Application fee waiver rejected?

[LetsSmile]

<p>Anyone here have their application fee waiver rejected before? Or heard about such cases?</p>

<p>After receiving a application fee waiver rejection from Yale, I'm deeply worried that all the other universities that I've applied to would reject me for my fee waiver request too.</p>

<p>My family of 7 (including me, siblings, parents, grandmother) has an annual income of $78,000.</p>

<p>I'm not too sure what's being considered as a low income family in the US, but it has been a very costly process for my parents especially with my ill grandmother, so I really don't want to burden them any further.
I'd really like to hear your opinions if my family's income would not be accepted for fee waivers?</p>

[sybbie719]

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My family of 7 (including me, siblings, parents, grandmother) has an annual income of $78,000.

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<p>This is why your fee waiver was rejected. Hello, you are not a low income student. No, based on your family income, you are not fee waiver eligible.</p>

<p>International students are not eligible for fee waivers through the college board.</p>

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To be eligible for SAT Program fee waivers (and thus for up to four college application fee waivers), a student must be either an American citizen or a foreign national who is testing in the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. territories. Eligibility is determined by family income or by participation in a public assistance program or other program for economically disadvantaged families. The income guidelines are based on those of the federal free and reduced-price lunch program. </p>

<p><a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/applications/fee-waivers[/url][/quote]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/applications/fee-waivers

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<p>International students are not eligible for NACAC fee waivers:</p>

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<p>International students (including those with F-1 or F-2 Visas), gap year students, transfer students, or individuals choosing to defer applying to college rather than immediately transitioning after high school graduation are not eligible to use NACAC’s Request for Application Fee Waiver Form. NACAC recommends that prospective students in these categories contact the admission office of the institution(s) to which they are seeking admission regarding an institutional fee waiver.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Pages/FeeWaiverFAQ.aspx[/url][/quote]”>http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Pages/FeeWaiverFAQ.aspx

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[emeraldkity4]

<p>I’m not too sure what’s being considered as a low income family in the US</p>

<p>If you are receiving free/reduced lunch at school then you should qualify, otherwise probably not.</p>

[mom2collegekids]

<p>Are you saying that you’ve submitted applications with requests for fee waivers, you’ve gotten a waiver from Yale, and you’re wondering if the other schools will accept your request?</p>

<p>When did you send in your apps? Did you include fee waivers or did you just include some kind of note requesting a fee waiver?</p>

<p>Question for Sybbie…In the OP’s post, he counts having his grandmother living in the home. If the grandmother receives social security income, does that get included somewhere? I realize that the grandmother isn’t obligated to contribute towards college, but it seems odd to include her as a household member (who adds expenses to the family) if she has an income that’s not included.</p>

[applicannot]

<p>Low-income is usually 150% - 185% of the poverty line or less (some federal means tested benefits use the 150% mark, others use the line itself, and still others use 185%). The poverty line for a family of seven, if indeed you can claim all seven, is $33,270. So the low-income threshold would be $49,905 to $61,549.</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>If your counselor gave you a NACAC fee waiver, for a family of 7, the taxable income is 49,905
AGI single head of household is 82,405
AGI married filing joint is 85,305
<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Documents/AppFeeWaiver09.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Documents/AppFeeWaiver09.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If the grandmother is receiving income, she should not be included and backed out. On CSS profile or institutional documents, they can explain to what extent they are caring for grandparents.</p>

<p>If grandparent were to be backed out of this income, then Op would not be fee waiver eligible. </p>

<p>Since none of the fee waiver forms ask about the family make-up, I am wondering if OP wrote a letter requesting a fee waiver and based on what was written, Op was denied a waiver.</p>

<p>Op needs to send the application fee in to Yale to move forward with the application process. If s/he has not heard from anyone else, s/he is probably ok.</p>