Boston University (BU) Trustee Scholars Program for International Scholarship 2024

Every year, BU welcomes approximately 20 outstanding students to the Trustee Scholars Program. Many of our current Scholars had perfect 4.0 grade point averages in high school and ranked in the top of their class.

In addition to exceptional academic credentials, Trustee Scholars are intellectually and creatively adventurous and demonstrate viewpoints, experiences, or achievements beyond the usual. They are, in other words, not just top students, but extraordinarily well-rounded individuals. At BU, Trustee Scholars become part of a unique campus community that offers many intellectual, cultural, and social opportunities.

• Table of Content
• About Boston University
• Trustee Scholars Program
• Aim and Benefits of Trustee Scholars Program
• Requirements for Trustee Scholars Program Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Trustee Scholars Program
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Boston University

Boston University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but maintains its historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1839 by Methodists, its original campus was in Newbury, Vermont before moving to Boston in 1867

Trustee Scholars Program

Aim and Benefits of Trustee Scholars Program

A Trustee Scholarship covers full undergraduate tuition plus mandatory undergraduate student fees, and is renewable for four years if certain criteria are met.

Requirements for Trustee Scholars Program Qualification

• U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and eligible non-citizens are considered for all merit awards and other scholarships.
• International students are considered for the Trustee Scholarships only.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Trustee Scholars Program

The Trustee Scholarship Essay:

Please choose from one of the two prompts below and submit one essay, in 600 words or less, as part of your application through the Common Application.

1. Nobel laureate and BU professor Elie Wiesel once said: “There is divine beauty in learning… To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests.” Is there a book, film, podcast or life- experience that has made you feel more connected to your personal history/identity, and what is the most important thing you learned from it?
2. Describe a time when you felt out of your comfort zone or marginalized in a situation. How did you respond to that moment and how has it informed your actions moving forward?

Application Deadline

How to Apply

• Submit the Common Application and all required materials for admission to one of the undergraduate degree programs at BU by December 1.
• Complete the Trustee Scholarship essay on the Common Application as part of your application to BU.

For more information, please contact us at 617-353-2320.

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