Medical Review

Medical review for graduate students occurs on a rolling basis, once paperwork is submitted to SHS and any required appointments are completed.

• Notification of completion of the medical review steps with SHS is conveyed by email to the student, with a copy to the designated academic official.   Re-enrollment decisions are issued by appropriate school/college.

Completion of medical review does not guarantee reinstatement into your academic program. Consult with your designated academic official or program director to discuss your re-enrollment plans.

The medical review process involves two steps:

• students initiate the return from medical leave process by reaching out to Student Health Services (SHS), providing necessary paperwork, and scheduling an appointment with a provider to review their situation and
• the Medical Leave Return Review Committee consults and approves returns.

The University’s Return from Medical Leave Review Committee meets monthly to consider undergraduate student requests for re-enrollment.

• Student re-enrollment requests are reviewed by the Committee only after all necessary paperwork has been submitted to Student Health Services, and any required appointments or requests for supplemental information are complete. Pay careful attention to the SHS monthly submission deadlines in the chart below, and be sure to follow up promptly on requests, to avoid unnecessary delay.
• The Dean of Students typically emails Committee decision to undergraduate students once a month; notifications will be sent from “dos@bu.edu.”
• While requests are under Committee review, undergraduate students should continue to work on other return-from-leave / re-enrollment items as listed on the USC website, or through direct email communications from the USC. If you have questions, contact us.

* Find the University Registrar’s “Registration Dates & Times” page at www.bu.edu/reg/calendars/registration/.