Yep. In my day the fees at the more elite schools were about $70, which was entirely too much money. The effort required to waive the fee was enough to incentiv

Yep. In my day the fees at the more elite schools were about $70, which was entirely too much money. The effort required to waive the fee was enough to incentivize me to apply to fewer schools (thereby also incentivizing me to accept the first offer I got).