<p>So, our family's financial situation is not great right now, but we are still making above the income of the average college-goer (not quite a six figure income, but close). Should I ask my counselor for a fee waiver? Do you think I'd get it?</p>
<p>LOL close to a 6 figure income and you want a fee waiver?</p>
<p>IMO, no & no</p>
<p>p.s. look for the thread here about schools with free applications, there are quite a few. This site is good too:</p>
<p>what chance would a household income around 60,000 have for a waiver? its not close to the poverty level but not exactly middle class either.</p>
<p>lol so a person can have a fee waiver ?
how many are offered at a college approximately ?
i'm international student from Asia so I find the fee for application is pretty expensive</p>
<p>lol close to 100k and you want a fee waiver go cry somewhere else and maybe get a job while your at it. My family makes far far far less than that and im am working this summer to pay for my applications. Also cmon for asking for a fee waiver at 60k lol, get a job as well.</p>
<p>cheers,
mike</p>
<p>No, no, I mean that's what we would normally be making but this year business is really bad and we are not even close to what we usually have.</p>
<p>a good rule of thumb is that if you qualify for the free/reduced price lunch program at your school, you will qualify for a fee waiver. If you have 4 people in your family, your family would need to be earning less than $40,000/yr. If you have 7 in your family, you would need to earn less than $50,000.</p>
<p>If a parent loses a job mid-year and the income goes down, you would qualify for the free-reduced price lunch program (it is based solely on current income) and therefore qualify for a fee waiver.</p>
<p>Fee waivers aren't for people who would find it inconvenient to pay the app fee, they're for those who literally could not pay the fee otherwise.</p>
<p>GO AHEAD AND TRY.
My guidance counselor got me a fee waiver for my Stanford app... and my family's income is probably close to yours-- almost six figures. I think ultimately, your counselor has more say than anyone else. In my case, while the $70 or so for a single application wasn't a huge deal, the application fees for applying to SEVERAL colleges added up pretty quickly... approaching $1,000 including AP exams, SATs, and score reports... and my family, due to medical expenses and other things, doesn't have a lot of money lying around. My guidance counselor was aware of this and was happy to help us get the fee waiver.</p>
<p>yeah, because i am going to be applying to several colleges. I'd have to use money from my job (minimum wage, bad hours, annoying customers) to pay for it all otherwise, which is sort of a problem because i want to focus on schoolwork. </p>
<p>Would I asked for a waiver, or would my parents (since they know our financial situation better than I do)?</p>