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For Counselors: Application fee waivers

What is a fee waiver?

Many schools will waive the application fee to students with financial need. In order to be eligible for a fee waiver, students will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • You were provided with a fee waiver to take the SAT or ACT
  • You are enrolled in a Free or Reduced Price Lunch Program
  • Your family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service
  • You're enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families
  • Your family receives public assistance
  • You live in federally subsidized housing or a foster home

How do students request fee waivers?

Students can request fee waivers through any of the three options below:

  • From their Scoir dashboard
  • During the application process
  • By digitally requesting one in the My Colleges section

Let’s dive into each option in more detail below.

On their Scoir Dashboard

On the Scoir dashboard, students can check if they qualify for free applications by clicking the Find Out button when they apply with Scoir

Once completed, if eligible, students will have the option to browse schools where the student can apply for free using Scoir.

If students want to revisit the list of schools they can apply to for free using Scoir, they can check the "Free Apps with Scoir" option on their Dashboard or Discover page at any time

By beginning the application process

Although students aren't technically requesting a fee waiver, they must complete the Fee Waiver section in their Application Profile to determine eligibility. By answering "Yes" to any of the fee waiver questions, students become eligible for fee waivers at any Coalition member colleges they apply to through Apply with Scoir.

Additionally, veterans and active members of the U.S. Armed Forces may be eligible for Coalition’s Fee Waiver by selecting criteria in this section of the Application Profile.

By digitally requesting one via My Colleges
This option is only available to students connected to high schools in Scoir with Send Documents enabled.

From the student dashboard, the student will need to access the My Colleges tab and click Application Documents near the top right access the .

From the Application Documents page, students can click View Request Form to see downloadable version of the fee waiver.

Students can also click Request & Sign to digitally request and sign a fee waiver request from the Application Documents page. When they do so, you'll receive an email notification that a request has been made. You can also track this right on your Scoir Dashboard. 



Locating and approving a fee waiver request

Fee waiver requests can be accessed in the Documents and Applications section of the counselor Dashboard. Click on the number of request to be taken to the Manage Documents page.


From the Manage Documents page, click the student's name to be redirected to the Manage Documents section of their profile. In the Other Documents section of the student profile, find the request and click Approve.

To approve and sign the fee waiver, choose the appropriate options, and choose Save and Sign to finalize the document. The fee waiver will now be added to that student's application documents.



Initiating or uploading a fee waiver

As a counselor, you may also initiate a fee waiver, by navigating to a student's documents section and clicking Sign Agreement.

If preferred, Fee Waiver Forms can be downloaded here: ScoirFeeWaiver.pdf, and then uploaded directly to the student's Other Documents section by clicking "Upload."



Deleting a fee waiver request

Click Delete to delete a fee waiver request.

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How did we do?

For Counselors: Grade Reports (Individual)

For Counselors: Digitally signing Early Decision contracts

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