Common app fee waiver

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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Do you have to apply for a common app fee waiver and if so, how do you do it?

The app had a question “do you qualify” for a fee waiver, and listed a number of qualifying criteria. But there was no apparent way to apply for the fee waiver itself.

Do you get the fee waiver just by declaring you qualify for it? Is anyone checking to make sure you’re right that you qualify, or under which criteria you qualify, or anything?

Also, is there any kind of customer service for the Common App because I sent them this question and all I got was an automated reply that sent me the same fee waiver criteria that I had already seen.

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Assuming you’ve seen this?

Talk with your HS counselor. You should qualify for a fee waiver if you qualify for free/reduced fee lunch…do you? Also check all the websites of schools on your list to see if they have fee waiver information. Some will also give fee waivers for attending in-person/virtual admissions session and/or signing up for school mailing lists…have you done those things?

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