Fee Waivers

Improvements have been made to the fee waiver process starting with the 2023–24 school year. With the transition from the Test Ordering System (TOS) to the new SAT Suite Ordering and Registration System (SSOR), schools will no longer be responsible for identifying fee waiver eligible students.

With this change, all students who meet College Board's SAT fee waiver eligibility criteria can either receive SAT fee waiver benefits by obtaining a code from their counselor or by completing a fee waiver request form on our website. Learn more about the fee waiver eligibility criteria and supporting eligible students through the fee waiver process.

Learn more about how College Board is supporting schools and districts serving low-income students by providing a price discount for in-school assessments based on the federally estimated child poverty rate percentage.

Fee Waiver Codes

SAT fee waiver codes will continue to be sent directly to schools through the K–12 Score Reporting Portal. School counselors identify first-time fee waiver–eligible students at their school and distribute a fee waiver code to them. Authorized agencies and CBOs may also distribute fee waiver codes. Students who've already tested with a fee waiver will automatically have their full set of fee waiver benefits in their College Board account.

See the Resources section for more information about fee waivers.