College Access Group QuestBridge and BU Partner to Give Need-Based Scholarships
Up to 30 undergrads will matriculate in fall 2022, with all expenses paid
BU will partner with California nonprofit QuestBridge to provide all-expense-paid scholarships to the University, starting in fall 2022. Photo by Cydney Scott.
As many as 30 low-income high-achieving students will matriculate at BU in fall 2022—on full scholarships, with no loans or parent contributions—thanks to a new partnership between the University and a nonprofit promoting college access.
California-based QuestBridge matches member universities and colleges with high school students, most of them the first in their family to attend college, says Kelly Walter (Wheelock’81), BU’s associate vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions. BU becomes the 45th institution to partner with Questbridge, and the partnership caps two years of work on the collaboration, Walter says.
Money for the scholarships will be provided by BU, which spent $290 million on financial aid in the 2020 fiscal year. QuestBridge recruits applicants and culls the number down to finalists (nearly 7,000 this year), who are asked to name the member institutions they’d like to attend. QuestBridge then forwards their applications to those schools for consideration.
“There is no required commitment to select a predetermined number of students as QuestBridge Scholars,” Walter says. “As is often true, the number of offers will depend on the strength of our applicant pool. However, it is likely that BU will welcome between 20 and 30 QuestBridge Scholars in the fall of 2022.”
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