Application Fee Waiver Letter?

Paying for College
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<p>I never got a fee waiver through College Board but my colleges said if my counselor writes a letter asking them for a fee waiver, that would be okay. </p>

<p>I have the letters, but then my counselor told me I have to write a letter to each of my colleges explaining why I am in need of a fee waiver. </p>

<p>Is this true? I don't understand why there is a need for two letters.</p>

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<p>it may be because that if you are granted a fee waiver- for what admittedly in comparsion to the cost of college- is a small fee, the colleges may be concerned about how you will able to afford the cost of college- even if you get as many grants and such as you can- it never covers everything.
BUt I am just guessing- better guess would be to ask your counselor why two letters.
If my D was in that situation ( and we practically were- she only applied to 5 schools because of application costs even though more schools would have given us a better chance of having aid packages to compare)- I would advise her to state the truth, that we could afford $___, that we would have to borrow the rest & we were trying to watch our pennies constantly and reduce costs whenever possible.</p>

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<p>Well I’m an international student and we don't really have councilors per-say. But I wrote certain schools asking for a fee waiver and they simply said to attach the note to the application form and they will waive the fee. No councilor required.</p>

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<p>Exactly what fees are you trying to get waived? College application fees? College Board SAT fees? College Board Profile registration and reporting fees?</p>

<p>If you're talking about Profile-related fees, they are waived based on the income you report when you file-- no waiver letter needed.</p>

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<p>cb waives during submission of the css-profile? I've had my sat and 4 cb college waivers, but didn't get anything about the css-profile when I registered (hamilton wanted it on the 1st)</p>

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<p>Yeah-- automatically during submission of the Profile. But it's not clear whether they use the same criteria as for SAT waivers, perhaps not. See bottom of page #3:</p>

<p><a href="https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/VignetteServlet/VignetteServlet.srv?relativePath=/profile/pdfs/0607_profile_regist_guide.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/VignetteServlet/VignetteServlet.srv?relativePath=/profile/pdfs/0607_profile_regist_guide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I found this form on the National Assoc. for College Admission Counseling
(<a href="http://www.nacac.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.nacac.com&lt;/a&gt;) and it had a Request for Application Fee Waiver. Every school my son was interested was a member.</p>