Outstanding students from low-income backgrounds have significant advantages in college admissions. The nation’s most selective colleges are seeking to increase socioeconomic diversity on their campuses by attracting more students like you. The QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship is designed to equip high-achieving students with the knowledge necessary to compete for admission to these top-tier colleges, regardless of economic circumstances.

The College Prep Scholarship offers the following awards for high school juniors:

10 full scholarships to college summer school programs at Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, and Yale University

40 awards of individualized college admissions counseling provided by QuestBridge staff

1,000 invitations to QuestBridge College Admissions Conferences at Stanford and Yale

100 all-expense-paid visits to top-ranked colleges, including travel and room & boardQuestBridge is a nationally recognized non-profit that has worked for 15 years to help high-achieving low-income students access top-tier educational opportunities. Last year, more than 1,000 students who applied through QuestBridge gained admission to leading colleges with financial aid worth over $110 million. We received your contact information from the College Board, and based on our experience, we believe that you have a real chance to attend one of the nation’s best colleges on a full scholarship.

We invite you to fill out our online application at www.questbridge.org. As we are a non-profit program, there are no application fees. The College Prep Scholarship application deadline is March 31, 2009.

Applying for a College Prep Scholarship is the first step in accessing other opportunities that QuestBridge offers. The scholarship awards prepare students to be competitive applicants for QuestBridge’s National College Match program, which pairs outstanding low-income students with admission and full four-year scholarships to leading colleges. Students who receive College Match scholarships will also join a national network of hundreds of Quest Scholars who are as committed to helping others as they are to their own academic excellence and professional aspirations.

We encourage you to explore the opportunities available at top-ranked colleges by completing the College Prep Scholarship application. Please feel free to contact us with any questions at questions@questbridge.org. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Kind regards,

Michael McCullough, M.D.

Co-Founder and President