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Office
of Admissions
110 McFall Center, 419-372-BGSU
toll free: (866) CHOOSE BGSU (246-6732)
email: choosebgsu@bgsu.edu
www.bgsu.edu
Office
of Enrollment Services
BGSU Firelands
100 West Building, One University Drive, Huron,
OH 44839
419-433-5560 or 800-322-4787
www.firelands.bgsu.edu
Admission
to BGSU
For
admission to Bowling Green State University
a freshman applicant must:
- Be
a graduate of a senior high school approved
or accredited by the department of education
of the state in which it is located; or
- Have
earned high school equivalency through the
General Educational Development (GED) testing
program (issued by the state department
of education); or
- Present
GED test results and ACT or SAT test results,
if the student completed secondary education
through an alternative program such as home
schooling; or
- Present
an International Baccalaureate diploma or
certificate.
Applications
for admission are accepted and processed each
semester of the academic year and the summer
term until the capacity of the freshman class
is reached on the Bowling Green campus and at
BGSU Firelands in Huron, Ohio. Admission is
competitive and is based on the high school
curriculum, cumulative grade point average,
standardized test scores, and class rank.
High
school students are encouraged to apply for
admission beginning April 15 of their junior
year. Because housing accommodations and classroom
facilities are limited, students should submit
their applications as soon after receiving them
as possible. All credentials should be on file
by Feb. 1 of the senior year to assure consideration
for admission.
Although
the largest number of new students enters in
August, it is possible to enter in the spring
semester or the summer term. The application
deadline (freshmen and transfer, main campus)
for the spring semester is Dec. 1, and for the
summer term May 15. Transfer students applying
to the fall have until July 15 to submit the
application. All admission credentials must
be received by the Office of Admissions 14 days
before the semester or the summer session to
allow sufficient time for processing, notification,
academic advising, and registration for classes.
For BGSU Firelands, the regional campus of Bowling
Green in Huron, Ohio, applications for admission
are accepted up to two weeks before the beginning
of classes.
An
admissions application packet is available online
at www.bgsu.edu
or by contacting the Office of Admissions, Bowling
Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
To be considered for admission, applicants are
required to submit the Application for Undergraduate
Admission, a $40 nonrefundable application fee,
and an official transcript with ACT or SAT test
results. All transcripts, test results, and
other academic credentials must be mailed from
the school or agency to the Office of Admissions
to be accepted as official. Academic credentials
mailed by a student will be inadequate for evaluation
for an admissions decision. All admission credentials
submitted to the Office of Admissions become
the property of Bowling Green State University
and cannot be returned. Any misrepresentation
of credentials will be cause for refusal or
cancellation of admission or expulsion from
the University if discovered subsequently.
Applicants
who have already graduated from high school
may send their completed applications and application
fee directly to the BGSU Office of Admissions.
An official final high school transcript should
be sent from the high school to the Office of
Admissions.
Applicants
who have earned high school equivalency through
the General Education Development (GED) testing
program should send their completed applications
and application fee directly to the BGSU Office
of Admissions. Both an official copy of the
GED results and an official high school transcript
of all work completed must be sent to the Office
of Admissions.
A
student who has not taken coursework anywhere
(high school or college) during the past five
years prior to enrollment is eligible for admission
to the University. Under this five-year admission
policy, a student receives admission and is
required to take courses under the close supervision
of his or her college academic advisor.
Applicants
may fulfill the requirements for admission by
presenting an International Baccalaureate Diploma
or Certificate. Grades of four through seven
in higher-level subjects may be considered for
individual course credit. Students with questions
about the IB should contact the Office of Admissions.
The
ACT or the SAT is required of all freshmen except
those who have been out of high school for three
or more years. Either test will fulfill this
requirement. International applicants are not
required to submit ACT or SAT results.
All
non-native speakers of English are required
to take the TOEFL test, or if unavailable, the
Michigan Test. This is required of international
students issued immigrant visas, those transferring
from another American college or university,
those (with English as a foreign language) coming
from U.S. territories (such as Puerto Rico),
and those granted U.S. citizenship within recent
years.
As
a condition of admission to the University and
reflecting the educational philosophy of the
institution, all freshman- and sophomore-level
students are required to live in University
residence halls. This policy does not apply
to students over the age of 23 or to students
commuting daily from the home of a parent, legal
guardian, or spouse (commuters must live within
50 miles of Bowling Green), or to students who
have attained 60 academic semester hours or
four semesters of campus residency on or before
their first day of classes. See the Office
of Residence Life for more details.
For
residency requirements for Ohio residents and
nonresidents, refer to residency regulations
under Office
of the Bursar.
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