Louisiana State University (LSU-New Orleans)

Address

Admissions Office / School of Medicine in New Orleans / 1901 Perdido Street, Box P3-4 / New Orleans, LA USA 70112

Phone

504-568-6262

Email

ms-admissions@lsuhsc.edu
Admissions Website
Admissions Requirements
Letters of Rec Requirements

Overview

Savvy Rank
The Savvy Rank is a combination of admissions selectivity (MCAT, GPA, acceptance rate), research ranking, and primary care ranking.
136
School Type
Whether the school confers an MD or DO degree, is an international (Intl) school for Americans or is a Canadian (CA) school
MD
Public/Private
Public
Year Founded
1931
US News Rank - Research
Unranked
US News Rank - Primary Care
Unranked
Cost
Out-of-state tuition, from cheap ($) to obscenely expensive ($$$$$)
$$$
Weather Rating
How nice is the weather, from crappy () to excellent ()

City Size
< 4M

Getting In

Median GPA
3.77
Median MCAT
510
Research Rating
A combination of factors to show the school's research ranking and research opportunities, from very little research () to lots ()
Out-of-State Rating
Whether the school is very out-of-state friendly (), somewhat friendly (), not friendly (), or in-state only ()
International Friendly
How friendly the school is toward international applicants
No
Med School Class Size
Class sizes range from 40 students to 400
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Application
AMCAS
Letters of Rec Required
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Secondary Essays

Secondary Essay Difficulty
How many essays, how long, and how unusual the prompts, from easy () to brutal ()

Screen Before Secondaries
Does the school read your primary before sending a secondary?
Yes for out of state
Typical Secondary Release Date
When does a school usually release its secondary relative to other med schools (though it may vary from year to year)?
Early
Secondary Fee
$50
Other Tests

Interviews

Interview Type
Interview Invites Begin
Interview Format
MMI - Multiple Mini Interview; Traditional - two-way conversation
Traditional
Accepts Updates?
Does the school accept update letters?
Yes

Secondary Essay Prompts

Essay Topics (’23 – ’24)

Note: LSU uses forms for most of its secondary as opposed to essays. The following are the 2 optional prompts:

11. (Optional) Disadvantaged scholarship information letter specifying disadvantage & copy of parent’s federal income tax return)

12. (Optional) Supplemental essay - 500 to 600 words of your values.

Link to the LSU New Orleans Secondary is here: LSUHSC School of Medicine

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Essay Topics ('22 - '23)

This school has a secondary application with several sections and different questionnaires.

Link to the LSU New Orleans Secondary is here: LSUHSC School of Medicine

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Essay Topics (’20 – ’21)

Optional:
"If you wish, you may attach a letter of reasonable length which contains comments that you feel will enable the Admissions Committee to better assess your qualifications for medical school."
Since I'm an LA resident and went to a school in Florida, I talked about why I wanted to go home and stated that I wanted to practice medicine in Louisiana.

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Essay Topics (2019-2020)

No essays

Essay Topics ('18-'19)

If you wish, you may attach a letter of reasonable length which contains comments that you feel will enable the Admissions Committee to better assess your qualifications for medical school.

Essay Topics ('17-'18)

If you wish, you may attach a letter of reasonable length which contains comments that you feel will enable the Admissions Committee to better assess your qualifications for medical school.

Essay Topics ('16-'17)

If you wish, you may attach a letter of reasonable length which contains comments that you feel will enable the Admissions Committee to better assess your qualifications for medical school.

Essay Topics ('15-'16)

If you wish, you may attach a letter of reasonable length which contains comments that you feel will enable the Admissions Committee to better assess your qualifications for medical school.

Essay Topics ('14-'15)

No Essays!

Essay Topics ('13-'14)

No Essays!

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