<p>Do most colleges that provide Book Awards to juniors provide a fee-waived application? My daughter received a book award in June and it appears that she would have to pay a fee to apply to the school. My son had received two book awards his junior year and both schools waived the application fees to encourage him to apply. I searched the school's website and couldn't find any information. Just curious if this is a typical experience and my son was just lucky.</p>
<p>I don't know if it relates to book awards, but I found that a lot more schools had free applications when my son applied several years ago, than they do now. They were given for a variety of reasons: awards (similar to book awards), visiting the campus, applying on-line vs. paper, etc. This year, NONE of the colleges my daughter is considering, have offered any free applications. We may just be unlucky this time, but my guess is also that some colleges have discontinued the free service because they are receiving so many more applications, and may need to budget differently.</p>
<p>You may be right. My son received quite a bit of mail from the schools from which he received the book awards and she has not heard from the school at all, other than the letter she received at the awards ceremony.</p>
<p>Each college has their own policy on book awards...criteria, and "benefits." If your daughter received any kind of letter directly from the college that gave the award (NOT from the local alumni club -- but directly from the school) it should state if there are any benefits.</p>
<p>If she did not receive a letter, keep in mind that most awards are given by local alumni clubs. And it's usually up to a member of the club to provide the college with the name/address etc. of the recipient. (Sometimes the high school sends the notification, but it's usually the local club.) If, for some reason, the local contact did not send your child's info. to the college, they may not know she was the award recipient.</p>