# Questbridge

**Source**: https://admissions.yale.edu/questbridge
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Yale is proud to partner with QuestBridge, a national non-profit program that links talented low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation’s best colleges.

The [QuestBridge National College Match Program](http://questbridge.org) helps low-income students navigate the process of applying for admission and financial aid at Yale and more than 50 other partner institutions. Students applying to Yale through the QuestBridge National College Match are considered for binding early admission and a full four-year scholarship.

- >$95,000

  Annual Yale Scholarship for QuestBridge Matches
- 500+

  Quest Scholars currently enrolled at Yale
- 45,000+

  Students admitted to college partners through QuestBridge since 1994

## Applying to Yale through QuestBridge

Applying through QuestBridge is one of [three ways to apply to Yale for first-year admission](https://admissions.yale.edu/timelines "Timelines"). Applicants may submit one—and only one—application per admissions cycle.

The first step in applying to Yale through QuestBridge is completing free [National College Match Application](https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students/national-college-match/how-to-apply) by the [September deadline](https://www.questbridge.org/high-school-students/national-college-match/dates-deadlines) for evaluation by the QuestBridge organization.

Students selected as QuestBridge Finalists can apply to Yale with their QuestBridge Application, following the steps below. Students who are not selected as QuestBridge Finalists may apply to Yale using a different application.

### Next steps for QuestBridge Finalists

- **Complete the** **Yale QuestBridge Testing Choice Form** through the [Yale Admissions Status Portal](https://admissions.yale.edu/yale-admissions-status-portal).
- **Complete the Yale QuestBridge Questionnaire** through the [Yale Admissions Status Portal](https://admissions.yale.edu/yale-admissions-status-portal). The short-answer questions that appear on the questionnaire are posted on the [essays page](https://admissions.yale.edu/essays "Essays").
- **Submit required financial aid documents** following [these instructions from the Office of Undergraduate Financial Aid](https://finaid.yale.edu/apply/prospective).

### Options for QuestBridge Finalists

Students selected as QuestBridge Finalists have three options for sharing their QuestBridge application with Yale. Yale has no preference for any option, and no option increases an applicant’s chances of admission or the size of their financial aid offer.

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## Rank Yale for the QuestBridge National College Match

Applicants who choose this option are considered for a match with Yale, which includes an offer of admission and a financial aid award with a $0 parent share. **For Yale and most QuestBridge partners,** **the match is binding**.

When match decisions are released in early December, there are three possible outcomes for applicants who ranked Yale:

1. Students who match with Yale will withdraw all other applications and plan to matriculate at Yale.
2. Students who match with another binding QuestBridge partner college will have their applications automatically withdrawn from consideration at Yale.
3. Students who do not match at any partner college will be automatically moved into Yale’s regular decision application pool.

## Opt out of the National College Match and apply Single-Choice Early Action

Students named QuestBridge Finalists who opt out of the Match may apply to Yale’s [single-choice early action](https://admissions.yale.edu/timelines "Timelines") program using their QuestBridge Application or another application.

To have your QuestBridge application considered for early action at Yale, email to [apply.questions@yale.edu](mailto:apply.questions@yale.edu) after you are named a finalist and before November 1 from the email address listed on your QuestBridge application and include your QuestBridge ID number in the message. Applicants opting in for single-choice early action will receive a confirmation and a separate invitation to activate a Yale Admissions Status Portal on or around November 2.

## Share your QuestBridge Application with Yale for Regular Decision

Finalists who do not rank Yale as a college choice in the QuestBridge National College Match may also share their QuestBridge Application for consideration in Yale’s regular decision program by completing the QuestBridge Regular Decision form on the QuestBridge website.

QuestBridge Application Timeline

**Late September:** Deadline to submit QuestBridge National College Match application to the QuestBridge organization

**October:**QuestBridge announces QuestBridge Finalists

**November 1:**Deadline for Finalists who rank Yale to submit required admissions and financial aid forms and documents.

**November 1:**Deadline for Finalists who are not participating in the National College Match to share their QuestBridge applications with Yale for single-choice early action

**Early December:** Matching Finalists notified. Finalists who ranked Yale but did not match with Yale or a binding partner automatically moved into Yale’s regular decision program

**December:** Deadline for Finalists who did not rank Yale in the National College Match complete the QuestBridge Regular Decision Form

**December:** Single-choice early action applicants notified; deferred applicants moved to regular decision

**Late March:** Yale regular decision applicants notified

**May 1:** Response deadline for all admitted students

## Inside the Yale Admissions Office Podcast

[Podcast transcripts](https://admissions.yale.edu/podcast-transcripts)