<p>Illinois Wesleyan is one that no one has mentioned.</p>
<p>Correction to my post #19. American U. does offer free online applications. So Hope331 in post #3 was correct. (We just received an app package from AU, and it is very clearly written on the form that the online app is free, and they clearly want to encourage it)</p>
<p>University of the Pacific is free online.</p>
<p>I applied to 8 colleges, all online using the common app (except Rutgers), and had a miserable experience with it. Only one college put the common app supplement on the common app website; the rest made me fill out supplements on their website or send them in by mail. Everything was sent in separately, and the schools can't verify that they have all the pieces to your application until several weeks after the final deadline. I remember calling colleges (specifically Mt. Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley) as late as March 10th, and having them tell me they were still missing things. The only notification I ever got of a missing part of an application was a letter from Smith that said I was missing my homeschool supplement, and I've gone to public school my entire life!</p>
<p>The only school I paid an application fee for was Rutgers. I sent my application and fee on December 1st, and was accepted at 3 of the colleges by Christmas break, with absolutely no problems. Even though I ended up chosing one of the other schools, the peace of mind was well worth the application fee.</p>
<p>Pretty much any college will waive the application fee if the applicant shows proof of financial need.</p>
<p>Do these colleges you guys list have free applications for everybody, regardless of financial status? That's what I'm wondering.</p>
<p>Yes - that is the whole point of this thread. To list the colleges that offer free apps to everyone.</p>
<p>Can you guys put all the colleges into one single list?</p>
<p>Nice idea, GKilla. Why don't you go through this thread and do that, and post your results?</p>
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Yes - that is the whole point of this thread. To list the colleges that offer free apps to everyone.
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lol I thought so. After people started mentioning waivers, I got thrown off. </p>
<p>I tried making a list:
-Illinois Wesleyan
-U of the Pacific
-Mt. Holyoke
-Smith
-Wellesley (online)
-American U (online)
-U of Pittsburgh (deadline?)
-Hobart & William Smith
-Lewis & Clark
-Notre Dame
-Tulane (online, preferred)
-Centre College
-Lynchburg College
-Peabody College at Vanderbuilt
-Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
-Lycoming
-Allegheny
-Guilford
-LeMoyne
-Hood College
-Colgate U (online)
-U of Rochester (?)
-University of Northern Colorado (preferred)
-Santa Clara U (special kind)
-Kenyon (online)
-Truman State U
-Carleton
-Rhodes (online)
-Baldwin-Wallace (online)
-Valparaiso University (online)
-Centenary College of Louisiana
-Agnes Scott
-Albright
-Alfred
-Arcadia
-Binghamton
-Bradley
-Butler
-Case Wetern
-Chatham
-Concordia
-Denison
-Elizbethtown
-Emmanuel (Massachusetts)
-Grinnell
-Hamilton
-Hartwick
-Hiram
-La Verne
-Lesley
-Loyola (New Orleans)
-Luther
-Manhattanville
-Marietta
-Marquette
-Nazareth
-Queens U. of Charlotte
-St. Joseph's (Maine)
-St. Norbert
-Salem (North Carolina)
-Spring Hill
-Stevens Inst. of Tech
-Susquehanna
-Sweet Briar
-Union
-Washington & Jefferson
-Westminster (Missouri)
-Westminster (Pennsylvania)
-Wilson
-Wittenberg
-Xavier (Ohio)
-Knox (preferred)</p>
<p>I don't know if that was all of them. I think calmom made a list of most of them in post #19, which I basically copied and pasted. Sorry if it seems repetitive. Just thought it might help in a bigger list.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! As you noted, I had started out trying to keep track of them - but as the thread grew I got overwhelmed with the task.</p>
<p>*UC will waive application fees for up to four campuses for qualified students who otherwise would be unable to apply for admission. To be accepted for the fee waiver program, you must meet specific requirements related to your family income and size. The fee waiver program is for United States citizens and permanent residents only.</p>
<p>Students who qualify for fee waivers and who select more than four campuses must pay $55 for each additional choice.</p>
<p>You can apply for a fee waiver within the online application and be notified immediately whether you have qualified. (If you are filing a paper application, you may get a fee waiver form from your high school counselor or community college EOPS office. Waiver forms are also available a UC campus Admissions, Relations with Schools or Educational Opportunity Program Office. Submit the form with your application.)*</p>
<p>Thanks for that information about UC - but please note that this thread was started to list colleges offering free applications without regard for financial need.</p>
<p>All colleges will waive application fees because of financial need or hardship. So there is no point in listing them -- unless we want to start a separate thread that details the exact policies/requirements for showing financial need at each school. </p>
<p>The point is: many middle class families that could easily afford one or two application fees will experience a financial crunch when their child wants to apply to 6 or more schools. And no one wants to spend $50 unnecessarily - so its helpful to know if a school offers free online applications before mailing off a check with a paper application.</p>
<p>I don't mean to play thread cop and discourage posts, but this issue has caused confusion (see posts #45 & #46 above). The problem is that it detracts from the usefulness of the thread and the attempt to create a list of schools that offer free applications to everyone. </p>
<p>Again, just about every school will waive application fees on a showing of financial hardship. While the policies for determining financial hardship may vary, I really don't know of any exceptions. Sourapplz just did a terrific job of assembling a list of all of the schools and detailing types of waivers.... let's not make that job harder. ;)</p>
<p>Rochester -definitely for on-line.</p>
<p>The small schools that I am interested in...that was the case 4 months ago. Hopefully, next year, too. </p>
<p>-Wellesley (online)
-Colgate U (online)
-Kenyon (online)
-Wooster (online)
-Ohio Wesleyan (online)</p>
<p>This is the list I have been keeping.</p>
<p>FREE COMMON APP.<br>
Agnes Scott
Albright<br>
Alfred<br>
Allegheny<br>
American<br>
Arcadia
Baldin-Wallace<br>
Binghamton<br>
Bradley
Butler<br>
Carleton<br>
Case Wetern
Chatham
Colgate
Concordia
Denison
Elizbethtown
Emmanuel (Massachusetts)
Grinnell
Guilford
Hamilton
Hartwick
Hiram
Hobart & William Smith
Hood
Kenyon
La Verne
Le Moyne
Lesley
Lewis & Clark
Loyola (New Orleans)
Luther
Manhattanville
Marietta
Marquette
Nazareth
Notre Dame de Namur
University of Pacific
Queens University of Charlotte
Rhodes
University of Rochester
St. Joseph's (Maine)
St Norbert
Salem (North Carolina)
Spring Hill
Stevens Inst. Of Technology
Susquehanna
Sweet Briar
Trinity University (Texas)
Union
Valparaiso
Washington & Jefferson
Wellesley
Westminster (Missouri)
Westminster (Pennsylvania)
Wilson
Wittenberg
Xavier (Ohio)</p>
<p>FREE ON OWN SITE<br>
American <a href="http://admissions.american.edu/public/contentPage/contentPage.asp?navID=132&docID=46%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.american.edu/public/contentPage/contentPage.asp?navID=132&docID=46</a>
Baylor <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/admissions/index.php?id=16714%5B/url%5D">http://www.baylor.edu/admissions/index.php?id=16714</a>
Centre <a href="http://www.centre.edu/web/admission/howtoapply.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.centre.edu/web/admission/howtoapply.html</a>
Coe <a href="http://www.coe.edu/admission/apply/online/%5B/url%5D">http://www.coe.edu/admission/apply/online/</a>
Guilford <a href="http://www.ncmentor.org/applications/nc_independents_common_app/apply.html?application_id=1566%5B/url%5D">http://www.ncmentor.org/applications/nc_independents_common_app/apply.html?application_id=1566</a>
Hood College <a href="http://www.hood.edu/admissions/index.cfm?pid=/admissions/app/_applyOnline.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.hood.edu/admissions/index.cfm?pid=/admissions/app/_applyOnline.htm</a>
LeMoyne <a href="http://www.xap.com/Applications/The_Common_Application/apply.html?application_id=368%5B/url%5D">http://www.xap.com/Applications/The_Common_Application/apply.html?application_id=368</a>
Lycoming <a href="http://www.lycoming.edu/admiss/application/admisapp.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.lycoming.edu/admiss/application/admisapp.htm</a>
Lynchburg <a href="http://www.lynchburg.edu/x2116.xml#Freshman%5B/url%5D">http://www.lynchburg.edu/x2116.xml#Freshman</a>
Mt. Holyoke
Notre Dame College (Ohio) <a href="http://www.notredamecollege.edu/application/%5B/url%5D">http://www.notredamecollege.edu/application/</a>
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University <a href="http://apply.embark.com//ugrad/vanderbilt/%5B/url%5D">http://apply.embark.com//ugrad/vanderbilt/</a>
Rose-Hulman Inst. Of Technology <a href="http://www.rose-hulman.edu/admissions/application/freshman.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.rose-hulman.edu/admissions/application/freshman.htm</a>
Smith <a href="http://www.applyweb.com/apply/smith/intl_instruct.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.applyweb.com/apply/smith/intl_instruct.html</a>
Truman State <a href="https://secure.truman.edu/apply/%5B/url%5D">https://secure.truman.edu/apply/</a></p>
<p>Also, someone mentioned this one, but I cannot find where it says the application fee will be waived, does anybody know where it says this?</p>
<p>Centenary College of Louisiana <a href="http://www.centenary.edu/admissions/apply%5B/url%5D">http://www.centenary.edu/admissions/apply</a></p>
<p>I received something in the mail last week from Johnson State (VT) saying they will review applications and give admissions decisions on the spot if you go to one of their special sessions. I also know that Adelphi on Long Island gives waivers to students attending their open houses, and they also mail them automatically to students on their mailing list. Some schools also tuck waivers into the information packets you're handed upon registration at open houses. It's a pretty good deal, I think.</p>
<p>Just to add to that, I hope these aren't redundant (so hard keeping up!):</p>
<p>Thomas More College: Free for paper and on-line
Covenant College: Waives during particular months, especially November
Northland College: Free on-line, $25 for paper
Hiram College: Free on-line before certain dates (check site in advance)
Antioch-McGregor University: Free for Early Consideration applicants
Crichton College: Free on-line
Hollins University: Free if you submit paper application while on campus
Allegheny College: Free for all on-line, $35 on paper
Limestone College: Free on-line, $25 on paper
S. Carolina: Some free (<a href="http://www.sc.edu/admissions/credentials.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.sc.edu/admissions/credentials.htm</a>)
Union College: Free on-line
Michigan Coll. of Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry program: Free
Bridgewater College: Free on-line, $30 paper
Texas-El Paso: Free on-line
Brevard: Free with alum rec. (<a href="http://brevard.edu/alumni/fee_waiver.asp%5B/url%5D">http://brevard.edu/alumni/fee_waiver.asp</a>)
Smith College: Free on-line
Thiel College: Free on-line
Southern New Hampshire University: Free on-line
Western New England College: Free if parent or grandparent attended
McDaniel: Free w/alum rec, visit (mcdaniel.edu/alumni/prospective.shtml)</p>
<p>I found that by sending my transcripts, fafsa, and filing the application online (check will pay later) that I'd get a call from many colleges admission counselors that the fee was waived.</p>
<p>yeah rochester is free online, University of Rochester that is.</p>