QuestBridge Applicants
Skidmore is proud to be a new QuestBridge partner beginning in the 2024-2025 application cycle. QuestBridge applicants will apply as first-year candidates for the Fall 2025 entry term. If you are a QuestBridge student, we are thrilled you are considering Skidmore and congratulate you on being recognized for your outstanding academic and personal accomplishments by the QuestBridge program.
“QuestBridge's work bespeaks our long-held values of inclusion, diversity, and access – all of which we know to be essential to a rich, meaningful educational experience for all our students. This collaboration strengthens our efforts to identify and attract talented students from all backgrounds and help them realize their full potential at Skidmore.”President Conner
FAQs
Q. What is QuestBridge?
QuestBridge, a highly respected non-profit organization, seeks to connect bright, motivated students who are from low-socioeconomic backgrounds with the nation’s leading higher education institutions. Through programming and support, QuestBridge prepares high school seniors who have shown outstanding academic achievement despite financial challenges.
Q: Why is Skidmore partnering with QuestBridge?
We're excited to bring talented students from a wide range of backgrounds to Skidmore. For more, read our announcement.
QuestBridge’s National College Match is a college admission and scholarship process that provides selected and matched high-achieving, low-income students early admission to QuestBridge partner institutions and a Match Scholarship (guaranteed, full four-year scholarship). In late summer/early fall, students submit a QuestBridge application and then later rank a list of up to 15 partner institutions. Students are later “matched” (admitted early and with the aforementioned Match Scholarship) to the college that appears highest on their list that also wants to match with them. On December 1, students are notified if they “matched” with an institution. Unmatched students can still pursue alternative admission, using the Questbridge application, to institutions on their match list.
You can always visit the QuestBridge Eligibility webpage but know that the organization seeks high school seniors who have, “shown outstanding academic ability despite financial challenges.” You must graduate from high school during or before the summer that you plan to enroll as a first-year student. Any student may apply, regardless of citizenship, so long as they are attending a high school that is within the United States. For specific details on the level of academic achievement that makes QuestBridge applicants successful in the match process, please visit the QuestBridge Eligibility website.
Yes, finalists in the QuestBridge Match typically come from households earning less than $65,000 annually (for a household of four) with minimal assets. Though this isn’t a cut-off, QuestBridge asks students to review their Financial Criteria before determining if they are eligible.
If admitted through the QuestBridge National College Match, students receive a guaranteed Match Scholarship that covers the full cost of attendance at their Match institution for four years.
Starting in late summer, students can start their QuestBridge application, which is due in late September. If you rank institutions, your list is due mid-October and Finalists will be informed shortly thereafter if they will move forward in the Match process. Read more about the QuestBridge application process.
Finalists and Non-Finalists in the Match can still apply to Skidmore through QuestBridge. Skidmore will reach out to all non-Match students and let them know the next steps.
Yes, Skidmore will be attending the College Prep Scholars conferences this May. Skidmore will send all conference attendees additional communication this spring. We look forward to meeting you!
The first QSN Chapter on Skidmore’s campus will evolve in the fall of 2025. The QuestBridge Scholars Network (QSN) Chapter provides a space for Scholars to connect with each other. Chapters often include a leadership team that builds community through events like study sessions, ice cream socials, and community service opportunities. Scholars can also participate in opportunities offered through QuestBridge, such as National Quest Day,QB Convene, and more.
No, international students living outside of the United States are not eligible to apply.