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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is pissing me off in all of this is once again the middle class gets screwed.  Lower income get waivers and the rich can afford it.

Applications, sending in test scores, and ironically having to pay for FAFSA and CSS submissions puts each college at about $100 each to apply to.

The irony of trying to save for college and spending $1000 to submit 10 applications.  Sick of this bullshit.

I can understand paying for the app when you mailed it.  You were paying someone to retrieve, place it, put it in the computer, and also read over it and send it to the right college.  Common App should cost $30 max.  Sending test scores should be a one time cost.  Just money grabbing.  [/quote]

There are plenty of colleges that offer free applications, and most are between 50-75 so it's not as bad as you think.  Colleges have multiple readers of each application and discussions about candidates.  That's much more expensive then paying someone to deliver it to the right college.  I would say students who are trying to go to highly selective schools are the ones that do a lot of admissions--others can get by with less. Also if you apply early action to a top choice, you can only do one if you're lucky.[/quote]

Little rinky liberal arts schools wanting more apps to fudge their acceptance rates maybe.  I don’t know if any ivy or large public university that offers free applications. [/quote]

Free apps - Bryn Mawr, Carleton, Colby, Wellesley, Kenyon, Grinnell, Smith ... 
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Who use it to fudge their acceptance rates... [/quote]

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