Take the Next Step title
Getting into your ideal school doesn’t begin with an application. It begins in high school, where every experience prepares you for the road ahead.
When we review applications, we take a comprehensive look at everything that makes you unique. Yes, we want to know about your academic success, but we’re also interested in the ways you engage with your community. Are you involved in extracurricular activities? Do you volunteer or have a part-time job? Do you take care of younger siblings or grandparents? Everything counts.
Take the Next Step title
Getting into your ideal school doesn’t begin with an application. It begins in high school, where every experience prepares you for the road ahead.
When we review applications, we take a comprehensive look at everything that makes you unique. Yes, we want to know about your academic success, but we’re also interested in the ways you engage with your community. Are you involved in extracurricular activities? Do you volunteer or have a part-time job? Do you take care of younger siblings or grandparents? Everything counts.
Take the Next Step title
Getting into your ideal school doesn’t begin with an application. It begins in high school, where every experience prepares you for the road ahead.
When we review applications, we take a comprehensive look at everything that makes you unique. Yes, we want to know about your academic success, but we’re also interested in the ways you engage with your community. Are you involved in extracurricular activities? Do you volunteer or have a part-time job? Do you take care of younger siblings or grandparents? Everything counts.
Getting into your ideal school doesn’t begin with an application
Here’s what else you can do to prepare to get into your dream school
While we’ve compiled these guidelines with Bucknell in mind, they should apply to any college on your list.
  • Challenge yourself by taking upper-level classes in areas that interest you.
  • Be authentic — both in your application materials and in the passions you pursue. Don’t join a club because you think it’ll look good; do it because it’s what you love.
  • Focus on experiences you enjoy — not on the job you think you want or the path you believe is required to get there. At Bucknell, our advisers will help you discover a career that never feels like a job.
  • Get involved, both in school and out.
  • Be open to new interests and opportunities.
  • Review the list of required high school courses. All Bucknell applicants must complete at least two years of a foreign language in high school (the same language both years). Some majors have other requirements, so review the list at bucknell.edu/apply.
Here’s what else you can do to prepare to get into your dream school
While we’ve compiled these guidelines with Bucknell in mind, they should apply to any college on your list.
  • Challenge yourself by taking upper-level classes in areas that interest you.
  • Be authentic — both in your application materials and in the passions you pursue. Don’t join a club because you think it’ll look good; do it because it’s what you love.
  • Focus on experiences you enjoy — not on the job you think you want or the path you believe is required to get there. At Bucknell, our advisers will help you discover a career that never feels like a job.
  • Get involved, both in school and out.
  • Be open to new interests and opportunities.
  • Review the list of required high school courses. All Bucknell applicants must complete at least two years of a foreign language in high school (the same language both years). Some majors have other requirements, so review the list at bucknell.edu/apply.
FINDING HIS VOICE

Griffin Perrault ’22 believes there’s a better world within reach, and the history and economics double-major from Harwinton, Conn., wants to help us move toward it.

He plans to become a human rights lawyer, using his skills in Spanish and Arabic to help immigrants navigate the American legal system.

“That’s why I went to college,” he says, “because I wanted to somehow make a positive impact on the world.”

Griffin is on the mock trial team, writes opinion pieces for The Bucknellian student newspaper and organizes rallies to draw attention to issues he’s passionate about.

“The relatively small population here makes it very easy to assemble a group of people to do something,” he says. “It really emphasizes the power of the individual to take control of their own learning.”

FINDING HIS VOICE

Griffin Perrault ’22 believes there’s a better world within reach, and the history and economics double-major from Harwinton, Conn., wants to help us move toward it.

He plans to become a human rights lawyer, using his skills in Spanish and Arabic to help immigrants navigate the American legal system.

“That’s why I went to college,” he says, “because I wanted to somehow make a positive impact on the world.”

Griffin is on the mock trial team, writes opinion pieces for The Bucknellian student newspaper and organizes rallies to draw attention to issues he’s passionate about.

“The relatively small population here makes it very easy to assemble a group of people to do something,” he says. “It really emphasizes the power of the individual to take control of their own learning.”

How We’re Different
We’re Test-optional

Should your entire college future be decided in three hours on a Saturday morning? We didn’t think so. That’s why we enacted a test-optional admissions policy, empowering you to decide whether to include SAT or ACT scores with your application.

We’re Flexible
While you’ll apply to one of our three colleges — Arts & Sciences, Engineering or the Freeman College of Management — you’ll have the freedom to change your major within that college.
We Put Undergraduate Students First
It’s tough to explore your interests if certain labs and learning spaces are for grad students only. From day one at Bucknell, you’ll be taught by professors (not teaching assistants) and have full access to the Bucknell experience.
How We’re Different
We’re Test-optional

Should your entire college future be decided in three hours on a Saturday morning? We didn’t think so. That’s why we enacted a test-optional admissions policy, empowering you to decide whether to include SAT or ACT scores with your application.

We’re Flexible

While you’ll apply to one of our three colleges — Arts & Sciences, Engineering or the Freeman College of Management — you’ll have the freedom to change your major within that college.

We Put Undergraduate Students First
It’s tough to explore your interests if certain labs and learning spaces are for grad students only. From day one at Bucknell, you’ll be taught by professors (not teaching assistants) and have full access to the Bucknell experience.