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COLLEGE APPLICATION FEE WAIVERS
TYPES OF FEE WAIVERS
WHAT FEE WAIVERS ARE AVAILABLE?
There are three types of fee waivers typically accepted by colleges and universities, but it is important to
note that not all colleges and universities will accept fee waivers. Students or school counselors should
conrm with the admissions ofce at specic institutions to ensure fee waivers are accepted.
• ACT FEE WAIVER
ACT provides a fee waiver application in their ACT User Handbook for Educators publication, link below.
Students who are eligible for a fee waiver to the ACT college entrance exam are also eligible for a college
application fee waiver. School counselors need only print out the number of fee waivers needed and sign-
off on student eligibility. Students must also sign the form. The fee waiver may be found here:
https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/RequestForWaiverForm.pdf
• COLLEGE BOARD FEE WAIVER
The College Board states that students who have received a College Board fee waiver for the SAT or
the SAT subject tests may also be eligible for up to four college application fee waivers. Students should
receive their college application fee waivers at the beginning of their senior year through their SAT
accounts. College Board fee waivers will no longer require school counselor approval. More information on
the College Board fee waiver can be found here:
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying-101/college-application-fee-waivers
The College Board also provides additional information including a link to which colleges accept the
College Board application fee waiver here: www.sat.org/fee-waivers
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING (NACAC) FEE WAIVER
This fee waiver can be downloaded from NACAC’s website, provided below. Students must complete their
portion of the fee waiver request and a school counselor or TRIO representative must verify that a student
is eligible to use the form (a list of eligibility requirements are provided on the NACAC website and on the
fee waiver request – students must meet only one of the requirements to be eligible). NACAC recommends
that students receive no more than four fee waivers for the college application process. Additional
information on the NACAC fee waiver can be found on their website here:
www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/feewaiver/Pages/default.aspx