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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 college partners are not obligated to accept any specific number of QuestBridge applicants. They evaluate QuestBridge applicants based on the same criteria that they use for other students.

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

 200720062005
Number of applicants371533452200
Number of finalists chosen (see 2007 finalist profile)17941594913
Number of finalists offered admission and full four-year scholarship packages through the Match Process (see 2007 Match recipient profile)20410346
Percentage of finalists offered admission and generous financial aid through the Regular Admissions Process (see 2007 regular admit profile)48%37%34%
Percentage of finalists offered acceptance and generous financial aid package through the Match Process or Regular Admissions Process.60%41%37%


General Acceptance Rates of QuestBridge 2008 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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