QuestBridge
{{Short description|American college access organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = QUESTBRIDGE
| image = QuestBridge logo.png
| founded_date = {{start date and age|1987}} (as Stanford Medical Youth Science Program)
| founders = {{ubl| Michael McCullough|Ana Rowena Mallari}}
| location = Palo Alto, California, U.S.
| method =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.questbridge.org/}}
}}
QuestBridge is a national nonprofit based in Palo Alto, California. Its goal is to connect low-income and first-generation students with partner colleges and universities.{{cite web
|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/12/05/questbridge-matches-up/
|title=QuestBridge matches up
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=Wei
|first=Kelly
|date=2019-12-05
|publisher= Yale Daily News
|url=https://blog.emoryadmission.com/2019/10/quest-scholars-network-at-emory-university/
|title=Inside Emory Admission: Quest Scholars Network at Emory University
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=
|first=
|date=2019-10-30
|publisher= Emory University
|url=https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/12/13/questbridge-first-to-welcome-stanfords-class-of-2025/
|title=QuestBridge first to welcome Stanford's Class of 2025
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=Quiaoit
|first=Jed
|date=2020-12-13
|publisher= Stanford University
|url=https://thetech.com/2020/08/12/mit-questbridge-non-binding
|title=MIT becomes only QuestBridge partner with non-binding admission
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=Chen
|first=Kristina
|date=2020-08-12
|publisher= MIT
|url=https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2021/02/04/barnard-announces-questbridge-partnership/
|title=Barnard announces QuestBridge partnership
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=Melbourne
|first=Abby
|date=2021-02-03
|publisher= Columbia Daily Spectator
|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/07/princeton-questbridge-mit-standord-yale-binding-match
|title=U. shifts to binding Questbridge admissions policy
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=Chiem
|first=Ngan
|date=2020-07-26
|publisher= The Daily Princetonian
|url=https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/bcnews/campus-community/announcements/boston-college-joins-questbridge.html
|title=Boston College joins QuestBridge
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=
|first=
|date=2020-01-06
|publisher= Boston College
}}
Background
In 1987, Stanford University students Marc Lawrence and Michael McCullough started the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program as an outreach program for eight low-income students from East Palo Alto who were interested in a future in medicine.{{cite web
|url=https://www.questbridge.org/about/history
|title=Questbridge: History
|access-date=2021-10-18
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher= Questbridge
}} This program eventually led to the launch of the Quest program in 1994, then called the Stanford Youth Environmental Science Program (SYESP), aimed specifically at Stanford. Although they initially expanded to include Harvard University, this program ended by 2002 as the focus returned to Stanford. By 2004, the program had evolved into QuestBridge. Over the next decade QuestBridge developed partnerships with a number of colleges.
According to the Columbia Daily Spectator in 2021, QuestBridge's goal is to match "high school students with a full-ride offer of admission from one of its 45 partner universities. Targeting students based on data from admissions tests and networks of guidance counselors, QuestBridge aims to reach high-achieving students well before the typical January application deadlines, offering mentoring programs that make the admissions process—which traditionally advantages wealthy students—more accessible for low-income applicants."
Partner colleges
{{As of|2025}}, the National College Match officially has 55 partner colleges, a mix of research universities and liberal arts colleges.{{cite web
|url=https://www.questbridge.org/about/news/press-release-january-23-2025
|title=Press Release: January 23, 2025
|access-date=2025-04-12
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher= Questbridge
|url=https://www.questbridge.org/college-partners
|title=Questbridge: College Partners
|access-date=2024-01-18
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher= Questbridge
}}
=Northeast=
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- Amherst College
- Barnard College
- Bates College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Hamilton College
- Harvard College
- Haverford College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Middlebury College
- Princeton University
- Skidmore College
- Smith College
- Swarthmore College
- Tufts University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Vassar College
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan University
- Williams College
- Yale University
{{div col end}}
=South=
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Rice University
- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington and Lee University
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=Midwest=
=West=
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- California Institute of Technology
- Claremont McKenna College
- Colorado College
- Pomona College
- Scripps College
- Stanford University
- University of Southern California
{{div col end}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.questbridge.org}}
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Category:Non-profit organizations based in California
Category:University and college admissions in the United States
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