The QuestBridge College Prep Scholars helps equip high-achieving, low-income high school juniors with knowledge, confidence, and resources to connect with the nation's most sought-after colleges.

Changes in 2025

📝 The QuestBridge College Prep Scholars delivery occurred on April 25, 2025.

Changes for the year 2025 include new values for:

• Gender identity

• Pronouns

• Asian Group

• Black or African American Group

• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Group

Step 1: Adding the QuestBridge College Prep Scholars source formats

You can import QuestBridge College Prep Scholars data by adding the source formats to your database from the Source Format Library.

The QuestBridge College Prep Scholars source formats are:

• QuestBridge CPS Applications: Imports QuestBridge College Prep Scholars data

• QuestBridge CPS Materials: Maps documents to the corresponding Slate materials

To add these source formats to your database:

1. From the main navigation, select Database.

2. Under Import and Data Processing, select Source Format Library.

3. In the Search Library box, enter “QuestBridge CPS”.

4. Next to QuestBridge CPS Materials, select Add.

5. In the popup, select Add.

6. Confirm the browser dialogue.

Repeat for the QuestBridge CPS Applications source format.

📝 Ignore the deprecated < 2018 source format.

Step 2: Remap settings

ID mappings

In addition to data files, QuestBridge also sends documents. The mappings configured in the QuestBridge CPS Materials source format and associate these documents with your Slate material types.

Documents find matches with their corresponding person records using the QuestBridge Prospect ID.

The QuestBridge CPS Applications source format contain two IDs:

• QuestBridge ID Number: ID unique to the person record.

• Application ID: ID unique to the application, used solely for matching purposes. Not known to QuestBridge applicants.

The QuestBridge ID Number is mapped to a person-scoped custom field with the ID qb_prospect_id.

The QuestBridge CPS Application ID in the is mapped to an application-scoped custom field with the ID qb_cps_id.

🔔 Do not change the mappings of the QuestBridge ID numbers.

Remapping the QuestBridge CPS Applications source format

This source format imports College Prep Scholars finalists data as applications.

The QuestBridge CPS Applications source format has many standard fields pre-mapped. Do not set the Remap Active flag to Active for these source formats until you have received files and have confirmed that the mappings match how your institution needs the data imported. This includes confirming the mappings on the Fields and Static Mappings pages.

Additionally, many of the standard fields that were pre-mapped require value mappings to your institution's prompt values. On the Value Mappings page, add any additional value mappings that were not able to be mapped in a standard way, and make adjustments to any of the standard value mappings as necessary.

Remember that when mapping source fields to a prompt-based destination field, value mappings are required. After you have updated field mappings, be sure to click the refresh values link on the Value Mappings page. This will identify each possible source value in the received files that can be mapped to a destination value in Slate.

Some important considerations to specific to this source format:

• Map your rounds. An application will only be created if an application round has been mapped.

• PINs are automatically generated for applications created in an active application period. Be sure to activate your application period prior to importing the data to ensure that PINs will be generated for these accounts.

• The submitted flag is mapped as a static value. This will ensure that the application that is created will also be marked as submitted.

• Do not update the mapping for QuestBridge ID and Application ID, as this will prevent the materials from importing correctly.

Remapping the QuestBridge CPS Materials source format

The source format allow you to map the document types onto specific material types within Slate. Since the materials are associated with records and material types via a script, you will never see any data associated with this source format. If your institution is importing Common Application data, your institution should be familiar with this type of source format.

Unlike the application source formats, this source format can be mapped ahead of the receipt of files; however, the documents themselves will not be imported until the associated record has been imported via the QuestBridge CPS Applications source format.

Because the source format is used only for the translation of the document types from QuestBridge to your institution's material types within Slate, this source format will not display anything on the Fields page. Navigate to the Value Mappings page to map your material types:

It is fine to keep document types unmapped if you do not want them to import to records in Slate. If you change your mind, you can map the unmapped material types later, and those documents will be imported at that time.

🔔 Important!

• There is no retroactive refresh for the materials source formats.

• Check your material mappings prior to activating the QuestBridge CPS Applications source format.

• Materials will be imported for all mapped material types within an hour of the QuestBridge data file imports between the hours of 2:30am and 10:30am eastern time.

Step 3: Activating the remap settings

Once you have confirmed mappings for the source formats, the import must be activated by updating the source format’s Remap Active setting.

• Do not perform the following steps until you have received files from QuestBridge and have confirmed the mappings. This includes confirming the mappings on the Fields and Static Mappings pages.

• Do not activate the App Materials source format. Once records have imported successfully from the respective data files, document types that are mapped will be imported to the associated records within about an hour between the hours of 2:30am and 10:30am eastern time.

• Do not update any other settings in the source formats.

To activate the remap settings of each source format:

1. From the main navigation, select Database.

2. Select Source Formats.

3. Select the QuestBridge CPS Applications source format.

4. Select Edit.

5. Set Remap Active to Active.

   

6. Select Save.