Application fee "Awaiting"

I am an international students form a low income family so I’ve requested an application fee for my universities through common app. All of them accepted it with the exception of Rice University. On the Rice portal I see that they are still awaiting for the application fee. I know that universities decide if I get a fee waiver or not, but I don’t know if they (I mean adcoms from Rice) accepted my request or not because they didn’t send me any email that I should pay or not. Does it take so long to decide whether they ask for my money or not? (at this point it wouldn’t be that hard for my family to pay the fee because it would be just one).

Send the admissions folks at Rice an email.

Did you submit proof of a fee waiver from the ACT or SAT…or a letter from your school counselor to Rice? From what I am reading…that is required. If you were a U.S. permanent resident, you could send proof that you received free or reduced lunch. You can’t do the last one.