If you’re named a QuestBridge Finalist and ranked MIT, your QuestBridge application will be forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first-year application if you are a Finalist; the QuestBridge application and MIT QuestBridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application.

Please note: Along with the MIT QuestBridge Supplement, we require an official school transcript. If your counselor/school official already sent an official transcript through the QB application, please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT application portal after you have submitted your QB supplement). If you did not submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page after you submit your QB supplement.

We accept QuestBridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of recommendation, but if your application didn’t include a math/science teacher letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a QuestBridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit their letter.

MIT will contact both matched and unmatched Finalists in early December, and let them know what their next steps should be.

If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must fill out the entire MIT first-year application.

MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students. If you’re admitted, MIT will assemble a financial aid award made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. This usually means an award similar to the College Match Scholarship.

QuestBridge Finalists that ranked MIT will be contacted directly about how to access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement.

If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can still use the MIT QuestBridge Supplement along with your QuestBridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but you must let us know in advance by emailing questbridgeinfo@mit.edu. Learn more about this process here.

If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can still use our supplement along with your QuestBridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but you must let us know in advance by emailing questbridgeinfo@mit.edu. After you email us, we will contact you about how to access our MIT QuestBridge supplement. Learn more about this process here.

If you are a QuestBridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, but you would like to apply for our Regular Action cycle using your QuestBridge application, you can do so, but must let us know in advance. Learn more about this process here.

If you applied for the QuestBridge Match but were not selected as a Finalist, you are still welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our application portal. If you are not a Finalist, you must fill out the entire MIT first-year application.

We accept QuestBridge applications without a humanities/social sciences/language teacher letter of recommendation, but if your application didn’t include a math/science teacher letter of recommendation, we strongly recommend asking one of your math or science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a QuestBridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit their letter.

If you did not submit an official transcript with your QB application, you can request an official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT application portal) after you submit your MIT QuestBridge Supplement.

1. You could be matched with a binding school and must attend your Match school.
2. You could be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may choose to accept the offer, or not accept the offer and apply to other schools through their Regular Action process.
3. You could not be matched with any schools.

If you ranked MIT as one of your College Match schools and did not match, we already have your QuestBridge application and will send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to proceed:

1. You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Early Action. (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by November 30.)
2. You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Regular Action. (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by December 31.)
3. You may withdraw your MIT application.

1. You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Early Action.
2. You may use your QuestBridge application to apply through Regular Action.
3. You may withdraw your MIT application.

MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If admitted to MIT through the QuestBridge Match, you’ll receive the College Match Scholarship. If you’re admitted through Early Action or Regular Action, MIT will assemble a financial aid award made up of grants and scholarships that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. This usually means an award similar to the College Match Scholarship.