Difference between revisions of "QuestBridge"
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| + | QuestBridge selects bright and motivated low-income students for scholarship opportunities based on academic, financial, and other criteria. | ||
| + | * Academic criteria - factors include GPA, class rank, rigor of high school curriculum, standardized test scores ("Finalists score an average of 1940 on the SAT or 30 on the ACT"), essays, teacher recommendations, and the secondary school report | ||
| + | * Financial criteria - factors include annual household income ("Most College Match scholarship recipients have come from households earning less than <dollar/>60,000 annually.") and additional information such as cost of living in the area or number of people in household | ||
| + | * Other criteria - parents' level of education, extenuating circumstances, and other achievements | ||
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== Requirements == | == Requirements == | ||
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* Submit test scores to partner colleges. | * Submit test scores to partner colleges. | ||
* Graduate from high school during/before spring/summer and plan to enroll as a freshman in fall. | * Graduate from high school during/before spring/summer and plan to enroll as a freshman in fall. | ||
| − | * | + | * Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (some schools have exceptions) |
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== Amount== | == Amount== | ||
| − | + | *Tuition costs up to <dollar/>40,000 per year | |
| − | + | *Room and board costs up to <dollar/>15,000 per year | |
| − | * | ||
| − | * | ||
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| + | Most schools also cover | ||
*Books and supplies | *Books and supplies | ||
*Travel expenses | *Travel expenses | ||
*Health insurance | *Health insurance | ||
| − | *A work-study package and/or | + | *A work-study package and/or summer work for other expenses |
== Partner Colleges == | == Partner Colleges == | ||
| − | Amherst College | + | *Amherst College |
| − | Bowdoin College | + | *Bowdoin College |
| − | Brown University | + | *Brown University |
| − | Caltech | + | *Caltech |
| − | Chicago, University of | + | *Chicago, University of |
| − | Columbia University | + | *Columbia University |
| − | Dartmouth College | + | *Dartmouth College |
| − | Emory University | + | *Emory University |
| − | Haverford College | + | *Haverford College |
| − | MIT | + | *MIT |
| − | Northwestern University | + | *Northwestern University |
| − | Notre Dame, University of | + | *Notre Dame, University of |
| − | Oberlin College | + | *Oberlin College |
| − | Parsons The New School for Design | + | *Parsons The New School for Design |
| − | Pennsylvania, University of | + | *Pennsylvania, University of |
| − | Pomona College | + | *Pomona College |
| − | Princeton University | + | *Princeton University |
| − | Rice University | + | *Rice University |
| − | Scripps College | + | *Scripps College |
| − | Stanford University | + | *Stanford University |
| − | Swarthmore College | + | *Swarthmore College |
| − | Trinity College | + | *Trinity College |
| − | Vassar College | + | *Vassar College |
| − | University of Virginia | + | *University of Virginia |
| − | Washington and Lee University | + | *Washington and Lee University |
| − | Wellesley College | + | *Wellesley College |
| − | Wesleyan University | + | *Wesleyan University |
| − | Williams College | + | *Williams College |
| − | Yale University | + | *Yale University |
Latest revision as of 09:38, 23 July 2010
QuestBridge selects bright and motivated low-income students for scholarship opportunities based on academic, financial, and other criteria.
- Academic criteria - factors include GPA, class rank, rigor of high school curriculum, standardized test scores ("Finalists score an average of 1940 on the SAT or 30 on the ACT"), essays, teacher recommendations, and the secondary school report
- Financial criteria - factors include annual household income ("Most College Match scholarship recipients have come from households earning less than <dollar/>60,000 annually.") and additional information such as cost of living in the area or number of people in household
- Other criteria - parents' level of education, extenuating circumstances, and other achievements
Requirements
- Submit test scores to partner colleges.
- Graduate from high school during/before spring/summer and plan to enroll as a freshman in fall.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (some schools have exceptions)
Amount
- Tuition costs up to <dollar/>40,000 per year
- Room and board costs up to <dollar/>15,000 per year
Most schools also cover
- Books and supplies
- Travel expenses
- Health insurance
- A work-study package and/or summer work for other expenses
Partner Colleges
- Amherst College
- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- Caltech
- Chicago, University of
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Emory University
- Haverford College
- MIT
- Northwestern University
- Notre Dame, University of
- Oberlin College
- Parsons The New School for Design
- Pennsylvania, University of
- Pomona College
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Scripps College
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- Trinity College
- Vassar College
- University of Virginia
- Washington and Lee University
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan University
- Williams College
- Yale University
For more information, check out the website.
