The College Board's SAT® Program has increased the number of score reports low-income students can send to colleges at no cost. The expanded fee-waiver service allows eligible students to send scores without cost to a total of eight colleges, thus doubling the number of score reports that can be sent.

The SAT Program instituted the enhanced fee-waiver service in response to requests from College Board member schools and colleges to make the college-application process easier and more equitable for lower-income students and their families. The addition of the flexible score reports for fee-waiver-eligible students removes a financial barrier for low-income students.

"From the outset, our nation's schools, colleges and universities have been essential tools of economic and democratic growth. It is unacceptable for some young people to go to college while others cannot because of costs," said College Board President Gaston Caperton. "We are committed to helping low-income students, so that many more can go to college."

The four flexible score reports can be used anytime during a student's junior or senior year and can be sent after a student receives scores. These score reports are available to eligible students, even if they did not use a fee waiver to register for the test.

In addition, eligible students can receive up to four Request for Waiver of College Application Fee forms, which can save a student hundreds of dollars in the college-application process. More than 1,800 institutions have either agreed to waive their application fees or will consider doing so if a student is eligible for an SAT Program fee waiver.

Students who register with a fee waiver continue to be eligible for either the Question-and-Answer Service or the Student Answer Service at no cost when the order is placed with their registrations. Both services provide students with individualized feedback on their test performance. Students who register online with a fee waiver are also eligible for a substantial discount on The Official SAT Online Course™.

During the past two years, the number of students receiving SAT fee waivers has increased by 76,000, or 31 percent. Last year alone, the SAT fees of nearly 324,000 eligible students — one in nine students — were paid by the College Board.