How many fee waivers?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>How many fee waivers on the common app can a person do? I have been looking for months, so if somebody could answer this question for me I would be most grateful.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing there’s an unlimited amount? If you used a fee waiver on the SATs or you get free lunch at school you’re automatically not expected to pay for any college applications.</p>

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<p>I know that collegeboard only gives you four fee waivers for college applications, but you can also go through NACAC (unlimited number) or appeal directly to the colleges. NACAC is probably the best / easiest bet, though you do need a counselor signature</p>

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<p>I thought the NACAC specified a limit of four:</p>

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<p>[FAQs</a> for Application Fee Waiver Form](<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Pages/FeeWaiverFAQ.aspx]FAQs”>http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Pages/FeeWaiverFAQ.aspx)</p>

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<p>Hey, I’m not the OP but another CommonApp-noob. Can someone tell me how exactly I can apply for a fee waiver? I will apply to about 10 colleges on the list.</p>

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<p>The form is here: <a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Documents/AppFeeWaiver10.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nacacnet.org/CareerDevelopment/Resources/Documents/AppFeeWaiver10.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As for the OP: While four is the recommended number, there is no limit, and no way for the organization to know or enforce the number. Nor would they likely care. However, I think they’re trying to communicate that applying to 25 colleges just because you can get a fee waiver is not in the spirit of helping the poor, which is the point of the waiver.</p>

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<p>Oh thanks BillyMc!</p>

<p>I was wondering how they would enforce it. I’m applying to only 8 (but many of mine are Ivys) but I could really use the fee waiver (yes, there’s a financial reason behind my using it, of course).</p>

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<p>A way for them to enforce it would be making you send it through the organization, but they don’t do that. It’s sent directly to the school, so the responsibility is yours. It doesn’t sound like you’re abusing it (4 is a pretty low number for most students), and yeah, if there wasn’t an adequate reason, then the colleges would just reject the request and you’d have to pay. Well, good luck.</p>