Completing an application for the QuestBridge National College Match requires an investment of time and effort. You may wish to assess that investment in light of the information below.
QuestBridge's partner colleges evaluate QuestBridge applicants based on the same criteria that they use for other applicants. The number of QuestBridge applicants accepted by each of our partner colleges will differ each year.
One way to evaluate your chances of acceptance by one of our partner colleges through the QuestBridge National College Match is by looking at the program's track record as shown in the following table.
*Estimate based on available data from partner colleges.
National College Match Statistics
|
| | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
| Number of applicants |
6647 |
5830 |
4889 |
3715 |
3345 |
2200 |
Number of finalists
2010 finalist profile |
2748 |
2506 |
2470 |
1794 |
1594 |
913 |
Number of finalists offered admission and College Match scholarships
2010 Match recipient profile |
310 |
268 |
260 |
204 |
103 |
46 |
Number of finalists offered admission and financial aid through Regular Decision*
|
1240 |
1040 |
820 |
730 |
575 |
310 |
Total number of finalists offered admission and financial aid through the College Match or Regular Decision*
|
1550 |
1308 |
1080 |
934 |
678 |
356 |
*Estimate based on available data from partner colleges.
General Acceptance Rates of QuestBridge College Partners
|
| Institution |
2009-2010
Acceptance Rate |
|
Acceptances / Applications |
| Amherst College |
16.0% |
|
1,227 / 7,679 |
| Bowdoin College |
19.4% |
|
1,153 / 5,940 |
| Brown University |
11.2% |
|
2,790 / 24,988 |
| Caltech |
15.3% |
|
674 / 4,413 |
| University of Chicago |
27.3% |
|
3,708 / 13,565 |
| Columbia University |
8.9% |
|
1,897 / 21,273 |
| Dartmouth College |
12.6% |
|
2,279 / 18,132 |
| Emory University |
29.7% |
|
4,627 / 15,599 |
| Haverford College |
25.3% |
|
862 / 3,403 |
| MIT |
10.7% |
|
1,676 / 15,663 |
| Northwestern |
27.1% |
|
6,887 / 25,369 |
| University of Notre Dame |
28.6% |
|
4,113 / 14,357 |
| Oberlin College |
33.7% |
|
2,434 / 7,227 |
| Parsons The New School of Design |
46.7% |
|
not available |
| University of Pennsylvania |
17.7% |
|
4,040 / 22,808 |
| Pomona College |
16.1% |
|
992 / 6,149 |
| Princeton University |
10.1% |
|
2,209 / 21,963 |
| Rice University |
22.3% |
|
2,495 / 11,172 |
| Scripps College |
32.9% |
|
678 / 2,061 |
| Stanford University |
8.0% |
|
2,426 / 30,429 |
| Swarthmore College |
17.4% |
|
969 / 5,575 |
| Trinity College |
41.3% |
|
1,874 / 4,534 |
| Vassar College |
25.0% |
|
1,894 / 7,577 |
| University of Virginia |
32.1% |
|
6,768 / 21,108 |
| Washington and Lee University |
19.0% |
|
1,181 / 6,222 |
| Wellesley College |
35.2% |
|
1,463 / 4,156 |
| Wesleyan University |
22.0% |
|
2,218 / 10,068 |
| Williams College |
20.4% |
|
1,229 / 6,017 |
| Yale University |
7.5% |
|
1,958 / 26,003 |
|
