Each College Prep Scholar may bring one guest to the conference. This guest will participate in a separate program, with presentations and panels geared toward parents/guardians or other adult supporters such as a family member or an educator. Your guest will meet up with you for lunch and a tour of the campus, but will otherwise be separated from you until the conference ends at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

Only one person may attend as a guest. They must be an adult who is age 18 or over. Due to space limitations, we will not be able to accommodate additional guests such as younger siblings, other students, or friends. Please note that all programming, signage, and written directions will be conducted in English and we are not able to provide translators.

QuestBridge awards a limited number of travel grants to students who will be traveling long distances to attend a National College Admissions Conference. As a nonprofit organization, QuestBridge does not have the resources to sponsor travel for all students who receive invitations to the QuestBridge conferences.

All students who have been awarded a travel grant were notified in their College Prep Scholars Program decision letter.

We encourage you to fundraise on your own from sources such as local businesses and churches. Many students who have attended our organization's events in past years have been successful in doing so.

You will be meeting other students from across the country as well as college admissions representatives, so we recommend that you dress nicely (business casual). You might consider layers, as you will be touring a college campus in the summer months and sitting in indoor spaces that are air-conditioned. Suits or other formal apparel are not necessary, but comfortable walking shoes are highly encouraged.

You will be provided with a tote bag, water bottle, and pen to use throughout the day but feel free to bring any other supplies you feel you might need to be comfortable throughout the day.

If either you or your guest will need special assistance (such as wheelchair accessibility or sign language translation), please email us at questions@questbridge.org as far in advance as possible, but at least two weeks prior to the conference. Please note that we will provide vegetarian lunch options (you do not have to request this ahead of time) but are unable to accommodate other dietary restrictions.

We are committed to having a healthy and safe environment, with the understanding that no event is risk-free. We encourage participants to stay home if they feel sick but all attendees participate at their own risk. Masking at the conference is a personal choice that is left up to each individual and we ask that you respect everyone's choice.

If you are unable to attend the National College Admissions Conference at Rice University, you may be eligible to attend one of our other on-campus conferences instead. Please email us at questions@questbridge.org with the subject line "Conference location change" to request this change. If you are unable to attend on-campus conferences, note that you will still have access to the virtual conference and recordings of key sessions later this summer.