<p>Well now and then I have been again and again told that If I apply for Application Fee Waivers, that would hurt the chances of me getting into that particular college? Does that really happen. I mean is it that much of a gamble that it can actually result in you not getting in? Cuz its like if I apply to more then 5 or 6 colleges, that would sum up alot for me cope up with along side the SAT Registration Fees, The score sending charges and toefl etc.</p>
<p>Any Suggestions on what to do? Should I go for fee wavers or try to manage a way to pay all the expenses?</p>
<p>If the application fees are a real hardship, apply for the waivers. </p>
<p>I have no secret insider knowledge, but I honestly cannot imagine that it would make a difference whether or not you get a waiver. What will make a difference (at colleges that are not need blind) is how much financial aid you need. If you are going for a fee waiver, you probably need close to the full cost of attendance covered by financial aid and THAT will hurt your chances tremendously.</p>
<p>Well given that If I decide and somehow manage to pay the application fees, that still doesn’t change the fact that I need near full aid. So I guess paying for my top choice 2 or 3 colleges would be the right thing to do and ask for wavers with rest of them.</p>
<p>Harvard
Cal Tech
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Dartmouth
Swarthmore
U Penn
Amherst
Williams
Duke
Chicago
Wellesley (if female)
Lehigh
Oberlin</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a difference whether your application fees is waivered. Try to apply to the schools listed above because these are the rich schools that are able to offer you full financial aid.</p>
<p>No it doesn’t. Usually in undergrad admissions, the applications are first compiled into files and then they (most undergraduate students working in the admissions office) tick the box whether you applied for fee waivers or paid the application fee- generally the person reading your file (admission officer) and making the decision is not even going to know how you paid the application fee. Its basically like asking if paying your application fee by cheque could affect your application!</p>
<p>I know a guy who got his fees waived for ten schools and he got in to all of them too.</p>
<p>Harvard
MIT
Princeton
Yale
Duke
Lafayette
Stanford
UPenn
Johns Hopkins
Jacobs
Brown
Columbia
Dartmouth
Tufts
Vanderbilt
Lehigh
Chicago
These are the ones I’m going to apply to @lk65ty5rt4.</p>
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<p>That is quite re-assuring. Earlier I was made an impression that If i applied for fee wavers it would hurt my chances tremendously, but a little insight into the whole matter clears out the clouds of confusion.</p>
<p>TBH I once had the same fear too and then my friend applied a year after and got a GC to sign the fee waivers for him. Just curious though, who told you that it could affect your chances?</p>
<p>A couple of friends who got in last year. They said that asking for fee wavers would hurt my chances of getting in and I should somehow manage to pay them.</p>
<p>Most colleges will waive application fees. And having worked at three US institutions in international admissions offices, I can say categorically that waiving the application fee had no impact on whether we would admit international students. The more important question you need to ask of institutions if you are in a situation where you will need full financial assistance to pay for your expenses is whether or not each school you apply to even offers that level of assistance. Our EducationUSA network of advising centers can let you know which schools on your list may offer close to full aid, and then you can adjust your list accordingly. To find the EducationUSA advising center nearest you, please visit [EducationUSA</a> - Find an Advising Center](<a href=“http://educationusa.info/centers.php]EducationUSA”>http://educationusa.info/centers.php)</p>
<p>If Collegeboard waives your SAT fee you get 4 Collegeboard fee waivers that can be sent to 4 colleges to exempt you from paying the fees. </p>
<p>Other Fee Waiver Requests are fee waivers from your school counselor/principal/guidance counselor or in any institution you are/were part of saying that you are unable to pay for the application fee/that paying for the application fee is a financial burden for you.</p>
<p>Collegeboard fee waivers are only for US students and international students with green cards whose SAT fee was waived. If you are neither you are not eligible for Collegeboard fee waiver. If you are using fee waiver select Other Fee Waiver Request in Common App.</p>
<p>So if those colleges which only have College Board Fee Waiver Request, wont allow me to apply for application fee waiver? I mean like Brown only has College Board Fee Waiver Request, so does that mean, there is no way I can get rid of that payment?</p>
<p>Just sent a normal fee waiver request through your school counselor
You don’t need to select anything on common app.</p>
<p>My cousin went through to the same problem when she applied to Hopkins. They had this similar glitch. She didn’t select any option in common app but sent a fee waiver request as usual and Hopkins sent her an email saying her fees have been waived.</p>