2022 Colorado Free Application Day$ Instructions

Updated: September 6, 2022

The main details:

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The 2022 Free Application Day$ are October 18 – 20th.

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Begin filling out your admission application(s) now!

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While the admission application must be submitted during this three-day period to be eligible

for the fee waiver, students are encouraged to begin working on their application(s) now so

that they can submit their applications stress-free during Free Application Day$. All online

admission applications have the ability to save work in-progress.

Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities

Each public four-year college and university will have a unique fee waiver process.

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Some will ask you to submit codes,

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Others will ask you to select an answer from a dropdown menu, and

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Some have no special instructions.

Please read instructions carefully as you prepare to submit applications on Tuesday,

October 18, 2022 through midnight of Thursday, October 20, 2022. For institutions

using fee waiver codes, we have highlighted the codes in red.

Updated: September 6, 2022

Institution Application

Website

Click the hyperlink below

Fee Waiver Instructions

How to apply for free on October 18 - 20, 2022 only.

Adams State University

No special steps are required for Colorado residents to qualify for

Colorado Free Applications days.

Colorado Mesa University

CMU application: The fee will automatically be waived when you

submit your application.

Common Application: Students will see the following prompt: Are

you eligible for a CMU application fee waiver through one of the

following? Choose Colorado Free Application Day in the

dropdown.

Colorado School of Mines

Mines’ Golden Application - for First-Year and Transfer Applicants:

No special steps are required for Colorado residents to qualify for

Colorado Free Applications days.

Common Application - for First-Year Applicants: Within the Mines

Member Questions section, you'll see this required prompt:

Do you have a school-specific fee waiver code?

Select Yes and then select Mines Select.

Colorado State University

Freshmen/First-Year Application

Transfer Application

Common Application - for Freshman/First-Year Applicants:

Within the CSU Member Questions section, you’ll see this required

prompt:

Are you eligible for a CSU application fee waiver through one of the

following affiliations?

Choose Colorado Free Application Days (Colorado residents only)

in the

dropdown.

Be sure to submit your Common App AND CSU Member Questions during

Colorado Free App Days.

CSU Application – for Transfer & Second Bachelor Applicants:

Your fee will automatically be waived when you submit your application

during Colorado Free Application Days.

Colorado State University Global

When requested, enter the promo code

FREEAPPDAY

during the

application process. Once entered, the application fee will automatically

be waived.

Colorado State University Pueblo

Enter the code FreeAppDayCO on the Fee Waiver page of the application.

Updated: September 6, 2022

Fort Lewis College

Applicants applying via our FLC application or the Common App will use

the code FREEAPPDAYCO (all caps all one word).

Metropolitan State University of

Denver

MSU Denver Roadrunner application (open to all students):

No special steps are necessary for Colorado residents to qualify for

Colorado Free Application Day; your fee will automatically be waived

when you submit your application on October 18 - 20.

Common Application (for freshman/first-year and transfer applicants):

Within the MSU Denver Questions section, you’ll see this required

prompt:

1) Do you intend to use one of these school-specific fee waivers?

Choose Colorado Free Application Day in the dropdown.

Your fee will be waived as long as you submit your completed Common

App and MSU Denver Member Questions on October 18 - 20, 2022.

University of Colorado Boulder

Freshmen/First-Year Application

Transfer Application

Common Application (for first-year, freshmen applicants):

Within the CU Boulder Member Questions section, you’ll see this

required

prompt:

Do you intend to use one of these school-specific fee

waivers? Choose Colorado Free Application Days (Colorado residents

only) in the dropdown.

You will then see another required field:

Please provide your University of Colorado Boulder fee waiver code

here. Enter FreeAppDaysCO in the field provided. Your fee will be waived

as long as you submit your completed Common App, Common App

personal essay and two short answer questions on Oct. 18 – 20, 2022.

CU Boulder Transfer Application: No special steps are necessary for

Colorado residents to qualify for Colorado Free Application Days; your fee

will automatically be waived when you submit your application on

Oct. 18 – 20, 2022. Please allow 1-2 business days for the fee waiver to go

into effect after submitting your application.

Updated: September 6, 2022

University of Colorado Denver

Milo’s App (open to all applicants):

On the application page titled Welcome, enter FreeAppDayCO in the

application fee waiver code box. As long as you submit on October 18 -

20, 2022 and you are a Colorado resident, you will see the payment

waived in your application portal within 24 hours.

Common Application (first-year, freshmen applicants only):

Within the University of Colorado Denver Member Questions section,

answer these two questions like this:

Do you intend to use a school-specific fee waiver? Answer: Yes

Please provide your University of Colorado Denver fee waiver code

here. Answer: FreeAppDayCO

Your fee will be waived as long as you submit your completed Common

App and Member Questions on October 18 – 22, 2022.

University of Colorado Colorado

Springs

Common Application (for first-year/freshmen and transfer applicants):

Within the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) Member

Questions section, you’ll see this required prompt: Do you intend to use

one of these school-specific fee waivers? Choose

CO Free App Day 2022

in the dropdown.

If you are a freshman using the Peak Performance application, please

select "Mail." and your application will submit.

UCCS Institution-specific application: Go to www.uccs.edu/apply and

select either “First Year Students” or “Transfer Students”, then select

“UCCS-specific application”. Within the application, when prompted to

select a payment method, select the option to “pay by mail

” and we will

waive the fee in our system. If you get to a payment screen after

completing the application, you may close the window and

disregard. Your application is submitted. Questions can be sent to

go@uccs.edu or call 719-255-3084.

University of Northern Colorado

UNC Bear Application:

Within the ‘Fee Waiver’ section, answer these two questions like this:

• Do you have a University of Northern Colorado app fee waiver

code: Answer: Yes, I have a fee waiver code

• Enter a valid UNC app fee waiver code: Answer: FREEAPPDAYCO

Common Application:

Within our University of Northern Colorado Member Questions section,

answer these two questions like this:

• Do you have a University of Colorado app fee waiver code?

Answer: Yes, I will enter a waiver code

• Enter a valid University of Northern Colorado fee waiver code.

Answer: FREEAPPDAYCO

Updated: September 6, 2022

Participating Private Colleges and Universities

Institution Application Website

Click the institution name

Fee Waiver Instructions

How to apply for free on October 18 - 20, 2022 only.

Colorado Christian University

Freshman/First-Year Application

CCU Online

When you get to the payment screen, use promo code CCUAppDay to

waive the application fee.

Colorado College

No application fee required; applying is free year-round!

Regis University

Freshmen/First-Year Application

Common Application

Transfer Application

No application fee required; applying is free year-round!

University of Denver

Common Application:

Within the University of Denver Member Questions section, you’ll see

this required prompt: Do you intend to use a school-specific fee

waiver? Choose Yes in the dropdown.

You will then see another required field:

Please provide your University of Denver fee waiver code here.

Enter DUFreeAppDay in the field provided.

Your fee will be waived as long as you submit your completed

Common App and Member Questions on October 18 - 20, 2022.

Western Colorado University

Western Application (for First-year and Transfer applicants):

On the application page titled 'Fee Waiver', indicate that you have a fee

waiver code and then enter freeappdayco in the waiver code box. As long

as you submit Oct. 18 - 20, 2022, you will see the payment waived in your

application portal.

Common Application (for First-year applicants only):

Within the Western Member Questions section, you’ll see this required

prompt: Do you intend to use one of these school-specific fee waivers?

Choose freeappdayco in the dropdown menu. Your fee will be waived as

long as you submit your completed Common Application and Member

Questions Oct. 18 - 20, 2022.

Updated: September 6, 2022

Community, Two-Year and Technical Colleges

Institution Application Website

Click the institution name

Fee Waiver Instructions

How to apply for free on October 18 - 20, 2022

only.

Aims Community College