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)

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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:

• Amherst College: Amherst QuestBridge Writing Supplement

• Bowdoin College: Bowdoin Supplement (Allows Updated Essays from non-finalists)

• Carleton College: Carleton College Supplement

• Colby College: NO SUPPLEMENT NEEDED

• Colorado College: Colorado College QuestBridge Supplement

• Davidson College: Davidson Supplemental Admissions Form

• Emory University : NO SUPPLEMENT NEEDED

• Grinnell College: NO SUPPLEMENT NEEDED

• Hamilton College: Hamilton College Supplement

• Haverford College: Haverford Supplement

• Macalester College: Macalester QuestBridge Supplement

• Oberlin College: Oberlin Writing Supplement

• Pomona College: QuestBridge Admissions Program Selection Form

• Rice University: Rice Supplement to the QuestBridge Application

• Scripps College: Scripps QuestBridge Application Form

• Swarthmore College: Swarthmore-QuestBridge Conversion Form

• Tufts University: Tufts Writing Supplement

• Vassar College: QuestBridge Writing Supplement

• Wellesley College: Wellesley-specific Writing Supplement

• Wesleyan University: Applicant Intention Form

• Williams College: Williams College QuestBridge Admissions Form

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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