How do internationals get fee wavers?

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<p>I want to apply to as many colleges as I can without spending so much money that could've bought me a crappy car. I'm looking towards prestigious engineering programs.</p>

<p>I live in the U.S. and I know that the way you can wave fees is by having your HS counselor sign your application, indicating that the applicant is in a financial knot in terms of application fees.</p>

<p>But is there a different story for internationals?</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/573285-fee-waiver-international.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/573285-fee-waiver-international.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/363343-how-can-i-get-fee-waiver.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/363343-how-can-i-get-fee-waiver.html&lt;/a>
MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: "Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers?"</p>

<p>How about conducting a search?</p>

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Originally posted by b@r!um
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.)

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From MIT website</p>

<p>You can write directly to MIT with a letter from your counselor or another school official requesting an application fee waiver. While that works for MIT, what about the other schools to which you are applying? Do you really want to write a bunch of different letters requesting a fee waiver?</p>

<p>Earlier I suggested that you visit the College Board site for general information and overall criteria for fee-waivers in general. While you are at the College Board site I suggest that you also register through the College Board itself for a fee waiver that will be accepted by most colleges. (MIT actually prefers the College Board form.)

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<p>^ I'm lazy</p>

<p>but thanks</p>