Unless Bowdoin girl works in the Bowdoin admissions office and is privy to direct info about the admissions reps reading or not reading apps, or is a reader herself, I’d still take that with a huge grain of salt.
Yes, I know the ACT fee waiver only gives you the free (before you know the score) sends. But it gives you 4 per test and 2 tests, so theoretically 8 free, so you have to pay for resends if you score better on one test or the other (or the school is one of the few that superscores the ACT and you happen to score better on single sections on different tests).
I asked about it in response to:
…because if you had a waiver you could take it twice and use 8 free sends total.
Even higher incomes than that, sometimes. So that’s why I said: