<p>Hi all, new to this form. I wondering if anyone can help me with this problem I'm having. About a year ago I decided to
drop out of my high school because of some family issues at home. Since then I have been in a rut. However, recently I have decided to change my life for the better so I applied to college. I was doing the application and found that I have to pay 50 bucks for all of the colleges I applied to (I applied to 6). I remember when I was in high school that there was a fee waiver for this sort of thing. When I looked up said fee waiver I found out that you can only get it if you are in high school currently. Is there anyway for me to get a fee waiver in my position?</p>
<p>I don’t know, but don’t you have to have a HS diploma to apply to college? One thought is to contact your old HS and see if they can help you with the fee waiver. Another idea is to contact the College Board.</p>
<p>Don’t know how long you’ve been out of school, but if it’s been more than a year or two, you should contact the colleges directly and ask them what you’d need to do to qualify for a fee waiver. Ordinarily, a request from your high school guidance counselor is sufficient . . . but if you’ve been out of school for a few years, that may not be an option.</p>
<p>I have a GED, I got one a few months after I dropped out. Also I’ve only been out of school for about a year at this point. I’ll give the colleges a call tomorrow and see what’s up. IIRC the college board can only give out SAT fee waivers, I’m not really sure on this point though, someone correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>Well, I’d contact your high school, as well, and see if the guidance counselor can help you.</p>
<p>In order to obtain college board ACT application fee waivers, student must be eligible for fee waivers for the exam. Only currently enrolled students who are in 11th/12th grade that are free/reduced lunch eligible can receive exam and application fee waivers. </p>
<p>Over the past few years the college board/ ACT has limited the number of free waivers that it sends to each high school. They now track how many fee waivers they sent you, how many were used to sign up for the test and the number of students from your high school who actually showed up for the exam . When your students sign up for the exam and don’t show up it reduces the number of waivers you get the next year. Counselors and administrators can also access the report for their school. The days that you can ask for as many fee waivers as you want and the CB would send them to you are long gone.</p>
<p>Former students and student who have graduated no longer show up on your free/reduced lunch eligibility roster and are no longer eligible for fee waivers. </p>
<p>While OP will have to pay for the exam and score reports, Op should contact the schools directly to request a waiver of the application fees </p>