The QuestBridge National College Match is designed for high school seniors who have shown outstanding academic ability despite facing economic challenges. Most College Match scholarship recipients come from households earning less than $60,000 annually (for a typical family of four) and have experienced long-term economic hardship.

In order to be eligible to apply in 2012, applicants must graduate from high school during or before the spring/summer of 2013 and plan to enroll as a freshman in college in the fall of 2013.

We do not have absolute criteria for GPA, standardized test scores, or income. When selecting finalists for the National College Match, we try to answer the following questions:

• "Does this student have the motivation and academic ability to thrive at one of our partner colleges?"
• "Has this student overcome socio-economic obstacles to achieve academic excellence?"

QuestBridge selects finalists and then sends the finalist applications to our partner colleges for their review. QuestBridge does not choose College Match scholarship recipients. Partner colleges ultimately make the final selection of scholarship recipients from among the finalists.

A note about citizenship requirements:

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, who may consider applications from students who are not U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents). 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.

Although only U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents are generally eligible
for College Match scholarship packages, our partner colleges will consider all
students who apply through the Regular Decision process, regardless of
citizenship status. Each year, many QuestBridge applicants who are not U.S.
Citizens or Permanent Residents gain acceptance and financial aid to our
partner colleges via the Regular Decision process.