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How to Apply
for Admissions, 2009-2010
List
of ALL Application Materials
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Applicants are strongly advised to carefully follow all application
instructions to avoid any problems during the application process.
There are several steps to the application process, and all
listed application materials must be submitted to be eligible
for consideration.
Early
submission of all application material is strongly encouraged,
as it allows the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Admissions
Office to verify receipt of materials before the deadline. Due
to the high volume of applications, exceptions to the given
deadlines will not be considered. All
application material must be RECEIVED BY - NOT postmarked
by - the given deadlines. It is vitally
important for all applicants to understand that the application
deadlines must be met. Please remember, acceptance into any
of the professional DVM programs across the country is very
difficult, as there are hundreds of applicants being received
for a much smaller number of available seats in the upcoming
classes. The first step to the application process is submitting
all material in a timely fashion.
All
applicants must submit a current application each year they
wish to be considered for admissions to the LSU School of Veterinary
Medicine. This includes a new VMCAS application and letters
of recommendation, all official college transcripts, official
GRE scores via ETS and the LSU SVM Supplemental Application.
IMPORTANT
- The VMCAS application should be started first before doing
anything else. Your VMCAS ID number will be necessary for the
following reasons:
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Beginning in the 2008 application cycle, ALL letters of
recommendation (known as eLORs) MUST be submitted
online through the VMCAS service.
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You must have a VMCAS ID number in order to complete the
LSU SVM Supplemental Application.
- You
must include your VMCAS identification number in all communication
with the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine's Admissions
Office.
VMCAS Application
All applicants to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine must apply
through Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS).
For complete instructions on the VMCAS application procedure,
please go to the .
() The VMCAS application
will open up on June 3, 2009.
The
VMCAS application, fee and three eLORS must be submitted absolutely
no later than October 2, 2008 at noon (Eastern Daylight
Time). There are no exceptions to the October 2 deadline!
IMPORTANT
- When entering your coursework into the VMCAS
system, please follow the directions closely. One of the biggest
errors made is deals with applicants entering their coursework.
Enter ALL undergraduate/graduate coursework, and please
use the correct PreReq Code. (For example, enter ALL biology
courses under the "BS BL - Biology" PreReq Code. Do
NOT exclude any coursework. The LSU SVM will decide what courses are to be used
as prerequisites and which will not. Failure to follow the VMCAS
instructions (and the LSU SVM instructions) can result in your
application being removed from the applicant pool.
eLORs (Electronic
Letters of Recommendation)
Beginning in the 2008 application cycle, ALL letters of recommendation
(eLORs) must be submitted electronically through the
VMCAS application process. Applicants and evaluators will now
be able to easily track the progress of their eLORS online.
The
required minimum of THREE letters of recommendation must be
submitted to VMCAS no later than the Oct. 2nd deadline. It
is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that evaluators
submit the eLORs through VMCAS by the Oct. 2nd deadline. No
letters of recommendation will be accepted after the October
2, 2009 deadline.
Letters
of recommendation sent directly to the LSU SVM will NOT be accepted,
and a maximum of five eLORs
will be accepted by the LSU SVM. Committee
letters are only considered as one letter of recommendation.
NOTE
- It is highly advised that at least two of
your eLORs be written by DVMs for whom you may have worked.
Questions
about VMCAS Application and/or eLORS?
Questions regarding the VMCAS application process and/or
the submission of the electronic letters of recommendation should
be directed to VMCAS either through their toll free number,
1-877-862-2740, or by email at .
Official Undergraduate/Graduate
Transcripts
All
official transcripts for college-level coursework (undergraduate,
graduate, or continuing education) must be sent to the exact address
below and must be RECEIVED by -
NOT postmarked - no later than October
2, 2009.
Jared
Granier, M.B.A.
Director of Admissions & Enrollment
Office of Student and Academic Affairs
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Transcripts
must arrive in sealed envelopes directly from the granting institution. If an institution has the means to send electronic transcripts, the email address to which transcripts must be sent is admissions@vetmed.lsu.edu.
Applicants are required to submit official transcripts
from EVERY SCHOOL ATTENDED with all post-secondary coursework
regardless of the number of courses completed at one institution
or whether the courses fulfill or don't fulfill the LSU SVM
prerequisites. LSU students must submit a request to have their
transcripts sent from the LSU Registrar's Office. (LSU transcripts
are not automatically sent/received.)
Transcripts
and evaluation reports for non-U.S. and non-Canadian schools
must be sent to Veterinary schools through one of the following
transcript evaluation services:
Josef
Silny & Associates
International Education Consultants
7101 SW 102 Avenue
Miami, FL 33171
Phone: 305-273-1616
Fax: 305-273-1338
E-mail:
Web site:
World
Education Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 745
Old Chelsea Station
New York, NY 10113-0745
Phone: 212-966-6311
Toll Free: 800-937-3895
Fax: 212-739-6100
E-mail:
Web site:
Office
of International Education Services
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 520
Washington, DC 20036-1135
Phone: 202-293-9161
E-mail:
Web site:
Supplemental
Application & Fee
The LSU SVM requires all applicants to complete and submit a supplemental
application in addition to the VMCAS application. The LSU SVM
Supplemental Application must be electronically submitting no
later than November 16th, 2009 at 1:00pm (Eastern Daylight Time).
The supplemental application must be submitted electronically
- Printed, mailed hard copies will not be accepted.
The
$50
non-refundable application fee can only be mailed to the LSU
SVM's Admissions Office and must be postmarked no later than
November 16, 2009. (Make checks and money orders
payable to "Louisiana State University" - Cash
and credit card payments cannot be accepted.) The
exact address to which the $50 supplemental application fee
must be mailed is:
Jared
Granier, M.B.A.
Director of Admissions & Enrollment
Office of Student and Academic Affairs
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Please
write your VMCAS ID on the check or money order. Failure
to do so could result in your application being declined.
Any
questions regarding the supplemental application & fee can
be directed to the LSU SVM Admissions Office at
or (225)578-9538.
Graduate Record
Exam (GRE)
The LSU SVM requires all applicants to take the General Graduate
Record Exam (subject-specific exams are not accepted). The LSU
SVM uses both the raw scores and the percentile scores in evaluating
applicants. Only the highest total exam score is used, not the
highest two sections from different test scores. The writing section
of the GRE is not necessary for the LSU SVM; however applicants
are strongly advised to verify this with all other schools of
interest. If applying for matriculation into the fall '10, the
GRE scores must be received by the LSU SVM no later than Nov.
15th, 2009. Scores received after November 15th will not
be accepted. Scores are only accepted via electronic transfer
directly from ETS. GRE
scores are only valid for five years from the date taken the test
was taken. Applicants are strongly urged to take the General GRE at least one month prior to the deadline in order to give enough time for ETS to process the scores and have the scores sent out to the schools.
* No other exam scores are accepted - only General GRE scores. *
The
LSU SVM is a separate school from LSU’s main campus and has
its own school code for the submissions of GRE scores. All GRE
scores must be sent to the following codes when submitting your
GRE scores to the LSU SVM:
SVM School Code -
6381
(listed as "Louisiana St U Sch Vet
Med")
As
seen on ETS's Official Institution Code List, there are ten
different schools that are associated with "Louisiana
State U". Applicants MUST choose to have the GRE scores
sent specifically to the "Louisiana State U Sch Vet
Med".
Failure
to use the exact school code given above will result in your
scores NOT being received at the LSU SVM. Scores sent
to LSU's Graduate School (code 6373) are NOT accessible by the LSU School
of Veterinary Medicine.
How
to submit you GRE scores online?
NOTE
- You do NOT have to resubmit your GRE score if you applied
during the '08-'09 application cycle and your GRE score was
reccorded by the LSU SVM Admissions Office (and you have not
retaken the exam since December 31st, 2008). Your highest GRE
score used in '08-'09 (as seen on the LSU SVM Online Status
Check system) will be used for the '09-'10 application cycle.
Fall
'09 Official Transcripts
If
courses are being taken in the fall '09 semester, an official
transcript with all final grades/credits must be
RECEIVED by - NOT
postmarked - no later
than January 15, 2010 at the address
given below.
Jared
Granier, M.B.A.
Director of Admissions & Enrollment
Office of Student and Academic Affairs
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Skip Bertman Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
All
applicants MUST submit all official transcripts from the fall
'09 semester regardless
of the number of courses completed at one institution or whether
the courses fulfill or don't fulfill the LSU SVM prerequisites.
NOTE
- Beginning in 2008 in an effort to improve upon the time
it takes to review folders, the LSU SVM will not count
fall credits/grades into the GPA calculations for out of state
residents. (Fall '09 credits/grades will only be used
in GPA calculations for Louisiana and Arkansas residents.)
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