Fee Waiver Information

In order to complete an application with a fee waiver, the University will accept waivers for one of the criteria listed below. 

·         High school seniors who are National Merit, National Achievement, or

       National Hispanic finalist or semifinalist

·         Maryland Distinguished Scholar finalist, semifinalist or honorable mention recipients

·         Fee waivers granted by the College Board, American College Testing Program,

       College Bound and the National Association for College Admission Counseling

Online Applicants

·         Complete the online application and stop at the point of payment

·         Mail your application fee waiver to the Office of Undergraduate Admission &

       Recruitment

·         Once the waiver is received, the office will manually process the remainder of the

       application

·         Check the status of the application online using the user name and password created at

       the time of application

Paper Applicants

·         Complete the paper application and attach fee waiver to the application

·         Mail application and fee waiver to the Office of Undergraduate Admission & Recruitment

·         Once this information is received, the office will send an acknowledgement letter, as well as a student identification number and password with instructions for checking the application status online

Those students with complete applications (application, waiver, transcripts, SAT/ACT scores, essay and letters of recommendations) submitted by November 15^th will receive a decision no later than February 15^th.  Those students with complete applications by February 15^th will receive a decision no later than April 15^th.  All complete applications received after February 15^th will receive decisions on a rolling basis.