UConn Waiving Application Fees One Day This Week In Special Program

STORRS, CT — The University of Connecticut could be getting a lot of student activity this Saturday from would-be new students.

High school students from Connecticut who are interested in UConn will be able to submit their applications for free on Nov. 15 as part of an initiative "to increase access to higher education," school officials said.

The 2022 initiative marks the second year in which UConn and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system have offered the Fee-Free Application Day. It's part of a program an initiative "inspired" by a 2021 proposal in the Connecticut General Assembly, officials said.

Any Connecticut high school students who submit their applications to UConn on Nov. 15 will be able to waive the $80 undergraduate application fee. The waiver is intended to "increase access to students whose financial constraints could make the fee difficult to pay, and who otherwise might hesitate to apply."

Certain applicants already have waiver eligibility, but the Nov. 15 Fee-Free Application Day applies to high school students from Connecticut at any income levels who submit their materials that day and have completed the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms.