National Association for College Admission Counseling/Application fee waiver
NACAC Application Fee Waiver
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A form your counsellor signs that asks a college to waive its application fee. Use it for colleges that do not take the Common App. Each college decides whether to accept it, so it is a request rather than a guarantee, and most accept it.
Waives one college's application fee per form. The source states no figure because each college sets its own fee, and fees commonly run 50 to 90 dollars.
No deadline
What you need
The official page does not list required documents. Check the official page before you apply, since a provider can ask for paperwork it does not publish.
How to apply
- 1Ask your counsellor for the NACAC fee waiver formA counsellor, a school official, or someone from a community organisation who knows your circumstances completes the authorised official section. It does not have to be a school counsellor if you do not have one.Done by your counselor
- 2Send it to the college with your applicationOne form per college. Check the college's own admissions page for where to send it, because they differ.
Where this comes from
- Official source
- https://nacacnet.org/student/fee-waivers/
- Last checked by SCRN
- 2026-09-03Verified null days ago
- How it was verified
- Checked against the official page by a person at SCRN
- Source level
- Provider verifiedRead from the provider's own page.
- Deadline
- The source states there is noneNo deadline of its own. Each college's application deadline still applies, and the form has to reach them with or before the application.
- How often
- one time