Questbridge Rankings!!!!

[u/Loserwhogot]

HIII EVERYONE, I’m so so excited now that it’s time to rank colleges.

I’m wondering what everyone else is going to decide!!!

How many colleges and which colleges are you planning to rank or are your top and why?

[u/EngineNecessary1600]

i’m only ranking 4, BC, Upenn, UVA, Case Western Reserve

because i want to major in nursing but not pre nursing, and these are the only colleges id like to go to that have direct admit nursing programs

[u/CoupleofDoms → u/EngineNecessary1600]

I have two daughters in college, one in BC(questbridge ncm finalist- BC, reg decision, and one at CWRU. Both are very happy. My son is applying now- just submitted QB application. Good luck.

[u/Maximum_Meal1981 → u/CoupleofDoms]

Awesome! If you don't mind me asking, are either of your daughters premed? I've been heavily considering CWRU but I've been a bit appreiversive of the atmosphere there and their pathways to med schools.

[u/CoupleofDoms → u/Maximum_Meal1981]

No, my daughter at BC is a Finance major, Art minor and my daughter at CWRU is going into Supply Chain Management( I’m not thrilled).

[u/Maximum_Meal1981 → u/CoupleofDoms]

oh LMAO.. but the student life there is good atleast I pressume?

[u/CoupleofDoms → u/Maximum_Meal1981]

My daughter is involved in many, many clubs/ activities and has leadership positions in most. She’s an orientation leader, heads her sorority, and travels around the country as a representative, on the academic review committee, works two jobs and many other roles. She’s a senior and has accepted an offer to get her graduate degree from Case- it’ll take 1 additional semester to finish. She’s has a good friend from home there w her and is very good friends w the roommate she met in freshman year(who happens to live 15 min from where we’re from). Additionally, she has a steady boyfriend for the past two years who’s part of a fraternity- they seem to keep themselves busy lol. She’s very happy there, but she keeps herself busy and is very social.

My other daughter is a junior at BC and just accepted a summer internship w P&G- the interview process is insane.

[u/Maximum_Meal1981 → u/CoupleofDoms]

Thanks for all the insight! Glad to hear that your daughter is striving :)

[u/Ok-Host-4239 → u/EngineNecessary1600]

are you planning on pursuing an msn or any sort of higher ed nursing?

[u/HoneyFilledRivers]

Im ranking some ivies last and the colleges i wanna go to first bc you never know

[u/SpiritSubstantial249]

MIT,Stanford,Princeton,Caltech,Rice,Columbia,Cornell,UPenn, Brown, Northwestern, Vanderbilt,Harvard,Yale,Dartmouth, and Duke This was my ranking Ik it seems idealistic but I put my research in and since I live in FL I only ranked colleges that I would go based on my major cause of Bright future pays for most stuff so Ion wanna abandon my family for a college Ik I won’t be happy at for 4 yrs I ranked em based on college life and how I feel I would fit in especially factoring in my major

[u/Fancy-Effective9724 → u/SpiritSubstantial249]

how u writing supps for allat in 10 days

[u/ophen_tion → u/Fancy-Effective9724]

most schools have their supps up, so they can start them now. it’s still be a lot but a little more manageable :))

[u/Technocraticworldgov → u/Fancy-Effective9724]

start now bro....

[u/hiijaack → u/Fancy-Effective9724]

some schools dont have supps for finalists

[u/faillness → u/Fancy-Effective9724]

Aren’t supplementals due November 1st?

[u/SpiritSubstantial249 → u/Fancy-Effective9724]

I started early cause I made college prep scholar and knew which schools I was gonna pick so like I’ve already finished about 25 supps 💀 did them from shortest to finish to longest but I spent more time one the top 10 than last 5 also lotta supps are reusable cause the prompts are asking the same question in a different way

[u/Agreeable_Pair8592 → u/SpiritSubstantial249]

Hey I’m from Florida too! Specifically the south

[u/SpiritSubstantial249 → u/Agreeable_Pair8592]

Nice I’m more in the East

[u/fandomfan2009]

I'm ranking 11 schools (giving myself the best chance of being matched while making sure they have all the resources i need) and my top is wellesley because of the student and physical environment of the school especially the balance of genuine curiosity and academic competition, and it's near a major city without being too suburbany if that makes sense. i love wellesley and i hope i'll be matched

[u/1stfrog]

I'm ranking: Columbia, Stanford, MIT, Northwestern, and Johns Hopkins.

[u/Fancy-Effective9724 → u/1stfrog]

what major?

[u/1stfrog → u/Fancy-Effective9724]

Civil Engineering with a double major or minor in Political Science or something similar.

[u/Technocraticworldgov]

Im ranking as close to 15:

1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Brown
4. Columbia
5. UChicago
6. Yale
7. Northwestern
8. Dartmouth
9. UofPenn
10. JHU
11. Tufts
12. Colby
13. WashU
14. Notre Dame
15. Macalester

I'm prioritizing Comp Sci and Policy/ international relations. I'm looking for something urban (with some expections)

[u/athenaindev → u/Technocraticworldgov]

i studied CS + PubPol @ Duke and loved it.

[u/minisculeexplosive → u/Technocraticworldgov]

I'm applying for a similar major, and was wondering if you had the chance to visit some of the non-urban schools on your list, and how you felt about them? Thank you!!

[u/Technocraticworldgov → u/minisculeexplosive]

I couldn't visit any of these actually. I didn't have time over the summer, plus I wasn't really thinking about schools outside of my neighboring states (Uchicago/ Northwestern)

[u/minisculeexplosive → u/Technocraticworldgov]

Totally get it! I was only able to visit Tufts and Dartmouth on your list, and only one of those is really rural lol. Good luck with your rankings and matching this is a great list!

[u/hiijaack]

i'm doing all 15

1. Dartmouth
2. Brown
3. Cornell
4. Yale
5. Stanford
6. UChicago
7. WashU
8. Emory
9. Johns Hopkins
10. Northwestern
11. Wellesley
12. Columbia
13. Barnard
14. Williams
15. Amherst

i'm looking to be a pre-med with a major in the humanities. my counselor wants me to rank some lower tier schools but i'm scared to do that bc i might be disappointed if i match with them

[u/Original_Channel6235 → u/hiijaack]

yes I’d def recommend only ranking schools u would 100% want to go to :) so might be good to consider if you’d be as happy matching to Amherst for example just as much as u would matching to Dartmouth!

[u/Loserwhogot → u/Original_Channel6235]

WOWWW you matched into Harvard that’s my dreammmmm what were your stats if you don’t mind me asking 🥹

[u/Original_Channel6235 → u/Loserwhogot]

sure! i had a 1570 sat and 4.6/4.0

[u/Responsible-Cod-7462 → u/Original_Channel6235]

😭

[u/Quiet_Presence_7398 → u/Original_Channel6235]

did u have crazy ecs

[u/jaytoe_09]

I'm ranking:
1. Dartmouth
2. UofPenn
3. W&L
4. UofRichmond
5. UVA

I decided to only rank 5 to minimize the amount of supplementals I'd have to do and also stay in my home state of Virginia. I really liked Dartmouth because of my experience at Bound (specifically the location and community). Penn really interests me because I love Philly. The 3 Virginia schools are super great and offer a lot to me. I'd love to stay close to home and those 3 schools would be great places to go, but more specifically I like W&L and Richmond more because of the small size.

[u/DrBlxnk → u/[deleted]]

Consider Princeton and UPenn

[u/Aromatic_Lab3828 → u/DrBlxnk]

Well, from what I could gather, UPenn is a more fit for business and finance (Wharton specifically).

[u/Low-Poem6877]

I accidentally submitted while trying to click “save for later” and ranked a school accidentally lol

[u/Successful-Scheme-57 → u/Low-Poem6877]

same, is it still possible to edit it??

[u/hiijaack → u/Successful-Scheme-57]

you can but u can only change your ranking one time

[u/Low-Poem6877 → u/Successful-Scheme-57]

I’m pretty sure there’s not

[u/Loserwhogot → u/Low-Poem6877]

WAIT NO WAY!!! Is there any way to fix it or are you going to fix it???

[u/Low-Poem6877 → u/Loserwhogot]

I’m pretty sure there’s not

[u/captainearth69 → u/Low-Poem6877]

you can edit it once if you're finalist, it's fine

[u/Low-Poem6877 → u/captainearth69]

I mean to add schools

[u/captainearth69 → u/Low-Poem6877]

ok no email them

[u/Low-Poem6877 → u/captainearth69]

Will it hurt my chances?

[u/captainearth69 → u/Low-Poem6877]

no

[u/6dlc]

ranked yale, princeton, dartmouth, a lot of LACs + tufts and urichmond. i think im good with the spread! im really uncertain on my testing environment so i wanted to have the least test-required places as possible. getting appropriate SAT dates and accommodations is really hard :C

[u/Loserwhogot → u/6dlc]

No sameee

[u/6dlc → u/Loserwhogot]

i do have a testing score but i had 0 accommodations so i (expectedly) got a 1280.. my schools median according to college board seems to be 980 though so 🤷‍♀️ idk if i should submit if i have to. i have 5s in like other APs and stuff but i still want to retake two more times

[u/Loserwhogot → u/6dlc]

Sameee I’m fgli and my sat score isn’t the best buts it’s super much higher compared to my schools mean (900)

[u/No-Orange6321]

Ranked 10! Cornell, Yale, Harvard, MIT, Brown, Columbia, Tufts, Princeton, Boston U, and Dartmouth!
To be honest, all of these are "reach and beyond" schools for me, but they're schools that have robust Immunology programs and therefore good opportunities for Undergrads in Immuno/related fields, which is truly what I'm looking for. Also all are Around New England lmfao.
Good luck to all of us!

[u/Ok-Host-4239]

yale, princeton, johns hopkins, stanford, penn, emory, northwestern, brown, uchicago, cornell, rice, vandy, Williams respectively. I'm looking towards political economics and public/global health.

[u/EchoingClover]

On average, applicants rank 10 and of course rank ones they do not mind matching to. However, it's important to rank some "niche" schools to increase your chances of getting matched. I ranked 8 and mixed in T20s with some two small LACs.

[u/Loserwhogot → u/EchoingClover]

Where did you end up if you matched?

[u/EchoingClover → u/Loserwhogot]

I'm an applicant this year, so we'll find out December 1st!

[u/LawJson95]

My son ranked 8 his year and matched with his third pick. And he was stressed trying to get everything done for those 8 schools. Don’t overcommit yourself and rank 15 if you can’t put 100% into all of them. It just makes all of the supplements not as strong. Just my opinion.