QuestBridge
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| Founded | 1994 |
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| Founder | Dr. Michael McCullough, Ana Rowena McCullough |
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| Method | Links high-achieving, deserving students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation's best colleges and universities. |
| Website | www.questbridge.org |
QuestBridge is a non-profit program that links high-achieving, deserving students with educational and scholarship opportunities at leading U.S. colleges and universities. QuestBridge provides the College Prep Scholarship for high school juniors and the National College Match program for high school seniors.
Questbridge started in 1987 as the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP). It evolved into the Questbridge Program in 2004 after the founder of Questbridge, Michael McCullough, realized that the Internet was a great tool to recruit promising low-income students.Amherst College, Rice University, Grinnell College, Wheaton College, and Trinity College joined as the first Questbridge partner schools. Twelve years later, the pool of partner schools has increased to 38 of the nation's leading universities and liberal art colleges. In the last seven years, over 7500 low-income students have been admitted and offered financial aid to these partner schools.
The College Prep Scholarship is a pre-college scholarship program offered by QuestBridge for qualifying high school juniors. The application is a condensed version of the National College Match application, and also asks students to list their interest in each of the partner schools.
The awards offered by the College Prep Scholarship include:
In 2012, 3,098 students were named College Prep Scholars for winning one or more of the above awards. 74% of these students were among the first generation in their family to attend college, and 85% ranked in the top 10% of their class.
The National College Match is an alternative, generally binding, and free application process for high-school seniors. It helps students apply to and be selected for admission at partner colleges with full four-year scholarships. Students may also use the program's application materials to apply for admission through partner colleges' regular decision processes.
The National College Match application generally opens up in August. Students fill out the QuestBridge application, which is a counterpart to the Common Application and includes several 30 word short-answers and three full length essays. The application is catered towards highlighting the specific needs and backgrounds of low-income, first generation students. The application is due late September.
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