<p>I am an international student. After meticulous research, I figured that the $11 being paid to college board to send SAT Score and the $19 to send TOEFL scores are inevitable. Nevertheless, the application fee being spent on each college is a huge financial hardship and so is the $16 for the CSS Profile fee. I was told that $15000 would definitely make the cut for the elimination of the CSS profile fee but is it the same for international students. Also, I'm applying to 27 universities, seventeen of which have an application fee. How to waive it?</p>
<p>International students are not eligible for College board fee waivers</p>
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that’s too many schools.</p>
<p>^^Not necessarily for an int’l student who basically needs a full ride.</p>
<p>I could be wrong. Is there 27 schools would give a full ride to an international student?</p>
<p>There are only 6 schools that are need blind to international students and will meet 100% demonstrated need. While there may be ~27 schools that meet 100% demonstrated need for international students, at 21 of them, your ability to pay will be a factor in admission (making those that need a full ride at a big disadvantage). Keep in mind that all of these schools are extremely competitive and have low admission rates often in the single digits (and lower still for international students )</p>
<p>You can appeal to each admissions office and ask if they have any free application routes. My son did get some freebies that were not directly offered. It does not hurt to ask, and could save you some money even if one school waives its fee. </p>
<p>The international students I know who have been most successful in getting accepted and getting money are those who did not focus entirely on the most selective schools. Nearly every international student knows of the 6 need blind, full need meeting schools which also happen to top just about everyone’s list, not just international students, which makes getting accepted nearly impossible just statistically. The same with those that are need aware for internationals, but do meet need. Where one can beat the odds is by looking for schools where the lines are not so long and where ones stats stand out. Because such schools are not on the known and beaten path, they may be willing to pay for some international diversity and, of course, very important, the high test scores. Just make sure that international student are eligible for aid and merit. Even the schools with the tightest reputations regarding giving out money, can be generous for the right student. Finding the schools where one is the right student is the true challenge of the college search. Otherwise it is largely a lottery with bad odds.</p>
<p>You may wish to look at the community college route for 2 years - particularly if you find a community college that serves many students from your country. You can then save your money and go to a larger university for the last 2 years. That route also has the advantage of providing time for you to refine your English skills (if needed) before you are thrown into more complex classes. Also, the community colleges typically offer much smaller intro classes than large US universities. </p>
<p>(For non-international students, fee waiver forms for standardized tests and some college applications are sometimes available in the high school guidance office.)</p>
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<p>There are reasonable number of colleges/universities out there that offer one or two big scholarships for international students each year, so yes I’m not at all surprised that a potential list for full-rides might be 27 or more. Most international applicants have decent home-country options, or aren’t completely hell-bent on getting an undergrad degree here in the US no matter what institution that degree might be from, and so they don’t devote the time to find out whether their stats are likely to land them money at places that aren’t closer to the top of the rankings.</p>
<p>But I do agree that 27 is excessive if this student has the stats that would get one of the Automatic Merit Full Rides from BobWallace’s list. Using that list for safeties, anything lower down could just be cut out of the application list and it shouldn’t be too tough to get the app list into the range of 10 to 15 institutions.</p>
<p>OP, if you are able to get accepted to a school here, will you be able to prove that your family has enough money to get you back home and pay their share every year for all 4 years? That is also part of the process. Look at the big picture. 27 schools is a lot to apply to. Why not focus on the schools that offer the best aid to international students in the US, and then still put some effort into applying to schools in your own country, just in case? Good luck.</p>
<p>I’m an international student requiring near full aid so naturally, I’m applying to a large number of univeristies because of my slim chances in each. Anyway, My parents earn $15000/annum so how do I ask for a fee waiver?</p>
<p>Please be a ■■■■■?</p>
<p>I’m an international student requiring near full aid so naturally, I’m applying to a large number of univeristies because of my slim chances in each. Anyway, My parents earn $15000/annum so how do I ask for a fee waiver?</p>
<p>You would need to go on the website of each of the 27 schools - find out if there is a form or what their procedure is to request an application fee waiver - and request one from each school. If you can’t find a procedure, then send an email to admissions. Maybe you will get lucky and a few will give you one. There is no way to request a waiver from all 27 schools with one request.</p>
<p>NJmissy is correct. This is a one by one process. Some or none of the colleges may grant the request. No guarantees. You have to ask each and every one individually.</p>
<p>Editing to add…starting a second thread with the SAME question (already answered on the first thread) will NOT yield a different answer.</p>
<p>Well…you have more than one issue here. First, check to see how many of the 27 schools require the CSS Profile for financial aid consideration because there are NO fee waivers for international students for the Profile. The cost of submitting 27 Profiles will be very high!</p>
<p>Personally I think you need to reduce the number of schools to which you are applying. 27 is WAY too many even if this is “casting a wide net” for financial aid reasons. </p>
<p>Contact each school. They will tell you how to apply for a waiver. Some schools will grant them and others simply will not.</p>
<p>OP,
You have now opened at least 3 different threads asking the same question (they have been merged). Please refrain from making new threads on this same topic.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Casting a wide net is fine, but can you even put in a great application at 27 colleges? That isnt just a copy paste job. </p>
<p>You might be better served by cutting that number down a bit and making sure you have a solid application for each school. Dont recycle an essay that sort of fits- make sure that you are really solidly addressing the prompt and the type of response each school wants.</p>
<p>If a student signs up on a college website to say they are interested in that college, some colleges will later send you an offer for an application fee waiver. However, that doesn’t waive fees for sending in test results, etc. </p>
<p>These fee waivers generally are offered by less selective colleges, but it doesn’t hurt to sign up and show your interest in the college as early as possible.</p>
<p>I think the OP is finding out how onerous it is to apply to that many schools already, in that he will have to research each of them regarding application fees and request waivers from them all even before he applies. That’s just the start. There may be special scholarships and instructions that any number of schools have, and s/he is going to have to keep track of each and every one. They may have different procedures for financial aid and different processes for international students, and to keep his chances for acceptance, financial and merit aid up there, he has to be aware of what each school offers, has and make sure they get what they need and want from him. That’s 27 balls in the air And things do go wrong in this process.</p>