Application Fee Waiver
If paying the application fee would cause unusual financial hardship for you or your family, you may be eligible for a waiver. Requesting a fee waiver will not disadvantage your candidacy in any way.
To request a fee waiver via the Common App, you have two options:
- Select "yes" in response to the fee waiver question within the fee/fee waiver section of the Common Application. Your school counselor must approve your fee waiver request electronically through the Common App or via email.
- Select "yes" in response to the pre-approved fee waiver question within the Dartmouth Questions section of the Common App.
To request a fee waiver via the Dartmouth Transfer Application:
- Select "yes" in response to the fee waiver question within the fee/fee waiver section of the application.
- Select from a list of criteria within the fee/fee waiver section of the application.
Guidelines for Requesting an Application Fee Waiver
You must meet at least one of the following indicators of economic need:
- You have received or are eligible to receive an ACT or SAT testing fee waiver.
- You are enrolled in or eligible to participate in the Federal Free or Reduced Price Lunch program (FRPL).
- Your annual family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.
- You are enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs such as Upward Bound).
- Your family receives public assistance.
- You live in federally subsidized public housing, a foster home, or are homeless.
- You are a ward of the state or an orphan.
- You can provide a supporting statement from a school official, college access counselor, financial aid officer, or community leader.
Dartmouth Pre-Approved Fee Waivers
The following applicants are eligible for a Dartmouth pre-approved fee waiver:
- Questbridge finalists.
- Students who were awarded a fee waiver through a Dartmouth College Access Program (DB or IFI)
- Veterans of the U.S. armed forces.