<p>Are colleges sending you letters that waive your application fee? Is this a common occurrence?</p>
<p>I have gotten a few of these. I think colleges are just trying to attract more applicants. :P</p>
<p>Hahaha darn, I thought I was special!</p>
<p>how do u get them ?</p>
<p>They mail them to you. Or sometimes through email too</p>
<p>darn it i never got them 
maybe coz i am canadian ?</p>
<p>Where have you gotten them from?
I’ve gotten some too.</p>
<p>Yep. I get them e-mailed to me ALL the time from colleges I’ve never heard of or don’t want to go to. :P</p>
<p>i wish i could request some -_- .</p>
<p>I remember that the University of Vermont and Tulane sent me those deals several years back, when I was applying for college. </p>
<p>They just want more applicants to lower their acceptance rates.</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten any (or not from any that I’m applying to). Then again, I really don’t read my college emails.</p>
<p>Others I know got some from Tulane, Fordham, Washington & Lee, and a couple of others.</p>
<p>I’m poor, though, so I’m getting my fees waived in another way.</p>
<p>I’ve gotten some from Rhodes College, Washington & Lee, and Tulane. Those are the only ones I remember though.</p>
<p>i got one from NYU-poly and then a few others o_O</p>
<p>but not from any i actually want to go to. How easy is it to call Harvard up and ask for a fee waiver?</p>
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Send them a request. Either the College Board’s (my guidance counselor has some, I can’t find it online) or the [url=<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/feewaiver/Documents/ApplicationFeeWaiver.pdf]NACAC[/url”>http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/feewaiver/Documents/ApplicationFeeWaiver.pdf]NACAC[/url</a>] one (found via a link on the Common App. Look on the form if you qualify; you must meet one of the following:</p>
<p>�� Family receives public assistance.
�� Student is ward of the state.
�� Student resides in foster home.
�� Student is homeless.
�� Student participates in free or reduced-price lunch program.
�� Student participates in a federally funded TRIO program (e.g., Upward Bound).
�� Family income is at or below the 2010 DHHS Poverty Guides listed in the chart below.
�� Other request from high school principal, high school counselor, financial aid officer, or community leader:
Given my knowledge of this student’s family circumstances and after reviewing the suggested guidelines below, I believe that providing the
application fee would present a hardship. Explanation:</p>
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<p>Yep. I’ve received a lot.</p>
<p>I think that I qualify for a fee waiver… but I really would rather not go through that embarrassment. Ugh. Though I guess my guidance counselor knows anyways…</p>
<p>Why would that be embarrassing? I’d rather be embarrassed momentarily and go to a great college than pump gas the rest of life. : )</p>
<p>Because I’d rather just fork over the application fee than ask for a fee waiver.</p>
<p>I go to a private school where there are many affluent people. Millionaires. Many, many millionaires.</p>
<p>It’s just weird to go to the guidance counselor and ask for a fee waiver.</p>
<p>But there’s only 2-3 schools that I’m applying to that haven’t already given me a fee waiver for whatever reason. (I didn’t apply for those… I just kind of received them in the mail. XD) So it’s not <em>that</em> much money.</p>
<p>Oh and I got Tulane too… As well as Wofford, Presbyterian College, Converse, and Newberry. Maybe some others that I don’t remember…</p>
<p>“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.”
-Benjamin Franklin </p>
<p>Anyway, not having to pay hundreds of dollars in application fees is worth having your guidance counselor sign some papers.</p>
<p>Edit: Just saw your post above. 1.) Just because others around you can easily pay large fees does not mean that you should/can. 2.) Your guidance counselor will probably be involved with your financial aid process anyway. 3.) 2-3 schools can still be like $100-180, depending on specifics.</p>
<p>I think it’s easier to say that when you’re not actually poor.</p>
<p>But when your EFC is 0… it’s just strange. People also always question you. “Why would you spend money on this or that?” “Five dollars isn’t that much.”</p>
<p>Besides… I’m applying to a school early decision, so hopefully it’ll only be one application fee.</p>
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<p>Even millionaires don’t like spending money when they don’t have to. And the only person who would know is your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>EDIT: And my family is extremely low-income. I think because of that I’ve tried my best to succeed. There is no shame in working with what’s best within your means.</p>