Why do schools charge an application fee?

Question

seriously why do they? they dont need the money some schools charge $60 for application fee! for what? what do they do with it, buy more pens or something? it doenst even go towards our tuition! what do u guys think

Answer 1

To discourage people from applying to 15,000 schools. Think about it, during college application time, people panic that they're not going to get in anywhere. If they apply to a ton, they increase their chances of getting in someplace. Colleges want to discourage it. That would give every school a zillion applications to go thru before picking the ones they want to accept.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Everything has a cost. Do you think the professors who are on the admission's committee work for free? The cost represents the cost of the application. Schools do nickel and dime students, but they don't do it through application fees. The schools want as many people as possible applying so they can pick and choose. Why would they discourage applicants. They nickel and dime through extra fees for things like lab fees, fees for certain courses, usually computer courses. They charge you for handouts in class by making you buy them at the bookstore instead of giving them out in class like they did 40 years ago. They also charge a student activity fee. The charge exorbitant prices for dorms, dorm food, and parking. They know once you're they're, you're not going to leave.

Answer 4

It takes several months for most schools to process those applications, and make admissions. It is also to make sure not just anyone is applying.

One could make an argument that they only want people who can afford college, and are therefore discriminating against socioeconomically advantaged people.

However, I don't believe this, and I think this is a way to get the fee waived if the situation is dire enough. At least, for applications into the California State University System.

Answer 5

You obviously don't have a clue what it costs to write just a simple business letter these days. The Government estimates that writing a single page letter costs the taxpayers about $200.

I don't see anything wrong with an applicaiton fee... since YOU are the one applying and I could not care less.. then YOU should stand the expense of processing YOUR application.

Answer 6

They charge application fees to weed out people who are not serious about applying and are just making an application for no real reason. If you're serious about applying to a school, it's not too much money not to apply, but it's also enough that random people don't apply

Answer 7

It's there way of recovering the cost of paying the people who handle and review your application. They most likely have to hire temps or student workers to handle all the influx of paperwork and the administrative burden of sorting through all the applications.

Your tuition cover the salaries of the teachers and maintaining the classroom, computer labs, insurance, public safety or the campus police and other such facilities or services.

Answer 8

It goes for the improvements of the facilities like new roofs, new paint(because some children are still children) 60 dollars is nothing try a $50,000.00 bachelor's degree! My advice is pay for it and get into college before you forget how to learn and comprehend!!!!! It's harder the older you get!!!! Try a different outlook on college as something you want to do not something you have to do. Sometimes it makes all the difference!!!

Answer 9

I guess they pay people to process the aplications. Also an elite school can make you pay for the priledge or applying so you do not waste any of their precious time. I am sure they do not pay the employess for that.

Answer 10

it kind of sinks the hook in to you... you already through some money in the hole.. and that makes it harder to just loose that investment..