Aid Application Forms
Required Financial Aid Applications
Supplemental Forms – 2026/2027
Submit only if requested by BU Financial Assistance. Submitting forms/documents via email as attachments is strongly discouraged. Upload completed forms and documents via the MyBU Applicant Portal if your account is still active. If your MyBU Applicant Portal is no longer active, upload completed forms and documents via the BU FA Document Portal.
Documents for the 26/27 Academic year can be uploaded through the BU FA Document Portal after 5/1/26.
- Appealing for Reconsideration of a Need-Based Aid Decision
- Appealing Unsatisfactory Academic Progress
- Asset Documentation – Parent – 2026/2027
- Asset Documentation – Student – 2026/2027
- Dependency Status Verification – 2026/2027
- Citizenship and Immigration Status Documentation and Affidavit
- CSS Profile Waiver Request for the Noncustodial Parent – 2026/2027
- Family Budget Worksheet – 2026/2027
- Foreign Income Verification Form – 2026/2027
- Household Member Listing – 2026/2027
- Federal Identity Verification – 2026/2027
- Income Tax Non-Filer Statement – 2026/2027
- Metropolitan College Application for Financial Assistance – 2026/2027 – (Will Be Available 7/1))
- Parent Information Waiver Request – 2026/2027
- Return from Leave of Absence – Aid Reinstatement Request
Supplemental Forms – 2025/2026
Submit only if requested by BU Financial Assistance. Submitting forms/documents via email as attachments is strongly discouraged. Upload completed forms and documents via the MyBU Applicant Portal if your account is still active. If your MyBU Applicant Portal is no longer active, upload completed forms via the BU FA Document Portal.
Documents for the 26/27 Academic year can be uploaded through the BU FA Document Portal after 5/1/26.
- Appealing for Reconsideration of a Need-Based Aid Decision (No Longer Available for 25/26)
- Appealing Unsatisfactory Academic Progress
- Asset Documentation – Parent – 2025/2026
- Asset Documentation – Student – 2025/2026
- Dependency Status Verification – 2025/2026
- Citizenship and Immigration Status Documentation and Affidavit
- CSS Profile Waiver Request for the Noncustodial Parent – 2025/2026
- Family Budget Worksheet – 2025/2026
- Foreign Income Verification Form – 2025/2026
- Household Member Listing – 2025/2026
- Federal Identity Verification – 2025/2026
- Income Tax Non-Filer Statement – 2025/2026
- Metropolitan College Application for Financial Assistance
- Parent Information Waiver Request – 2025/2026
- Return from Leave of Absence – Aid Reinstatement Request
Other Forms and Applications
If you are uncertain about whether you should complete any of these forms, contact Boston University Financial Assistance. Submitting forms/documents via email as attachments is strongly discouraged. Upload completed forms and documents via the MyBU Applicant Portal if your account is still active. If your MyBU Applicant Portal is no longer active, upload completed forms via the BU FA Document Portal.
Documents for the 26/27 Academic year can be uploaded through the BU FA Document Portal after 5/1/26.
- BU Consortium Agreement for Non-BU Study Abroad (Undergraduate)
- BU Consortium Agreement for Domestic University (Undergraduate)
- BU Consortium Agreement (Graduate)
- BUILD Application
- Graduate School Application Fee Waiver Request
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Fee Reduction Request
- Itemization of Joint U.S. Tax Return Income and Itemization of Assets
- Social Security Number Report/Update (Applicants without a Kerberos Password)
- Social Security Number Report/Update (Current students with a Kerberos Password)