Applicant guidance at Boston University

Additional or different steps

These are steps DegreePilot verified as different for this applicant type, not a copy of the general admissions checklist.

Use the correct international applicant route

Complete BU's first-year Common Application and the required international applicant materials.

Required

Provide the required academic records

Provide official academic credentials and a notarized English translation for records not issued in English.

Required

Check the English-proficiency rule

Applicants whose first language is not English submit an accepted English-proficiency result unless BU approves a waiver; published score ranges are guidance, not encoded here as admission guarantees.

Conditionally required

Follow the separate immigration-document process when applicable

Admission and BU's separate financial and immigration-document process are distinct.

Conditionally required