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Boston University is test optional for first-year applicants applying for fall 2023/spring 2024. This policy applies to all undergraduate schools and colleges at Boston University as well as all scholarship programs.

We’re not called Boston University for nothing. Hip neighborhoods, soaring skyscrapers, championship sports teams, and rich history and culture—when you’re at BU, you’re in the middle of it all.

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Boston University is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.

If you have completed at least one semester as a degree candidate at another college or university, apply as a Transfer Applicant. And if you’ve already decided BU is your first choice among schools, apply as an Early Decision Applicant.