<p>I would like to request a fee waiver, but I don't know if it's possible for international students. I have read on the Internet that your counselor has to ask for it, but in Romania we don't have any school counselor, so I think the high school principal could ask for it, right? What does she have to do, especially since she doesn't speak English? i would appreciate any help, please.</p>
<p>I think there is a form on collegeboard that your counselor need to fill out in order to get the fee waiver</p>
<p>Well, just ask your counselor to write that you can't pay the app fee..(the wordings can be taken from the NACAC's fee waiver form)..</p>
<p>What youknowme said applies if you want to get a fee waiver for the SATs.</p>
<p>As for getting a fee waiver for the college application, you have to ask your counsellor to write a letter requesting the fee waiver on your behalf. Generally info such as family income and size of family have to be mentioned but it varies from college to college-some colleges may have their own fee waiver forms.</p>
<p>Btw, here is the link to the NACAC form isaac was talking about- admissions.cornell.edu/apply/firstyear/NACACFeeWaiverForm.pdf</p>
<p>Oh and I think it;s fine if your high school principal writes the fee waiver letter. You could also write it yourself and ask your counsellor/principal to sign it.</p>
<p>First, check with your university- most colleges do not permit international applicants to ask for fee waivers. If they do, they may either have their own application format or may ask your counsellor to write a letter.</p>
<p>I am an international student and used application fee waivers for some colleges (Harvard, Yale and MIT). </p>
<p>I had my school principal state on the school letterhead that the application fee will be a financial burden. That's all. You may want to add your family income and number of dependants.</p>
<p>Harvard and MIT accepted the waiver, but Yale didnt. I later had to pay the application fee for Yale, and I think it was too late (about a week before decisions were announced).</p>
<p>Generally, I found the schools were lenient on fee waivers toward internationals. I was under a scholarship studying in my school and my tutor (which acts as a counselor) stated that in the letter and suggested thus it might be a financial burden. It was really vague but was accepted by all the schools I applied to.</p>
<p>On an additional note, I've yet to hear of a school rejecting a fee waiver before......</p>
<p>Well, I got waivers for all the schools that I have applied for. I didn't even use my school letterhead, but the letter was signed by my GC/teacher though.</p>
<p>Just get your GC/teacher to state that the application fee poses a substantial financial burden and you should be fine.</p>