<p>I recently got an email from Case Western Reserve University saying:</p>
<p>"This invitation is reserved for a select group of exceptional students like you. After August 1, when you submit your Common Application online, your application fee will be waived - saving you and your family money."</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me why this offer was given to me or if it's /actually/ a select invitation, and tell me whether or not this is worth my time to do? I wasn't planning on applying to Case Western Reserve prior to this email, but I wonder if this really is a good opportunity.</p>
<p>Case Western Reserve is an old established and well regarded University. While the application fee waiver is no doubt part of a marketing effort on their part to get (possibly high scoring SAT/ACT) students to apply, base your decision to apply on the merits of the college and not on the marketing.</p>
<p>Actually, everyone who applies online to CWRU has the App fee waived. This is simply another instance of marketing nonsense - the more applications received, the better the statistics for the school.</p>
<p>They do this at a lot of schools. They say they will “wave” the fee when there isn’t even a fee to begin with. One school kept sending me emails about me applying free and that I don’t have to submit an essay. I thought that it was nice of them and I should research the school but the application is free already so I felt cheated lol. Won’t be applying there.</p>