If you are planning to apply to law schools and need to take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), but are unable to pay for the test, you may be eligible to receive a fee waiver.
To qualify for a fee waiver, you must:
- be a US, Canadian, or Australian citizen;
- be a US national;
- be a permanent resident alien of the United States with an Alien Registration Receipt Card (I–151 orI–551);
- have been granted deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); or
- have applied for deferred action under DACA.
Note: “The basic criterion for receiving a waiver is the absolute inability to pay for the LSAT and Credential Assembly Service (CAS).”
For more information and to apply for a fee waiver, please visit their official website: Fee waivers for the LSAT & Credential Assembly Service
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If any DACA/U-Visa students needs help writing an LSAC Fee Waiver Appeal packet, I just sent mine in September and found it was approved yesterday! (It’s a process! but well worth it!)
Congratulations Rosa on getting your appeal packet approved! And thank you for being able to offer others your experience/advice.
Hi Rosa! I am currently putting together an LSAC fee waiver appeal packet & could use some help on the appeal letter! Please let me know how I can get in touch with you. Thanks in advance!
Hi Rosa,
May I ask was the length of time it took for them to get back to you in regards to a decision? I know it says to apply 6 weeks ahead of registration date.
Do you know if there’s something like this for the GRE?
Hi Nadia, unfortunately the ETS (which administers the GRE) doesn’t offer fee waivers to undocumented students (https://www.ets.org/gre/subject/about/fees/reduction/), but it may be worth looking into one’s college because sometimes they offer help paying for the GRE. We’ll also keep posting opportunities that can help defer the grad school application costs.