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Completing an application for the QuestBridge National College Match program requires an investment of time. 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 students. 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.

National College Match Program Statistics

 2008200720062005
Number of applicants4889371533452200
Number of finalists chosen (see 2008 finalist profile)247017941594913
Number of finalists offered admission and full four-year scholarship packages through the Match Process (see 2008 Match recipient profile)26020410346
Percentage of finalists offered admission and generous financial aid through the Regular Admissions Process (see 2007 regular admit profile)TBD48%37%34%
Percentage of finalists offered acceptance and generous financial aid package through the Match Process or Regular Admissions Process.TBD60%41%37%


General Acceptance Rates of QuestBridge College Partners

Institution 2005-2006 Acceptance Rate Acceptances/Applications
Amherst College18.7% (1,175/6,273)
Bowdoin College24.5% (1,232/5,026)
Chicago, University of40.2% (3,628/9,011)
Claremont McKenna College21.0% (786/3,734)
Columbia University 12.8% (2,318/18,119)
Emory University36.6% (4,395/12,011)
Notre Dame, University of31.6% (3,582/11,317)
Oberlin College 33.9% (2,235/6,587)
Pomona College 18.8% (951/5,050)
Princeton University 10.9% (1,807/16,510)
Rice University 25.0% (1,970/7,890)
Scripps College 46.1% (847/1,836)
Stanford University 12.0% (2,426/20,195)
Swarthmore College 22.4% (917/4,085)
Trinity College 39.4% (2,265/5,744)
Vassar College28.6% (1,803/6,314)
Wellesley College 33.6% (1,463/4,347)
Williams College 18.8% (1,095/5,822)
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