The Common App and Fee Waivers…Do You Qualify? Students often ask about fees waivers and the people at the Common App shared this link with an explanation as to how to know if you qualify.

Today, and for the last five years, students who meet any of the following criteria are eligible to qualify for an application fee waiver from The Common App’s more than 750 member colleges and universities:

* Enrolled in or eligible for Federal Free or Reduced Lunch Program

* Annual family income is within range set by USDA Food and Nutrition Service

* Received or eligible for a fee waiver for SAT or ACT standardized test

* Enrolled in federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families

* Live in federally subsidized public housing, in foster care, or is homeless

* Family receives public assistance

More than one million applicants, one third of whom are first-generation college students, submitted over 4.5 million applications through the Common App. Last year, nearly one million need-based fee waivers were granted. https://www.commonapp.org/whats-appening/news/common-app-members-awarded-more-55-million-need-based-college-application-fee