HOOD RIVER — QuestBridge has announced the results of the 2023 QuestBridge National College Match, a program that connects high-achieving high school seniors from low-income backgrounds with full four-year scholarships to 50 of the nation’s best colleges.
Talia Grable and Asror Akhmedov, Hood River, both received full scholarships from Questbridge. Grable plans to attend Oberlin College in Oberlin and Akhmedov plans to attend Northwestern University in Chicago.
This year, there were more than 20,800 applicants; of those, there were 2,242 finalists now recognized as Match Scholarship Recipients. This is the highest number of Match Scholarship Recipients to date for QuestBridge, said a press release.
Match Scholarship Recipients are admitted early to QuestBridge college partners with full four-year scholarships provided by the colleges and universities, ensuring for these students and their families that an education at a top college is affordable. QuestBridge’s partners include top colleges and universities such as Brown, Claremont McKenna, Columbia, MIT, Northwestern, Swarthmore, Vanderbilt, and Williams. The Match Scholarship is made up of a financial aid package provided by the college that covers the full cost of attendance, including tuition, housing and food, books and supplies, and travel expenses. The Match Scholarship does not include loans or a parental contribution.
“These outstanding high school seniors have an average unweighted GPA of 3.94, and 93% are in the top 10% of their graduating class. Around 92% come from a household with an annual income under $65,000, and 87% qualify for free or reduced-price school meals,” said a press release. “The majority of this year’s Match Scholarship Recipients — 82% — are among the first generation in their families to attend a four-year college in the United States.”
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