SAT Fee Waivers
SAT fee waivers allow eligible students to take the SAT for free and get other benefits to apply to college.
Fee Waiver Benefits
- Two free SAT tests
- Free college application benefits
- Unlimited score reports to send to colleges
- Waived application fees at participating colleges
- Free CSS Profile applications to apply for financial aid from participating schools
Additional fee waiver benefits include:
- No international fees for free tests (if a U.S. student is testing abroad)
- No late registration fees for free tests
- No change or cancellation fees (upon cancellation, unused fee waiver benefits will be returned to the student)
- Fee reductions for score verification reports
What Fee Waivers Don't Cover
Even if students have a fee waiver, it doesn't cover some of the costs for registration changes. Students would still have to pay fees associated with:
- Changing their test center
- Requesting rush scores
- Requesting to receive scores by phone
- Testing at specific international test centers (if a U.S. student is testing abroad)
Eligibility
SAT fee waivers are available to low-income 11th- and 12th-grade students in the U.S. or U.S. territories. Students attending school outside the country must also be U.S. citizens to be eligible for fee waivers.
Students are eligible to receive a fee waiver if they meet one or more of the following qualifications:
- Are enrolled in or eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
- Have annual family income that falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service
- Are enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., TRIO programs like Upward Bound)
- Are part of a family that receives public assistance
- Unhoused or reside in federally subsidized public housing or a foster home
- Are a ward of the state or an orphan