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.[8] 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.[8] Although they initially expanded to include Harvard University, this program ended by 2002 as the focus returned to Stanford.[8] By 2004, the program had evolved into QuestBridge.[7] Over the next decade QuestBridge developed partnerships with a number of colleges.[8]
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."[5]
questbridge, national, nonprofit, based, palo, alto, california, goal, connect, income, first, generation, students, with, partner, colleges, universities, questbridgefounded1987, years, 1987, stanford, medical, youth, science, program, foundersmichael, mccull. 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 QUESTBRIDGEFounded1987 37 years ago 1987 as Stanford Medical Youth Science Program FoundersMichael McCulloughAna Rowena McCulloughLocationPalo Alto California U S Websitewww wbr questbridge wbr org Contents 1 Background 2 Partner colleges 2 1 Northeast 2 2 South 2 3 Midwest 2 4 West 3 References 4 External linksBackground editIn 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 8 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 8 Although they initially expanded to include Harvard University this program ended by 2002 as the focus returned to Stanford 8 By 2004 the program had evolved into QuestBridge 7 Over the next decade QuestBridge developed partnerships with a number of colleges 8 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 5 Partner colleges editAs of 2024 update the National College Match officially has 52 partner colleges a mix of research universities and liberal arts colleges 9 10 Northeast edit Amherst College Barnard 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 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 South edit Davidson College Duke University Emory University Johns Hopkins University Rice University University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Washington and Lee University Midwest edit Carleton College Case Western Reserve University Denison University Grinnell College Macalester College Northwestern University Oberlin College University of Chicago University of Notre Dame Washington University in St Louis West edit California Institute of Technology Claremont McKenna College Colorado College Pomona College Scripps College Stanford University University of Southern CaliforniaReferences edit Wei Kelly 2019 12 05 QuestBridge matches up Yale Daily News Retrieved 2021 10 18 Inside Emory Admission Quest Scholars Network at Emory University Emory University 2019 10 30 Retrieved 2021 10 18 Quiaoit Jed 2020 12 13 QuestBridge first to welcome Stanford s Class of 2025 Stanford University Retrieved 2021 10 18 Chen Kristina 2020 08 12 MIT becomes only QuestBridge partner with non binding admission MIT Retrieved 2021 10 18 a b Melbourne Abby 2021 02 03 Barnard announces QuestBridge partnership Columbia Daily Spectator Retrieved 2021 10 18 Chiem Ngan 2020 07 26 U shifts to binding Questbridge admissions policy The Daily Princetonian Retrieved 2021 10 18 a b Boston College joins QuestBridge Boston College 2020 01 06 Retrieved 2021 10 18 a b c d Questbridge History Questbridge Retrieved 2021 10 18 Press Release January 18 2024 Questbridge Retrieved 2024 01 18 Questbridge College Partners Questbridge Retrieved 2024 01 18 External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about an education organization is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title QuestBridge amp oldid 1196869921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
