Though I'm not sure what they'd lose by offering the waiver. If they were really scared that such candidates would reject them (and affect their stats negatively), they could just reject them or wait list them after they applied.
All I know is I seem to get the cold shoulder from the west coast in regards to everything (job offers, phd programs, and now fee waivers). I don't know what I did to make them so upset :-p
@seth.reid @shicks220 It is confusing to me...I have fee waivers from schools like Columbia but not BU? I can't figure out how these schools determine who to grant them to.
Update: I been getting fee waivers from schools that I didn't sign their sheet but that were there. Email basically says "Thank You for attending the NYC forum".
> @"Trust But Verify" said:
> Update: I been getting fee waivers from schools that I didn't sign their sheet but that were there. Email basically says "Thank You for attending the NYC forum".
I think it just redirects you to email their generic admissions email address. It's not a special form or anything. I asked for a merit based waiver and got one (well, got several as I was confused like you and asked in multiple places :-P)