Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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QuestBridge has recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and is more popular with selective colleges than ever before. Why? How are QuestBridge finalists selected? Who is doing the selecting? How do applicants compare to finalists and how do finalists compare to those who ultimately match? What can QuestBridge do when selecting finalists that the colleges can't or won't do?

Related:
insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/02/06/interest-questbridge-students-rise
questbridge.org/apply-to-college/programs/national-college-match
ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf

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