How does one waive the secondary application fee??

[DocRo]

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Hi guys,

I was wondering how I can go about waiving the secondary application fee. Money is a tight squeeze right now and my expenses just keep adding up in applying. If anybody has any information I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[Depakote]

Hi guys,

I was wondering how I can go about waiving the secondary application fee. Money is a tight squeeze right now and my expenses just keep adding up in applying. If anybody has any information I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

I believe you had to apply for an AMCAS fee waiver when you submitted your primary, so I think at this point, you're stuck. I'm not 100% sure though.

 

[alwaysaangel]

You could try asking the individual schools to see if there is a way around it but I doubt it. As far as I know they all require you to have an AMCAS FAP waiver (and some don't even do that).

I think you can apply for the FAP waiver now, but your income from last year (which is usually yours + your parents) has to be less than the 200% poverty level. Which can be found here http://www.mass.gov/dhcd/components...07.pdf#search="2007 200% poverty level chart"
If you're non-trad I'm sure you don't have to have your parents income but I'm not sure what the exact rules on that are.

As long as you can apply for that before your schools deadline you should be able to pull it off - but you do have to be below those values for your family income which most people are not.

Also, your secondaries are going to end up being later because you won't be complete until your FAP paperwork goes through and you get a copy of the approved fee waiver from AMCAS which could take a while.

 

[lyn2006]

I got the FAP last year when I applied and I don't recall having to be 200% below the poverty level... I couldn't actually find a formula anywhere saying if I'd get it, but figured I'd try and ended up being approved. all my premed advisor at undergrad said was you have to be "extremely needy". And you do need parental income info. I was approved very quickly - I just sent in the tax returns and got an email back the next week or so.

 

[TexasFool]

If I could figure that out I'd be rich right now, but I'm poor after these secondaries 🙁 I need some food stamps.

 

[alwaysaangel]

I got the FAP last year when I applied and I don't recall having to be 200% below the poverty level... I couldn't actually find a formula anywhere saying if I'd get it, but figured I'd try and ended up being approved. all my premed advisor at undergrad said was you have to be "extremely needy". And you do need parental income info. I was approved very quickly - I just sent in the tax returns and got an email back the next week or so.

Thats the line this year - they simplified it and created an actual boundry which sucks - I was 2k over.