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General Information
General Information
Most colleges require a fee (or fee waiver for eligible students) as part of their application. Fee waivers are available to qualified candidates (those who meet the financial guidelines for free/reduced lunch).
With college application fees averaging $35 to $50 or more, applying to several colleges can be expensive for any student. It may actually be prohibitive for some families, especially those on the lower end of the economic scale. However, students of families experiencing financial hardship may be eligible for waivers of their college application fees. To begin...
Complete your family income form for MELS or provide tax documents to the college office to determine your eligibility
CUNY:
fee waiver codes for qualified students will be provided by the MELS College Office during CUNY application workshops
SUNY:
Determine your eligibility using the chart on the SUNY Fee Waiver Request Form
SUNY will provide a fee waiver for up to 7 campuses.
Financially eligible students should select the “economic hardship waiver” when submitting their SUNY Application.
Complete the SUNY Fee Waiver Request Form and return it to Ms. Benzvi to complete the counselor verification section
Other Applications: Different schools have different processed but two common fee waiver forms which can be submitted are the NACAC fee waiver and the College Board Fee Waiver
Both the College Board and National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) provide waiver request forms that can be completed by eligible students and are accepted by many colleges.
The State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) require use of their own waiver request forms.
Students who previously received a fee waiver from the College Board for the SAT will receive four application waivers directly from the College Board through their College Board accounts. Students are assigned a unique fee waiver code they can submit with four college applications.
The colleges and universities that accept SAT waivers are listed in the SAT Fee-Waiver Directory of Colleges.
SUNY Fee Waiver
SUNY Fee Waiver
Students applying to SUNY who face significant financial hardship may also request their application fees be waived by having their school counselor complete and submit a SUNY Fee Waiver Request Form.
The State University waives the $50 application fee for up to four college choices. Students who are eligible for a fee waiver should select "Fee Waiver" as their payment method. If a fee waiver request is submitted and the student is later found ineligible, the student will be required to submit payment before the application will be processed.
Learn more about SUNY application fee waivers on SUNY’s Application FAQs webpage.
Common Application Fee Waiver
Common Application Fee Waiver
An application fee is a fee that a college charges for applying to their institution. Each college can choose how much to charge, and whether or not they charge a fee at all. In fact, many colleges don’t charge a fee.
Common Application: The waiver is completed electronically and is embedded in the Common Application.
Select “yes” to the Common App fee waiver if eligible
Select the reason for your eligibility (recipient of free/reduced lunch is the most common selection)
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