The QuestBridge National College Match helps outstanding low-income high school seniors to gain admission and full four-year scholarships to some of the nation’s leading colleges. If you are a student who has achieved academic excellence in the face of economic challenges, we encourage you to apply at http://www.questbridge.org/.
QuestBridge works with selective colleges that are actively seeking high-achieving students regardless of family income. You may be concerned about tuition costs, but top-ranked colleges offer generous financial aid packages that cover 100% of demonstrated financial need, making them very affordable for students from low-income backgrounds.
Last year, more than 1,000 QuestBridge applicants were admitted to our partner colleges with generous financial aid worth over $100 million. 268 of these students received College Match scholarships covering the following costs:
• Full cost of tuition (up to $40,000 per year)
• Full cost of room and board (up to $15,000 per year)
Most QuestBridge partner colleges also include the cost of books and travel in their scholarship packages and automatically renew the scholarship for all four years of college. All College Match scholarships are loan-free.
Our 29 partners include many of the nation’s leading universities and liberal arts colleges:
• Amherst College (MA)
• Bowdoin College (ME)
• Brown University (RI)
• Caltech (CA)
• Columbia University (NY)
• Dartmouth College (NH)
• Emory University (GA)
• Haverford College (PA)
• MIT (MA)
• Northwestern University (IL)
• Oberlin College (OH)
• Parsons The New School for Design (NY)
• Pomona College (CA)
• Princeton University (NJ)
• Rice University (TX)
• Scripps College (CA)
• Stanford University (CA)
• Swarthmore College (PA)
• Trinity College (CT)
• University of Chicago (IL)
• University of Notre Dame (IN)
• University of Pennsylvania (PA)
• University of Virginia (VA)
• Vassar College (NY)
• Washington and Lee University (VA)
• Wellesley College (MA)
• Wesleyan University (CT)
• Williams College (MA)
• Yale University (CT)
The QuestBridge National College Match application is designed to enable high-achieving low-income students to highlight their strengths and the obstacles they have overcome. The application is available free of charge on the QuestBridge website, www.questbridge.org, and is due on September 30, 2010.
QuestBridge is pleased to offer Quest for Excellence Awards as a complement to the National College Match. These awards include laptop computers and all-expense-paid visits to QuestBridge partner colleges. Please visit www.questbridge.org for more information.
QuestBridge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit program. Our organization has worked since 1994 to connect outstanding low-income students with college admissions, scholarships, and other educational opportunities.
One of our 2010 graduating seniors recommended this site because he successfully got financial aid to pursue his education through this service. The site has asked me to pass the information along to the upcoming seniors. - N. Martin
