# What is the common app fee waiver

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## Common Application Fee Waiver: Eligibility Criteria and Process

**The Common App fee waiver** is an admissions provision that **eliminates undergraduate college application fees** for eligible domestic and international students facing financial hardship, ensuring that application costs do not serve as a barrier to higher education.

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**1. Eligibility Criteria:**

- **Economic Assistance Programs:** Enrollment in or eligibility for the federal Free and Reduced-Price Lunch (FRPL) program, SNAP, TANF, or Medicaid.
- **Testing Fee Waivers:** Prior receipt of, or eligibility for, an SAT or ACT registration fee waiver.
- **Income Eligibility Guidelines:** Annual family income falling within the USDA Food and Nutrition Service guidelines.
- **Special Circumstances:** Status as a ward of the state, orphan, foster youth, or homeless individual, or living in federally subsidized public housing.
- **Official Recommendation:** Written verification from a high school counselor, college access advisor, or community leader attesting to family financial distress.

**2. How the Waiver Works:**

- **Profile-Level Activation:** Students select the fee waiver request within the “Common App Fee Waiver” section of the general profile by checking at least one qualifying indicator.
- **Universal Coverage:** A single approved fee waiver covers the application fees for all Common App member institutions to which the student applies (up to the 20-college limit).
- **Counselor Confirmation:** The applicant’s high school counselor must digitally sign off in the counselor portal to verify the student’s economic need.

💡 **EXAM INSIGHT / PITFALL:** Requesting a Common App fee waiver does not reduce an applicant’s chances of admission at need-blind institutions, and individual colleges never receive specific financial documents submitted solely for the Common App waiver verification.