<p>hello, i'm a high school student in china. how do i apply for the fee waiver to the colleges on the commonapp?..</p>
<p>please help...and if the counsellor has to write a letter, can you also please indicate the format of that letter....</p>
<p>thanks million in advance...!</p>
<p>Your counselor has to write a letter asking for a fee waiver on your behalf, indicating the reason for the fee waiver (very low income?). </p>
<p>Don't ask for a fee waiver unless you absolutely need it. In particular, colleges will assume that someone who cannot pay the application fee won't be able to contribute financially to his/her education otherwise, and there are only very few colleges that consider international students for full funding (including air fare, insurances etc, which you presumably cannot pay yourself if you cannot afford the application fee.)</p>
<p>thanks b@r!um..but when do i send the request?</p>
<p>i'm applying online,,so do i send it when i submit my application or when?</p>
<p>hello?..anyone?</p>
<p>You gotta mail the fee-waiver request letter to the colleges. Ask the specific colleges about that! Don't worry ... I'm in your group of confused people too!</p>
<p>Lol I'm requesting the fee waiver too!</p>
<p>We all do! As MIT says: "You need the 65$ more than we do!"</p>
<p>Agree with adrivit!</p>
<p>yea...but when do we send in that request?</p>
<p>It goes from your school, mail it with your application or anytime before the deadline.</p>
<p>^ So the waiver request can be mailed and the application still be submitted online?</p>
<p>Ya! I begged the colleges to consider a fax or an email, but they didn't budge! So mail is what we gotta do!</p>
<p>um an international student, planning to go to an engineering school in US. I would really appreciate it if there's anyone who's studying aerospace engineering who can tell me how hard it is in any way to be studying aerospace engineering. I want to go to a school that has one of the best Aerospace engineering department. Also wondering how i'll be able to pay tuition. So if there is anyone out there who's an international student themselves, please give me tips on how I can make it.</p>
<p>Thanx.</p>
<p>See, mostly Engineering schools DO NOT have substantial financing options for international students. The best Aerospace program is in MIT, but it's almost impossible technically to get in. And there are other, LOTS other engg schools which have good aerospace programs like IIT, VirginiaTech, Purdue, GoergiaTech among others. But again, financial aid/scholarships are minimal at these places.
Getting into en engg program isn't harder to get into than any other program. It's the college which matters. So tell us exactly how much aid will you be requiring and we can help you some more? Till then, keep searching for options and you may as well apply to MIT!
BTW, which class in school are you in now? 11th, 12th?</p>
<p>"Most MIT international students are regionally, nationally or internationally recognized"(This is posted on the international students page) so if you have got some international qualifications only then can you think about MIT.</p>
<p>Not necessarily ... look at last year's admits. Most didn't have international medals and all ... the secret is that you gotta be special and quirky in your unique way, you have to stand out, be different.</p>