Additional Info About Applying

• Confidential Statement of Finances

  Bucknell uses the Confidential Statement of Finances for International Students, which is a form that you must complete along with your application.

   

• Entrance Examination Requirements

  SAT / ACT Scores

  Official SAT or ACT test scores are required for international applicants.

  UPDATE: For the 2020-21 application cycle, home-schooled and international applicants may choose to be test-optional because of challenges applicants may face in taking standardized testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy change will be re-evaluated at the end of the 2020-21 application cycle. Recruited athletic applicants are still required to submit standardized test scores.

  • SAT code: 2050
  • ACT code: 3528

  Important notes:

  • Please instruct the testing agency to report your scores to Bucknell.
  • Emailed, faxed and unofficial copies of your SAT or ACT scores will not be considered.

  TOEFL / IELTS / PTE / DET Test Scores

  Applicants for whom English is not the first language or whose primary language of instruction for at least three years of secondary school was not English are required to submit TOEFL, IELTS, Pearson English Test (PTE) or Duolingo English Test (DET) scores.

  This requirement can be waived by permission; please ask your school counselor or school official to send a written waiver request to admissions@bucknell.edu for consideration.

  Minimum Scores

  Minimum TOEFL score of 100 on the internet-based exam and 600 on the paper-based exam; minimum IELTS score of 7; minimum PTE score of 68; minimum DET score of 120. Entrance exam results should be submitted by our application deadlines.

  Please note that it takes two to four weeks for Bucknell to receive official test scores from the testing agency.

  Submitting IELTS Scores Electronically

   

  Below is the exact information applicants should provide to their test centers when requesting scores to be sent to Bucknell University:

  Account name: Bucknell University Undergraduate Admissions
  Address: 1 Dent Drive
  City: Lewisburg
  State: PA
  ZIP code: 17837

   

• General Admission Requirements

  Foreign Language

  • All applicants to all of Bucknell's degree programs are required to have completed a minimum of two years of a foreign language (in the same language) in secondary school.

  Note: Coursework taken prior to the ninth grade does not count toward the two-year requirement.

  Mathematics 

  • All applicants to all of Bucknell's degree programs are required to have completed a minimum of two-and-a-half years of college-preparatory mathematics.
  • Engineering applicants and applicants to sciences or mathematics majors are expected to have completed a minimum of three years of college-preparatory mathematics, but their secondary school programs should include as much work in mathematics as possible.

  Science

  • Engineering applicants are required to have one year of either chemistry or physics; however, Bucknell strongly recommends a minimum of three years of science, including chemistry and physics.

   

• Address Information

  Please ensure that your mailing address is current and verified for prompt delivery of documents.

  Log on to your private web page to review and update your address.

  You should have received an email with a custom link, username and PIN to create a password for this page.

  Can't find your username or password? Visit bucknell.edu/AppCheck for instructions.

   

• International Transfer Students

  Special guidelines apply to international students wanting to transfer to Bucknell from another college or university. 

  International transfer students