Freshmen
All freshmen are required to live on campus, as are all students
who received University-funded scholarships equal to or greater
than tuition.
Freshmen may request an exception to the freshman-year residency
requirement if they reside locally with a parent (whose principal
place of domicile is within a 20-mile radius of Boston University's
Charles River Campus and has been for at least 12 consecutive months
immediately preceding registration as an entering freshman), child,
or spouse; or if they are 21 years of age or older by October 1
of their entering year. To request an exception, send a letter,
accompanied by a written statement of parental consent, to:
Boston University Housing
25 Buick Street
Boston, MA 02215
The University Housing Committee must give written approval for
a freshman or full-tuition merit scholar to be released from the
requirement to live on campus and occupy a residence other than
one in University housing.
Students (including full-tuition merit scholarship recipients) who
are under 16 years of age as of October 1 of their entering year
are not eligible to live on campus, and thus not required to meet
freshman-year residency requirements.
Note: "Principal place of domicile" means a person's true, fixed,
and permanent home and place of habitation, to the exclusion of
all others. It is the place where the person intends to remain permanently.
"Parent" means a person's father or mother. In the case of legally
separated or divorced parents, "parent" means either a parent with
legal custody or a parent providing more than one-half of a student's
total financial support.
Transfer students receive information about their
resident status in their letter of acceptance.
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