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"QuestBridge is a non-profit program that links bright, motivated low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation's best colleges." Students are selected based on academic, financial, and other criteria. | "QuestBridge is a non-profit program that links bright, motivated low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation's best colleges." Students are selected based on academic, financial, and other criteria. | ||
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Revision as of 12:58, 22 July 2010
"QuestBridge is a non-profit program that links bright, motivated low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation's best colleges." Students are selected 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
Requirements
- Submit test scores to partner colleges.
- Graduate from high school during/before spring/summer and plan to enroll as a freshman in fall.
- "Only U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents are eligible to receive College Match scholarships to partner colleges, with the exception of Brown, Pomona, Princeton, and Yale. Students who are not U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents can still use the QuestBridge application, be chosen as QuestBridge finalists, and participate in the Regular Decision process. "
Amount
"All scholarships include:
- Full cost of tuition: up to <dollar/>40,000 per year, depending on the college.
- Full cost of room and board: up to <dollar/>15,000 per year, depending on the college.
Most partner colleges automatically renew the scholarship for all four years of college, and also include the following in their scholarship packages:
- Books and supplies
- Travel expenses
- Health insurance
- A work-study package and/or a summer work contribution to help cover personal and 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.
