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Regular Decision
Applying through QuestBridge Regular Decision
Through QuestBridge Regular Decision, Finalists have the unique opportunity to apply to any of our college partners with no application fees so you can maximize your admission opportunities.
How it works:
- If you are selected as a Finalist, you can apply through QuestBridge Regular Decision using your National College Match application if you are not matched, or you chose not to rank colleges.
- You can begin selecting colleges to apply to through the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form in early November (before Match Day) and complete their applications by the colleges' Regular Decision deadlines.
- You would be reviewed for admission during the colleges' standard Regular Decision timeline, and you would receive your decision in the spring.
What happens next? If you are a Finalist who enrolls at a college partner through the Match, QuestBridge Regular Decision, or any other admission round, you will be connected with a lifelong community of over 30,000 QuestBridge Scholars and Alumni and can participate in a range of opportunities offered by QuestBridge.
Keep in mind:
QuestBridge Regular Decision is another pathway for Finalists to apply to QuestBridge college partners. However, ranking colleges is the only way to be considered for the Match Scholarship.
Benefits of QuestBridge Regular Decision
If you are selected as a Finalist, you can take advantage of these unique opportunities:
Note: Because all our college partners have extremely competitive admissions processes, Finalists should also apply to a range of target and likely non-QuestBridge colleges where they are confident they can be admitted.
Apply to any of our college partners using your National College Match application with no application fees.
Get another chance for admission at colleges you ranked, and add additional schools that interest you.
Receive a generous financial aid package that will cover 100% of your demonstrated need.
Connect with a lifelong community and access ongoing growth opportunities through QuestBridge if you enroll at a college partner.
QuestBridge Regular Decision Requirements for Finalists
Click the links below to view each college's Regular Decision Requirements, which you can also find on each college partner's Application Requirements page. If you have a question about submitting materials that is not answered by the school's page, please email or call the campus' admissions or financial aid office directly through the contact information on their Application Requirements page.
Important note: Submission of the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form in December does not complete your applications; you must submit additional Regular Decision Requirements directly to the colleges by their deadlines.
- Amherst College
- Barnard College
- Bates College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology
- Carleton College
- Case Western Reserve University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Colorado College
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Denison University
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton College
- Harvard College
- Haverford College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Macalester College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Middlebury College
- Northwestern University
- Oberlin College
- Pomona College
- Princeton University
- Rice University
- Scripps College
- Skidmore College
- Smith College
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- Tufts University
- University of Chicago
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Richmond
- 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
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FAQs
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