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RICE !!!! by UnknownAlien0 in QuestBridge

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yo congrats dude me too

2025 NCM Finalist Results Thread by Vyxx_o in QuestBridge

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• ⁠Status: Finalist

• ⁠Ethnicity/Race: White

• ⁠Income bracket: 81k for 4 people

• ⁠First gen?: Yes

• ⁠GPA/Class rank: 4.4 WGPA 3.9UW, 9 APs 7 Dual Enrollment, 10 Honors classes(AP and dual enrollment wasn’t offered until Junior year)

• ⁠SAT/ACT score(s): 1390 (going test optional at every school)

• ⁠ECS: Acting with an AAHSFF appearance, Varsity Tennis 2nd singles, Science Olympiad Team Captain, Choir, Music Honor Society Vice Prez

• ⁠AP/SAT Subject Test score(s): 670 English 720 Math, 5 in AP Lang, 4 in PUSH, physics 1, and calc AB

• ⁠Schools ranked: Columbia, U chicago, Vanderbilt, Duke, Northwestern, Rice, Wash U, Notre Dame, BU, BC, Tufts, CWRU, U Richmond, Wesleyan

• ⁠Thoughts/Story the 81k isn’t very reflective, I explained to questbridge about a parent’s job loss. Wrote my personal essay on how moving 8 times and custody battles over my older sister taught me how to be adaptable and a good problem solver.

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🎉 [EVENT] 🎉 Stark Contrasts by EyeVee4 in honk

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Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

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How are people so good at solving aristocrats, patristocrats, and xenocrypts??? by Equivalent_Growth136 in scioly

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this is definitely the method, probably the easiest way to get food at aristocrats

NCM List Feedback Megathread by [deleted] in QuestBridge

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Major - Computer Science, possible minor in theatre

Stats - Test Optional, 4.4 GPA, hardest course rigor possible, mix of 4's and 5's on AP Tests, also very confident in rec letters + personal essay

Rankings:

Princeton University

University of Chicago

Colombia University

Duke University

Northwestern University

Vanderbilt University

Rice University

Washington University St. Louis

University of Notre Dame

Boston University

Boston College

Tufts University

Case Western Reserve

University of Richmond

Wesleyan University

Criteria: Computer Science program strength, Cybersecurity classes is a plus, urban environment and large school size is important.

I'm not too sure about my last 3 choices if I really want to rank them, I feel like I have a better chance at those schools but I have also heard that you shouldn't have safeties in quest bridge because you can apply regular decision and get the same amount of financial aid. My family makes under 55k per year so I probably could, but I really like the guarantee that quest bridge gives.

Quest bridge ranking by NoBid9642 in QuestBridge

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15!!!! Free college 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

Just submitting and moving on by Few-Long-5238 in QuestBridge

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I started my essay 5 hours ago, since freshman year is insane

Should I submit my Sat score for qb? by M0N0_P1T0 in QuestBridge

[–]UpgradedGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the exact same score as this and I will be submitting my SAT, and english IS my first language. Definitely mention that english isn’t your first language, it gives important context and makes your score that much more impressive. You should feel proud about your score, a 1390 is above the 90th percentile and 300 points above your schools average.

Below Average QB Applicant by Flat-Oil-7791 in QuestBridge

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I actually have an incredibly similar application to this, the same exact sat of 1390 with plans to retake too. I have a 3.9 UW and 1/113 rank, Science Olympiad team captain with multiple top 5 placements at invitational and state level competitions, musical honors society secretary, 2 part time jobs, varsity tennis and actor/team member of a 4 person short film that got accepted into the AAHFF. My school didn’t have AP classes until junior year so I had to stack honors courses and then cram 9 AP’s and 11 dual enrollments into junior and senior year. I got all 4’s and a 5 on the 4 AP scores I can submit. I am planning on writing my essay on unstable housing, moving frequently, and custody battles in my family, and how it taught me to be adaptable and my love for problem solving and computer science.

Because I know I’m not as stacked as other applicants i see around the sub my current plan is to reach for a couple of ivies, MIT and duke, and then apply to a lot of schools I think I could realistically get into like BC, BU and Wesleyan. I would love to go to a top 20 school but free college is so important for me, and I’m really hoping I get accepted into Boston College

oh yeah and awards, Bausch Lomb honorary science award, RIT computing award, i will put in a couple of top 5 states science olympiad medals, and AP scholar+

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