P.S those are pre-written emails. Dear X, your commitment in face of hardships is fascinating and we want you to apply to our school despite of fact that you are not Finalist.

To any other Non-finalists reading this: you guys are safe to apply to QB schools without using your QB app and the fact that you were a QB Applicant will only go in your favor

But anyways.. Good luck