When students submit National College Match applications, QuestBridge reviews the applications and selects Finalists (see the Apply to the National College Match page for more information). We then forward Finalists' applications to our college partners for consideration.
All applicants submit their ranked list of the colleges to which they want to apply for the Match by mid-October (see the Dates and Deadlines for more specific deadlines). Our college partners review the applications of the Finalists who ranked them and submit lists to QuestBridge of the students they would like to admit with the Match Scholarship. QuestBridge compares the lists, and students are matched with the highest-ranked college on their list that is able to select them. A student can only match with one college. Through this matching process, it is ultimately students and our college partners that choose each other.
Please note: Admission to our college partners is highly competitive, and there is no guarantee that a student will be matched to one of our college partners by being selected as a Finalist.
For more information about the National College Match, please visit our website.