Columbia online application help

atongmu

今天找到官方证据了：

Applicants requesting a fee waiver should select the "Check or Money Order" payment option. If paying the application fee will be a financial hardship, fee waivers are available to full-time students, members of the Peace Corps who are currently in service and citizens of developing countries who currently reside in that country. Applicants who qualify for a fee waiver should fax a fee waiver request letter to 212-662-6754 and should explain their need for a fee waiver in Essay 5. Please allow up to three weeks for an update to your online status confirming that your fee waiver has been approved.

terry_tin

To Atongmu:
According to the official evidence, we should explain need for a fee waiver in Essay 5. Need we explain some additional reasons why need the fee waiver? Something like poor family, etc. Or just state that i am chinese citizen and live in China is enough?

uiber

I called the admissions committee and one man there said no, meaning we don't need to explain need fo ra fee waiver. You can call to verify.