Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University › Chapter 3341-3 - Graduate and Under-Graduate Policies › Section 3341-3-27 - Admission to BGSU- undergraduate

Current through all regulations
			 passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy statement
			 and purpose
This university policy is part of the
				undergraduate catalog. The undergraduate catalog provides university academic
				policies and information about program requirements. The undergraduate catalog
				is updated each semester and can be found at
http://www.bgsu.edu/catalog/academic-policies.html
. Colleges and departments may have additional or more
				specific requirements or policies that relate to an individual program.
				Students are advised to become familiar with the undergraduate catalog as well
				as specific requirements and policies related to their degree
				program.
(B)
								Policy
For admission to Bowling Green state
				university a freshman applicant must:
(1)
									Be a graduate of
			 a senior high school approved or accredited by the department of education of
			 the state in which it is located; or
(2)
									Have earned high
			 school equivalency through the general educational development (GED) testing
			 program (issued by the state department of education); or
(3)
									Present GED test
			 results and ACT or SAT test results, if the student completed secondary
			 education through an alternative program such as home schooling; or
(4)
									Present an international baccalaureate diploma or
			 certificate.
Applications for admission are accepted
				and processed each semester of the academic year and the summer term until the
				capacity of the freshman class is reached on the Bowling Green campus and at
				BGSU Firelands in Huron, Ohio. Admission is competitive and is based on the
				high school curriculum, cumulative grade point average, standardized test
				scores, and class rank.
High school students are encouraged to
				apply for admission beginning April fifteenth of their junior year. Because
				housing accommodations and classroom facilities are limited, students should
				submit their applications as soon after receiving them as possible. All
				credentials should be on file by February first of the senior year to assure
				consideration for admission.
Although the largest number of new
				students enters in August, it is possible to enter in the spring semester or
				the summer term. The application deadline (freshmen and transfer, main campus)
				for the spring semester is December fifteenth, and for the summer term May
				fifteenth. Students applying to the fall have until August first to submit the
				application. All admission credentials must be received by the office of
				admissions fourteen days before the semester or the summer session to allow
				sufficient time for processing, notification, academic advising, and
				registration for classes. For international applicants, the application
				deadline for spring semester is November first, for the summer term April
				fifteenth, and for the fall semester the deadline is July fifteenth. For BGSU
				Firelands, the regional campus of Bowling Green in Huron, Ohio, applications
				for admission are accepted up to two weeks before the beginning of
				classes.
An admissions application packet is
				available online at
www.bgsu.edu
or by
				contacting the office of admissions, Bowling Green state university, Bowling
				Green, OH 43403. To be considered for admission, applicants are required to
				submit the application for undergraduate admission, a forty-five dollars
				nonrefundable application fee for the online application (fifty dollars for the
				paper application), and an official transcript with ACT or SAT test results.
				All transcripts, test results, and other academic credentials must be mailed
				from the school or agency to the office of admissions to be accepted as
				official. Academic credentials mailed by a student will be inadequate for
				evaluation for an admissions decision. All admission credentials submitted to
				the office of admissions become the property of Bowling Green state university
				and cannot be returned. Any misrepresentation of credentials will be cause for
				refusal or cancellation of admission or expulsion from the university if
				discovered subsequently.
Applicants who have already graduated
				from high school may send their completed applications and application fee
				directly to the BGSU office of admissions. An official final high school
				transcript should be sent from the high school to the office of
				admissions.
Applicants who have earned high school
				equivalency through the general education development (GED) testing program
				should send their completed applications and application fee directly to the
				BGSU office of admissions. Both an official copy of the GED results and an
				official high school transcript of all work completed must be sent to the
				office of admissions.
A student who has not taken coursework
				anywhere (high school or college) during the past five years prior to
				enrollment is eligible for admission to the university. Under this five-year
				admission policy, a student receives admission and is required to take courses
				under the close supervision of his or her college academic
				advisor.
Applicants may fulfill the requirements
				for admission by presenting an international baccalaureate diploma or
				certificate. Grades of four through seven in higher-level subjects may be
				considered for individual course credit. Students with questions about the IB
				should contact the office of admissions.
The ACT or the SAT is required of all
				freshmen except those who have been out of high school for three or more years.
				Either test will fulfill this requirement. International applicants are not
				required to submit ACT or SAT results.
All non-native speakers of English are
				required to take the TOEFL test, or if unavailable, the Michigan test. This is
				required of international students issued immigrant visas, those transferring
				from another American college or university, those (with English as a foreign
				language) coming from U.S. territories (such as Puerto Rico), and those granted
				U.S. citizenship within recent years.
As a condition of admission to the
				university and reflecting the educational philosophy of the institution, all
				freshman- and sophomore-level students are required to live in university
				residence halls. This policy does not apply to students over the age of
				twenty-three or to students commuting daily from the home of a parent, legal
				guardian, or spouse (commuters must live within fifty miles of Bowling Green),
				or to students who have attained sixty academic semester hours or four
				semesters of campus residency on or before their first day of classes. See the
				office of residence life for more details.
For residency requirements for Ohio
				residents and nonresidents, refer to residency regulations under office of
				registration and records.
Date: January 2015