MACON, Ga. — High school seniors across Georgia have until Nov. 30 to send college applications without paying a fee, as more than 60 public, technical and private schools waive the charge for the month.
The Georgia Student Finance Commission organizes the waivers each fall with the state’s public universities, its technical colleges and a group of private campuses, calling it the Apply to College Month initiative. This is the sixth November the commission has promoted the waivers, and there is no cap on how many schools a senior can apply to for free.
Some campuses drop the fee automatically while others ask for a code. In Middle Georgia, Middle Georgia State University and Fort Valley State University waive it on their own; Mercer University uses the code BETHEBEAR, Georgia Military College uses GMC2026 and Central Georgia Technical College uses NOVFREE27.
Seniors who apply to public colleges in November through the GEORGIA MATCH direct admissions dashboard get the waiver applied with no extra step, according to the commission. The full list of schools and each one’s instructions is posted on GAfutures.org.
Admissions officials say a student applying to five to 10 schools can save a couple hundred dollars. Fort Valley State has also dropped its essay requirement, and campus officials report more applications and tour requests since the waiver window opened Nov. 1.
The commission says more than $1 billion in state scholarships and grants is available to Georgia students, and seniors can book time with a regional outreach representative through the GAfutures site to sort out aid and application questions.
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