AIM: How to Apply
Note: The AIM Medicine, Psychology and Business tracks are now full and we are no longer accepting applications for summer 2025.
The AIM Creative Writing track is still open and accepting applications.
Admissions
If you are entering your junior or senior year of high school in fall 2025, we welcome your application. Admission decisions take into consideration your high school grades, personal statement, and one letter of recommendation from a teacher.
The application must be completed by the prospective student, not by a parent, guardian, counselor, agent, or other party. Please use the information below to prepare your application ahead of time, as applications cannot be saved and finished later.
Application instructions
- Complete the online application. The following items are required to complete the online application.
- Personal statement: You will be required to submit a personal statement of 500–750 words describing why you want to attend the Academic Immersion (AIM) program.
- One recommendation: You will also be required to enter the email address for a teacher who will submit a recommendation on your behalf. Experimental Psychology and Medicine applicants should request a recommendation from a science teacher, while Creative Writing and Business applicants should request a recommendation from a humanities teacher. Once you submit your online application, instructions for submitting a recommendation will be emailed automatically to your recommender. Note: the emailed recommendation form must be used and outside letters cannot be accepted. The recommendation consists of a series of multiple-choice questions and one open field response.
- Application fee: A $60 nonrefundable application fee, paid by credit card, is required at the time of submission of the online application.
- Upload supplemental materials. You will receive an upload link via email upon successful submission of your application.
- High school transcript: Your full high school transcript must include your fall 2024 grades, (in a quarter system, this includes first and second quarter grades). Transcripts do not need to be official; we will accept screenshots of an academic portal as long as the student’s name is visible.
- Writing sample: Creative Writing applicants will need to submit a short (< 500 words) sample of their original creative writing.
- International documents: International students must upload an additional form and a copy of your passport with the application. We also require proof of English language proficiency, such as scores from the TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo, if English is not the sole language of instruction in your high school. For English proficiency test score requirements please see Information for International Students.
Applications are only reviewed after all of the materials listed above are received.
Note: Email is the primary form of communication during the admissions process. Please be aware that parents or guardians are copied on all correspondence from our office. Therefore, you should ensure that both parent or guardian and student email addresses are entered correctly on the application, and inform our office immediately if there is a change in either email address.
Email: buaim@bu.edu
Fax: 617-358-0646
Mailing Address:
Boston University Summer Term
Academic Immersion Program
200 Riverway, Suite B14
Boston, MA 02215
Application deadline
There is no application deadline for the 2025 Academic Immersion (AIM) program. However, we encourage you to submit a complete application as early as possible, as there are a limited number of places in each track, and we will close the application when the program is filled.
Only complete applications are reviewed. Once we receive your complete application, we will email you to confirm its receipt. Within one month of confirming our receipt of your completed application, an admissions decision will be emailed to you.
Contact us
If you have any additional questions or comments, please contact us.
