10/26/2026
In honor of College Application Month, and as a proud SUNY New Paltz alum, Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay is pleased to share that your SUNY application fees may be waived this week! As part of the College Application Initiative, prospective students can apply to 5 SUNY campuses for free from now to Monday, November 2nd.
You can access the fee waivers through ApplySUNY and the Common App.
For the full list of colleges and universities waiving fees, visit https://hesc.ny.gov/cai
Once this period concludes, SUNY offers fee waivers for students who attend public high schools where 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, students in foster care, students from low-income households, and students with military connections. For College Application Initiative fee waivers, please visit https://www.suny.edu/applysuny/ or https://www.commonapp.org/.
 For other SUNY fee waivers, please visit https://www.suny.edu/attend/apply-to-suny/fee-waiver/ .
You can access virtual and in-person FAFSA completion workshops to help navigate the financial aid process: https://www.suny.edu/smarttrack/.
