Quick Start

Available to: Staff, Departments, Prospective Students, New/Incoming Students

Cost: No charge

The Admissions service is a suite of enterprise applications and tools that supports the initial student life cycle administrative processes, from inquiry through student matriculation, and provides applicants information and tools to manage their application process.

Benefits

The Admissions service improves student satisfaction by reducing administrative overhead, nearly eliminating the need for manual entry of admissions applications. It creates an early connection between the student and the University which is maintained from application through matriculation.

Key Features

  • Direct client services: Provided for prospects, applicants (online application), administrators, and staff
  • Supporting services: Integration with internal BU services, including account provisioning, ISSO (international student data collection), Financial Aid, Student Financial Services, & Orientation
  • External services: Integration with third-party systems (Salesforce, OnBase, centralized application services), external testing services (ETS – SAT, TOEFL, ACT) and Graduate Admissions
  • Provides distributed management tools to administrators
  • Provides customizable reporting and, access to current and historical data
  • Administrative support for the Application loads, Credential loads (school forms such as transcripts) and Test Score loads

What to Expect

This service normally will be available 24 by 7 except for standard change windows, as described in IS&T’s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes.

Requirements

  • Staff:
    • Request MyBU Student should contact their unit’s Data Security Administrator (DSA) to request permissions for access to functions and data.
    • Based on the functionality requested, the individual will be contacted if training is required to use the service provided.
  • Student/Faculty: access is automatically provisioned based on your role 

    Getting Started

      • Undergraduate Applicants: Start from the Undergraduate Admissions website
      • Graduate Applicants: Start from Graduate Admissions website
      • Administrators: Use MyBU Student Portal
      • Certain distributed administrative functions may require additional training from the central administration or department. Please should check with your unit’s Data Security Administrator (DSA) for training availability.