Do Fee Waivers hurt chances of admission?

[4kidsdad]

<p>See <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/education/for-low-income-students-considering-college-a-nudge-to-aim-high.html?_r=0[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/education/for-low-income-students-considering-college-a-nudge-to-aim-high.html?_r=0&lt;/a&gt;
This is timely.

The group, the College Board, is sending a package of information on top colleges to every senior who has an SAT or Preliminary SAT score in the top 15 percent of test takers and whose family is in the bottom quarter of income distribution. The package, which includes application fee waivers to six colleges of the student’s choice, will be sent to roughly 28,000 seniors.

I don’t think College Board would start this outreach program if it thinks that “Fee Waivers hurt chances of admission”!</p>