<p>do you have to pay to take the SAT?</p>
<p>Unfortunently, I think it’s $45.</p>
<p>You can get a waiver (depending on your family income)…ask your guidance counselor</p>
<p>If you qualify for reduced/free lunch in your school, then you will most likely be eligible for fee waivers. But always check with your guidance counselor because they’re the ones that provide you with the waivers.</p>
<p>About the waivers: does anybody know the exact regulations on who is an eligible candidate for a fee waiver? My school is so small that it doesn’t really have any guidance counselors.</p>
<p>Free and reduced-lunch kids for sure. Don’t know whether it extends beyond that.</p>
<p>^^
Just to give you an idea, my school is pretty unusual. It has a little less than 100 students IN TOTAL from Pre-school through 12th grade! It is also in Costa Rica. We bring our lunches to school: the school doesn’t provide lunches. I was wondering if there is any regulation just based on family income. At our school there is are no guidance counselors or provided lunches or anything like that.</p>
<p>The College Board website is chock full of all of the information you need. As you don’t have helpful counseling, you need to learn how to navigate it and find answers to your questions.</p>
<p>Here is a good explanation of fee waiver:</p>
<p>[SAT</a> Fee Waivers](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>SAT Fee Waivers – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>It may not apply to you in a Costa Rican high school. Note the US-centric limitation.</p>
<p>Thanks. Guess they don’t apply to me though. Too bad.</p>