<p>Used when requesting materials from schools. This is what it says on Exeter's website:</p>
<p>"Fill out the online Applicant Information Form (AIF), then send the appropriate application fee to Admissions.
OR
you may download the Applicant Information Form (AIF), print and complete the hard copy form, then mail it along with the appropriate application fee to Admissions. </p>
<p>Send the appropriate application fee to Admissions. For applicants with a domestic postal address, please submit $50 nonrefundable fee; for applicants with a non-U.S. postal ZIP code, please submit $100 nonrefundable application fee. Application fees need to be mailed; we are unable to process fees through the internet or over the phone. "</p>
<p>Is it possible to request a fee waiver for that? I'm international, and no way in heck is my mom going to be willing to pay 100 dollars to simply apply to these schools.. (100x6 = 1 month's .. bills!) Anyways, I emailed the Exeter admissions office, and this is the reply I got.</p>
<p>"Please submit a written request with the application signed by a parent."
.. So basically I just get a nice piece of stationary, write a request for a fee waiver (haha, another thing to write.. my mom barely speaks English), and get my mom to sign it? Is that it? Did anybody else apply for AIF fee waivers?</p>
<p>Oh, and did anybody ask for SSAT waivers? Just wondering..</p>
<p>My mom wasn't happy about paying the $50 either but I'm only applying to Exeter so it wasn't too bad. But it seems like $50/$100 is so much when you multiply it by how many students apply! Jeeez no wonder they have such a large endowment..</p>
<p>Also the tuition goes around 40,000. Multiple that by the amount of students not on FA. :D And all those rich alumni (Dan Brown...) who donate millions of dollars. :D</p>
<p>Have you guys read Frank Perettis?? No offense, but I think it is much cooler and SCARIER! I was freaked out last night reading The Oath. I really recommend it.</p>
<p>OO when I stayed with my really close friend who's at exeter right now for a weekend they were having this assembly where Dan Brown visited and it was really formal, you had to dress up and everything, and she was like "Oh you can come along, I don't want you to have to stay in my room by yourself for two hours" and I was like ookay and then I got there and it was assigned seating and I was like ehh and she was like, "Just share a seat with me".. that didnt work out so I didn't get too see him and had to find my way all the way back to her dorm in the dark. Needless to say I got lost, but it was nice to see the campus on a school night and everything.</p>
<p>Nope, I’m applying this year (entrance in fall of 2010). This was just to prepare, since I’m basically going through the process without my parents.</p>
<p>^ same boat as you guys but my parents said if I wanna apply then I have to pay the app fees so either I’m going to pay $400 or get a lot of waivers lol</p>
<p>I think they have a guideline published either on their websites or an attachment that goes with the application forms about application fee waver eligibility. For US residents, your family income needs to meet a certain threshold. I don’t know how they handle international families.</p>
<p>Fee waivers are very easy to get. Just ask the admissions office either on the phone or by e-mail. They will either grant the waiver then and there or request a letter from your parents to be sent with your application. Some schools may ask for parents income before granting it but not all of them do. You can also ask for a fee waiver for the SSS forms (financial aid). In that instance you just ask one school for a waiver code and it is good for approximately eight or ten different schools on your financial aid application.</p>