Orientation Fee Waiver Request

  • All requests for orientation program fee waivers are carefully considered. Your request will be approved or denied based on information you and your family provided earlier on your financial aid applications. Orientation Fee Waivers are approved only for students with the highest financial need.

    We will begin reviewing fee waiver requests after the fall payment deadline. Approved fee waivers will be posted prior to the start of orientation and the orientation fee will be refunded. You will not receive a decision prior to the payment deadline and should include the orientation fee as part of your planned fall bill.

    The deadline to submit an Waiver Request is the payment deadline for your first semester at BU. (Early-August for the Fall or Mid-December for the Spring)

    The orientation fee waiver covers the $355 orientation fee only and does not cover expenses related to attending orientation at BU.
  • Please monitor your MyBU Student Portal for a decision to your request. Orientation Fee Waiver requests will be reviewed after the Fall payment deadline. Please do not submit multiple requests as this will cause a delay in the review of your application. We are unable to provide updates on the review over the phone or email, please monitor your portal.