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2005 Results: Acceptance Rates

Completing an application for the QuestBridge National College Match program requires an investment of time. You may wish to assess that investment in light of the information below.

QuestBridge's college partners are not obligated to accept any specific number of QuestBridge applicants. They evaluate QuestBridge applicants based on the same criteria that they use for other students.

One way to evaluate your chances of acceptance by one of our partner colleges through the QuestBridge National College Match program is by looking at the results from last year.

2005 QuestBridge College Match Program Statistics

Number of completed applications2200
Number of finalists chosen (see finalist profile)913
Percentage of 405 participating finalists who received full four-year scholarship packages through the Match Process (see match profile)11.1%
Percentage of 655 participating finalists offered acceptance and generous financial aid package through the Regular Admissions Process (see regular admit profile)33.6%
Percentage of 701 participating finalists offered acceptance and generous financial aid package through the Match Process or Regular Admissions Process.36.5%


General Acceptance Rates of Our 2006 College Partners

Institution 2004-2005 Acceptance Rate Acceptances/Applications*
Amherst College18.7% (1,175/6,273)
Bowdoin College24.5% (1,232/5,026)
Claremont McKenna College21.0% (786/3,734)
Columbia University 12.8% (2,318/18,119)
Oberlin College 33.9% (2,235/6,587)
Pomona College 18.8% (951/5,050)
Princeton University 10.9% (1,807/16,510)
Rice University 25.0% (1,970/7,890)
Scripps College 46.1% (847/1,836)
Stanford University 12.0% (2,426/20,195)
Swarthmore College 22.4% (917/4,085)
Trinity College 39.4% (2,265/5,744)
Wellesley College 33.6% (1,463/4,347)
Wheaton College 50.7% (1,097/2,163)
Williams College 18.8% (1,095/5,822)
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