Based on the following criteria, if you believe you qualify for an application fee waiver, contact comm-grad-coord@umich.edu. In a brief e-mail, provide proof and explain your qualifications for a fee waiver. Fee waivers are limited and are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Application Fee Waiver Criteria:
1. You have a record of superior academic achievement (you are required to send unofficial transcript);
2. You are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident or undocumented students with Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrival (DACA);
3. AND you must meet three of the following criteria:
a) Nominee has led and/or substantially engaged in activities that broaden the participation of individuals with diverse backgrounds in the academic, professional, or civic realm. By broadening participation, we mean efforts in the U.S. to specifically reduce educational disparities based on race, ethnicity, first-generation status, familial income, or gender.
b) Have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances;
c) Have participated in programs in the Rackham application open to students from disadvantaged backgrounds;
d) Are first-generation U.S. citizens in their families;
e) Are first-generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college;
f) Nominee is from an educational or geographic background that is underrepresented in their discipline in the U.S. or at U-M and/or holds membership in a federally recognized Tribe.
