A purported Boston University website link is being shared on social media claiming that Boston University is offering fully funded B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. scholarship courses for all nationals joining the institution in 2022. This post claims that the Boston University fully funded scholarship courses will cover travel expenses, housing, accommodation, and other additional benefits to the students. Interested students of age 15 or above, who can speak basic English with a minimum of High school certificate were asked to fill the application. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: US Boston University is offering fully funded B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. scholarship courses for all Nationals applying in 2022.
Fact: The website link shared in the post leads to a fraudulent website. International students studying at Boston University are eligible for only two scholarships, the Trustee scholarship and the Presidential scholarship. Both are offered on a competitive basis to those with outstanding academic records. A Trustee scholarship program could offer full graduation Tuition plus mandatory undergraduate student fees. Boston University only welcomes approximately 20 outstanding students to the Trustee Scholarship program. Boston University did not announce any such fully funded scholarship courses for the students joining their institution in 2022. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
The purported Boston University website link shared in the post is presently not working. On opening the website, we could see a disclaimer stating, “Attackers on scholarship.get-offerr.online may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing your personal information”. The archived version of the website can be seen here. This fraudulent website leads to an application form asking to fill in the personal details of the students.
On searching for more details regarding this website using ‘Whois.com’, we found that this website with the domain name ‘get-offer.online’ was registered on 05 October 2021. The details of the registrar and the company handling this website were not available.
When we searched to check whether Boston University had announced any such fully funded B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. scholarship courses on their website, we could not find any notification on the Boston University Admission website. Also, we could not find any such fully funded course announcement on the official Twitter handle of Boston University.
The financial aid for the Boston University graduates depends on various factors including the most accomplished past academics, attendance, financial ability of the students, and others. According to the information provided on the Boston University official website, International students studying at Boston University are eligible for only two scholarships, specifically the Trustee scholarship and the Presidential scholarship. Both are offered on a competitive basis to those with outstanding academic records. A Trustee scholarship program offers full graduation tuition plus mandatory undergraduate student fees and is renewable for four years if certain criteria are met. Boston University welcomes approximately 20 outstanding students to the Trustee Scholarship program.
The other financial aid scholarships provided for the US nationals by the Federal Government and State Governments will take into consideration of the academic record and the financial situation of the students.
To sum it up, this purported Boston University website offering fully funded scholarship courses is a fraudulent one.
