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If you are selected as a finalist for the National College Match, you may need to file a financial aid form called the CSS PROFILE. To learn more about the CSS PROFILE, click on the section you are interested in below:




General Information



The CSS PROFILE is administered by the College Board (the same organization that administers the SAT) and is required by most private colleges for all students applying for scholarships and financial aid whether they apply through QuestBridge or through the normal admission process. This form requires a fee to complete and submit it to the College Board. Please be aware that this fee is not paid to QuestBridge, but to the College Board, and it is a fee you will have to pay no matter how you apply to most private colleges. QuestBridge is not affiliated with the College Board.

According to the College Board:

All students are charged $25 for the initial application. This covers the costs of creating your PROFILE Application and the first school report. You will be charged $16 for each additional college or program to which you want information sent. This covers the cost of processing and reporting your information to those colleges and programs. A limited number of fee waivers are granted to first-time college applicants from families with very low incomes and few assets. The fee waiver covers the cost of PROFILE registration and reporting to up to six colleges or programs. Fee waivers are awarded automatically online based on family financial information. You don't need to apply for a fee waiver.

The CSS PROFILE is a long application that may take several days to complete. We recommend that students wait to submit it until they are notified of their finalist status. If not chosen as a finalist, you can choose not to submit it until you have decided if you want to apply through regular decision.

Please click on the following link to access the CSS PROFILE: https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/index.jsp




CSS PROFILE Fee Waivers from QuestBridge



QuestBridge recognizes that the fees associated with using the CSS PROFILE may represent a significant financial obstacle for some National College Match finalists. Although QuestBridge does not have the resources to cover the cost of these fees for all finalists, we are pleased to be able to sponsor a limited number of CSS PROFILE fee waivers for some finalists who do not qualify for the fee waivers provided by the College Board. If you will not be able to pay the fees associated with using the CSS PROFILE, we invite you to request a CSS PROFILE fee waiver from QuestBridge.

Finalists who receive fee waivers from QuestBridge will be asked to inform other students about admissions and financial aid opportunities at selective colleges through activities such as posting educational flyers and sharing information with teachers and counselors.

The deadline for submitting the request form is October 12, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. We will notify National College Match finalists who have been selected to receive fee waivers in late October.