www QuestBridge is a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization founded in 1994. Our mission is to increase the number of outstanding low-income students who attend leading colleges and to support them to achieve success in college and beyond.

WE KNOW the vast majority of very high-achieving, low-income students do not apply to selective colleges or universities.

WE BELIEVE the right information can change the way outstanding low-income students see their futures. COLLEGE PREP WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES to high-achieving, SCHOLARS PROGRAM low-income students to help them understand that an QUESTBRIDGE PATH TO COLLEGE education at a top college is possible. WE’VE HELPED THOUSANDS of students gain FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS admission with scholarships or excellent fi nancial aid. HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS College Prep Scholars Program QUESTBRIDGE COLLEGE PARTNERS:

Amherst College Pomona College Bowdoin College Princeton University HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Rice University National College Match Caltech Scripps College A pathway to top colleges Carleton College Stanford University Claremont McKenna College Swarthmore College for outstanding low-income Colby College Tufts University COLLEGE STUDENTS Colorado College University of Chicago high school juniors QuestBridge Scholars Network University of Notre Dame Dartmouth College University of Pennsylvania Davidson College University of Southern California Duke University University of Virginia Emory University Vanderbilt University THE NATIONAL COLLEGE MATCH Grinnell College Vassar College The National College Match pairs high-achieving, Haverford College Washington and Lee University low-income seniors with admission and full four- Macalester College year scholarships to our college partners. MIT Wesleyan University Northwestern University Williams College THE QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLARS NETWORK Oberlin College Students who become Finalists through the National College Match and enroll at a college partner become QuestBridge Scholars. The QuestBridge CONTACT US Online: www.questbridge.org Scholars Network offers these students a supportive Questions: www.questbridge.org/AskQB community and access to growth, service, and Facebook: /QuestBridge Twitter: @questbridge leadership opportunities. Phone: 1.888.275.2054 (toll-free) THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS ADVANTAGE WHAT YOU GET HOW TO APPLY

Want an advantage in the ALL COLLEGE PREP SCHOLARS RECEIVE: The College Prep Scholars Program is open to all high admissions process to top > An invitation to a QuestBridge National College school juniors currently attending high school in the Admissions Conference: Learn from admissions offi cers United States, regardless of their citizenship status. colleges and universities? at top colleges TYPICAL COLLEGE PREP SCHOLARS: > The distinction of being a College Prep Scholar: Our THE COLLEGE PREP SCHOLARS college partners are among the nation’s best institutions, > Earn mostly A’s in the most challenging courses PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE and they all identify College Prep Scholars as outstanding available > Come from families earning less than $65,000 YOU JUST THAT. potential candidates to highly selective colleges annually (for a typical family of four) with minimal > A head start on applying to college: Use your College College Prep Scholars are among the nation’s brightest assets Prep Scholars Program application to apply to top high school juniors who have demonstrated academic > Are in the top 5-10% of their class colleges through the National College Match in your > Typically score greater than 1270 on the PSAT or SAT, excellence despite facing economic challenges. Top senior year or greater than 26 on the ACT colleges are looking for outstanding students like you, > May be eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and the College Prep Scholars Program can give you YOU COULD ALSO RECEIVE: > May be among the 1st generation in their family to > Full scholarships to college summer programs at an early advantage in the admissions process — now in attend a four-year college your junior year. Stanford, Yale, Emory, Penn, and more that cover travel, tuition, and room & board APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: The College Prep Scholars Program will provide you > Quest for Excellence Awards, such as laptops, college > Academic and fi nancial information with everything you need to know about getting into visits, personalized essay review, and more > An essay and short answers a leading college with a full scholarship. As a College > Current high school transcript > All-expense-paid campus visits to our college partners Prep Scholar, you will receive specialized guidance to > Letter of recommendation from a high school develop a strong college application that shares your > One-on-one admissions telementoring from Amherst teacher College students unique story.

The majority of College Prep Scholars are selected as Finalists for the QuestBridge National College Match, our program that connects high school seniors with admission and full four-year scholarships to the nation’s best colleges.

eing a College Prep Scholar defi nitely Bhelped me realize that top colleges were looking for students like me. I felt like I had a Summer: February: Late March: Late April: shot at attending my dream school. Benefi t from opportunities to College Prep Scholars Program Application deadline College Prep Scholars selected strengthen your application for the application opens CALVIN GOAH National College Match 2014 College Prep Scholar QuestBridge Scholar Columbia University Apply at www.questbridge.org Class of 2019