QuestBridge scholarships applications are now being accepted. We will go through the details of QuestBridge scholarship programme, its perks, and the application process step by step in this article.
The QuestBridge Scholarships 2022-23 are fully paid scholarships for students in the United States. The QuestBridge scholarships are offered to seniors in high school. The QuestBridge scholarship covers the entire four-year scholarship and is valued at over $200,000.
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At qualifying Texas public colleges and universities, Promise Fund tuition units represent a predetermined amount of undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide compulsory fees. During the current Promise Fund sales season, Match the Promise will award Promise Fund tuition units to qualified recipients, augmenting participant contributions to the fund.
The National College Match scholarship is offered by QuestBridge in collaboration with 40 top colleges and universities across the United States. With no parental contribution and no student loans, the QuestBridge scholarship covers the whole cost of attendance for each college, including tuition, housing and board, travel expenses, and books and supplies. The QuestBridge scholarship may, however, require student participation in the form of work study or student savings.
Two Levels of Scholarships
1-Matching Scholarship
Up to $500 of participant tuition unit purchases will be matched with the same type of tuition units. Scholarship recipients with a family income of $75,000 or less will receive a two-to-one match. All other scholarship recipients will receive a one-to-one match.
2-Promise Scholarship
A one-time grant of tuition units worth $2,000 at today’s prices will be awarded. Matching Scholarships will be approved for up to 150 top scoring applicants. The five applicants who score the highest will receive Promise Scholarships.
QuestBridge Scholarship Summary
- Level of Study: Undergraduate
- Institution(s): 40 prestigious colleges and universities
- Study in: USA
- Program Period: Four years
- Deadline: September 26, 2022
Schools/Colleges Part of the National College Match
- Amherst College
- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology
- Carleton College
- Claremont McKenna College
- Colby College
- Colorado College
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton College
- Haverford College
- Macalester College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northwestern University
- Oberlin College
- Pomona College
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Scripps College
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- Tufts University
- University of Chicago
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California
- University of Virginia
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan University
- Williams College
- Yale University
QuestBridge Scholarship Coverage
QuestBridge scholarships will provide the recipient with the following benefits:
The QuestBridge scholarship covers the full cost of attendance for each college—including tuition, room and board, travel expenses, and books and supplies—with no parental contribution, and no student loans.
Note, however, that the scholarship may entail student contribution in the form of work study or student savings.
Eligibility Criteria for QuestBridge scholarships
To qualify for QuestBridge scholarships, candidate must fulfill all of the following requirements below:
- Required Language(s): English
- Eligible Countries: USA (U.S. citizen or permanent resident or a high school student, regardless of citizenship, attending high school in the U.S.)
- Primarily A’s in the most challenging courses available (usually including Honors, AP, or IB level courses)
- SAT or PSAT scores over 1310
- ACT composite scores above 28
- Class rank in the top 5-10% of the graduating class
- Evidence of strong writing ability, intellectual spark, and determination through essays and recommendation letters.
Although these are not strict parameters, and each applicant will be considered in its own context, these numbers should give you a good idea of what QuestBridge is looking for in a student.
How to Apply for QuestBridge Scholarships
Please follow the following application instructions to apply for QuestBridge scholarships:
Material Required:
- National College Match’s online application, which includes two essays and short answer questions
- Two letters of recommendation from teachers in core academic subjects
- A Secondary School Report from your high school counselor
- A School Profile (optional, but recommended)
- A high school transcript
- Any standardized test scores. SAT and/or ACT test scores highly recommended.
At the end of September, applicants submit their applications. In October, applicants will rank up to 12 college partners for consideration. Later in October, applicants will be notified whether they have been selected to be finalists. Finalists will proceed to submit additional materials for the specific colleges they have ranked. In December, those who have matched with a college can relax in knowing that they have a full four-year scholarship to their college!
Applicants who were not selected in October to be finalists, as well as applicants who did not match with a college can apply again and to additional schools as part of Questbridge Regular Decision without any application fees.
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