What is a school specific fee waiver?
Fee waivers are generally given to students who demonstrate financial need. However, some schools will allow any student to avoid paying the application fee if they meet certain requirements, such as making an official on-campus visit. For example, some schools have their own fee waiver application process.
Is there a fee waiver for the Common App?
Common App colleges want to make sure that application fees do not pose a barrier for any student who wishes to apply for admission. If you feel that your financial circumstances might qualify you for an application fee waiver, you can request a fee waiver in the Common App fee waiver section in the profile section.
How does the Common App Fee Waiver work?
The Common App has developed its own process through which students can seek fee waivers for colleges which use the Common App. If you are eligible for, request, and receive a Common App fee waiver, you will not be charged an application fee by any of the colleges you apply to through the Common App system.
How many UCS can I apply to with a fee waiver?
four campuses
Which UCS should I apply to?
If you want to be in a rural environment, UC Davis and UC Merced are good options. If you want to be by the beach, you may prefer UCSB, UC Santa Cruz, or UCSD. If you want to be in Northern California, you should consider UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz or UC Merced.
How much does it cost to apply to UCS?
Pay the application fee The $70 application fee entitles a student to apply to one UC campus. If a student applies to more than one campus, he or she must pay an additional $70 for each campus selected. The online application automatically determines the application fees.
Do the UCS talk to each other?
They do not talk to each other about admission decisions because they don’t have the technology or resources to do so. Each UC campus contracts its own vendor for system/interface to review and score the UC Applications (which are pulled electronically from the UC Application Center).
How hard is it to get into Berkeley EECS?
Berkeley’s overall acceptance rate is 17%, but its Computer Science acceptance rate is only 8.5%. Berkeley continues to compete at an exceptional level with state funding! Berkeley’s Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) department is vast and exciting.
Is it hard to get into UCLA computer science?
Computer science had an 8.2% acceptance rate, and students applying to the engineering school undeclared were accepted at a rate of 9.5%. Because the programs are so selective, the lucky few who get in almost always have high test scores, high GPAs and participate in lots of extracurriculars, Chang said.
How competitive is UC Berkeley?
UC Berkeley is a highly rated public university located in Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a large institution with an enrollment of 29,570 undergraduate students. Admissions is competitive as the UC Berkeley acceptance rate is 16%.