<p>Does anyone know if the letter Dartmouth requires for the fee waiver can be written by anyone? i.e. counselor ?</p>
<p>School's process for fee waivers</p>
<p>FEE WAIVER
If payment of the application fee would cause unusual financial hardship for you or your family, you may be eligible for a waiver of the application fee. To request a waiver of the fee, send a letter of explanation and one of the following supporting documents: a copy of your parents' 2004 federal income tax return, or a College Board Request for Waiver of the Application Fee signed by your counselor, to:</p>
<p>Office of Admissions
Dartmouth College
6016 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755</p>
<p>If you reside outside the U.S. and Canada and you are not a U.S. citizen, you must provide a copy of the Foreign Student Financial Aid Application with your letter. This form is available from the College Board or the Admissions Office.</p>
<p>lol I've read that a couple times already but it doesn't indicate who must write the letter. I am using a fee waiver from a government funded program that provides waivers for its participants, and i was wondering if the counselor from that program would be able to write the letter.</p>
<p>The fee waiver should be signed by your high school guidance counselor.</p>
<p>have you considered calling Dartmouth's admission's office and directly asking them this question because I am sure that your situation is not unique. That way you get a definitive answer you send your paperwork once and your application is not placed on hold because you did not follow their instructions.</p>
<p>Thanks, I had already sent an email to the admissions office but I wanted to see if anyone on CC already knew. Just so anyone in similar situations know, they told me the program counselor can write the letter.</p>
<p>i dunno about your specific situation, but from my experience top colleges are very nice about giving application fee waivers. i didn't qualify for the college board's waivers so i just got my high school counselor to write a two-liner letter saying that she thought i should be granted a fee waiver b/c of "family's financial hardships"... nothing specific (altho some schools did ask in their application booklets for us to give a brief explanation). then i attached a copy of my parents' tax return. i was granted waivers from all the schools to which i applied. i'm sure anything more elaborate than this would more than suffice.</p>