i recently found out about Questbridge, too late for us. (I am a low-income single parent.) Actually, my D found out because her friend did it. Friend is also low-income but they live with her well-off aunt who pays for everything. Last year the aunt took friend to Rome for during the summer and this year to London. Friend has very few ECs and much lower scores than D, yet she is now touring around the country looking at HYP because she apparently has a shot at those due to Questbridge. It doesn't seem fair. My D is the president of three school clubs, a class officer, has very high ACT scores and subject test scores, and she and her friend have the same GPA. Yet we are being told that Ivy is impossible while she is saying Questbridge will make it all possible for her. Apparently she was also in it last year and got something from them like essay help or something like that - not exactly sure.
Don't get me wrong, I like what the organization stands for, but this kid has had plenty of advantages including intense ACT tutoring, vacations....stuff my D doesn't have. It just seems....not right....
(Yes, friend could have told D about Questbridge before deadline but chose to wait until afterwards, so I'm sure that is coloring my feelings right now also.)
FYI - neither are minority students and neither are first gen. Friend's grandfather is a retired surgeon, in fact.
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