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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-ref-yaledn-1-0[1]cite-ref-emory-2-0[2]cite-ref-stanford-3-0[3]cite-ref-mit-4-0[4]cite-ref-colbar-5-0[5]cite-ref-dp-6-0[6]cite-ref-bc-7-0[7]

• Background

• Partner colleges

• Northeast

• South

• Midwest

• West

• References

• External links

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-ref-history-8-0[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.cite-ref-history-8-1[8] Although they initially expanded to include Harvard University, this program ended by 2002 as the focus returned to Stanford.cite-ref-history-8-2[8] By 2004, the program had evolved into QuestBridge.cite-ref-bc-7-1[7] Over the next decade QuestBridge developed partnerships with a number of colleges.cite-ref-history-8-3[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."cite-ref-colbar-5-1[5]

As of 2025, the National College Match officially has 55 partner colleges, a mix of research universities and liberal arts colleges.cite-ref-22partners-9-0[9]cite-ref-partners-10-0[10]

• 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

• Davidson College

• Duke University

• Emory University

• Johns Hopkins University

• Rice University

• University of Richmond

• University of Virginia

• Vanderbilt University

• Washington and Lee University

• 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

• California Institute of Technology

• Claremont McKenna College

• Colorado College

• Pomona College

• Scripps College

• Stanford University

• University of Southern California

cite-note-yaledn-11. ↑ citerefwei2019Wei, Kelly (2019-12-05). "QuestBridge matches up". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-emory-22. ↑ "Inside Emory Admission: Quest Scholars Network at Emory University". Emory University. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-stanford-33. ↑ citerefquiaoit2020Quiaoit, Jed (2020-12-13). "QuestBridge first to welcome Stanford's Class of 2025". Stanford University. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-mit-44. ↑ citerefchen2020Chen, Kristina (2020-08-12). "MIT becomes only QuestBridge partner with non-binding admission". MIT. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-colbar-55. ↑ citerefmelbourne2021Melbourne, Abby (2021-02-03). "Barnard announces QuestBridge partnership". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-dp-66. ↑ citerefchiem2020Chiem, Ngan (2020-07-26). "U. shifts to binding Questbridge admissions policy". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-bc-77. ↑ "Boston College joins QuestBridge". Boston College. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-history-88. ↑ "Questbridge: History". Questbridge. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

cite-note-22partners-99. ↑ "Press Release: January 23, 2025". Questbridge. Retrieved 2025-04-12.

cite-note-partners-1010. ↑ "Questbridge: College Partners". Questbridge. Retrieved 2024-01-18.

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