<p>Way too much. Probably several thousand by the time I’m done.</p>
<p>$100 per college ($60 app fee, $18 for couple of SAT reports, $15 CSS Profile, $5 postage for recommendations and transcripts)
That’s $1500 for 15 apps.</p>
<p>$900 testing (SAT prep plus 5 test registrations)</p>
<p>$2000 for planned April spring break trip to couple of east coast colleges that may admit me :-)</p>
<p>13 schools * 65
13 ACT’s * 9
5 AP scores * 15</p>
<p>About 1100$</p>
<p>How about this?</p>
<p>Private school because our public schools are not good at all: $18-20,000 x 4.</p>
<p>im poor i use fee waivers for everything lol…
$0.00</p>
<p>Fee waiver on my actual applications, less than $20 on all of my transcripts (and there were a lot of those, most of them free).</p>
<p>D applied to 8 schools @ approx. $65 each plus $9 each for SAT scores plus costs for some of the transcripts …so not less than $600. This is the first time I actually totaled it up.</p>
<p>a true bargain LOL, how bout $25,500 for 12th grade</p>
<p>I applied to liberal arts schools with conservatories, so most of those had two separate apps with 2 separate app fees. 7 schools, 3 conservatories, 10 SAT reports, 10 transcript release charges…I’m at almost $800 already, not including what auditions are going to cost and the cost of prescreening tapes…
:(</p>
<p>~$1000
eek!</p>
<p>$240 for the four UCs I applied to. Transcripts are free. SAT scores were free since it’s 4 schools exactly.</p>
<p>Around $700… -__-</p>
<p>Too much!!!</p>
<p>I applied to five schools out of high school and (most recently) four as a transfer. My parents didn’t want me to spend a lot of money (currently tight for us) and it was very difficult to find schools they wouldn’t have a problem with. Turns out I got rejected from most of the schools, and the money just ended up wasted.</p>
<p>Epic fail.</p>
<p>good question and here we go:</p>
<p>7 schools so far - 2 free, others @ $35-$70/app fee (approx $275).
<p>Total: $461.50 (yikes!)</p>
<p>Guess we could have saved $110 by not sending AP scores since they aren’t required. but gave official support to his academic work.</p>
<p>forgot that we got 4 free SAT reports.</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT @$9.50 (4 free, 3 paid - $28.50)</li>
</ul>
<p>Total: $423.50</p>
<p>Guys any idea about how I can get my application fees waived? I’m a US citizen living in Pakistan</p>
<p>Violindad, we had most of your expenses, PLUS a ten day audition trip for 2 to four schools. I estimate our total at about $5000 for applications/auditions to 7 schools, including the pre-screening recordings, CD duplication etc. Fortunately, the opportunity to get merit aid, because our EFC was too high for need-based, more than made up for the expense in the long run. We were lucky.</p>
<p>By contrast, oldest child applied ED to college for $100, and was accepted…</p>
<p>So far, $165 in application fees for two schools
If I don’t get into my Early Action school, I’ll probably end up paying another $360 in application fees (so $525 in all). If I do get into that school, I’ll most likely pay another $60, bringing the application fee total to $225.</p>
<p>I’ve taken the SAT I twice (so roughly $140, I forget the exact price) and the SAT II one (about $70 as well). Score reports were free since I, being a total cheap-ass, only sent the four free score reports each time.</p>
<p>If all goes well, total cost will be $435; if it does not go well, total shall be $735. Not even including the cost of my horrendously expensive private school.
OH WELL
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE WORTH IT IN THE END</p>
<p>SAT prep course: $1500
SAT 1 and 2 testing: $100
Application fees: $0, so far (ED applicant, anxiously waiting)
College road trip (why does this not count?): 10 days to 14 colleges, followed by a plane trip visit: afraid to calculate (not including lost vacation time on a beach)
CD for Music performance: $3
Recorder to make CD: $200
10+ years of weekly music lessons: I ain’t going to calculate
4 summers of music camp: afraid to add up
13 years in private school at, say, $27,000 each year on average (but food <em>is</em> included): Yikes!
TUMS: $20</p>
<p>I guess it was not too expensive.</p>
<p>If I add just application fees and the cost of sending test scores, I’ll likely end up at a little under a thousand (provided I’m not accepted anywhere I love early and I need to apply to my other schools regular decision). </p>
<p>If I add in the cost of AP exams (which add up to about 1,000 alone… JEEZ), SAT and ACT prep books, college counselor, the actual costs of taking the SAT and ACT… I’m looking at about $3,500.</p>
<p>Wow. I didn’t realize that until just about now.</p>
<p>Okay, so maybe not zero. I spent $5 on my SAT review book and about $10 on my AP review books (yay Amazon!). Due to being eligible for the Free Lunch Program, I have not paid for any ACT, SAT, or AP exams.</p>