Admission Criteria

OCIS at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport (LSUHSC-S)

The LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing (LSUHNO SON) is committed to creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning environment for students by addressing the racial and structural inequities that lead to health disparities in marginalized, underrepresented, and underserved populations. The SON is dedicated to use an inclusive admissions framework that allows trained faculty and staff to capture the experiences, attributes, and metrics (EAMs) of each qualified applicant. Individualized consideration of an applicant's potential contributions to the SON, the nursing profession, and the community. Click here to find out more...

 

Refer to the Application Information page to ensure a successful application process.

1. Bachelor's Degree

   At the time of application deadline an applicant must have earned a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university. Provisional admission may be offered if degree conferral will occur the semester following the application deadline.

2. Pre-requisite Coursework

   An applicant must complete 43 hours of required pre-requisite coursework. Of the required pre-requisites, Biology Lecture, Biology Lab, Microbiology, and Physical Science courses must have earned a grade of B or better. All pre-requisite coursework must be completed and final grades reflected on official transcripts at the time of application deadline. Provisional admission may be offered to applicants with no more than 12 outstanding prerequisite hours. Outstanding prerequisite courses must be completed before beginning at LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing. A listing of all pre-requisite courses is available on the Curriculum page.

   LSU Health New Orleans - School of Nursing will recognize up to a combined nine (9) hours Accelerated Program (AP) and CLEP coursework. Official AP and/or CLEP transcript must be sent to the School of Nursing.  Nine (9) hours of advanced standing credit will be recognized if earned from the college/university.

3. Grade Point Average Criteria

   An applicant must complete all pre-requisite coursework with a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. A grade of C or better must be achieved in all non-science pre-requisite courses. A grade of B or better must be achieved in all science pre-requisites courses (Biology Lecture, Biology Lab, Microbiology, and Physical Science).

   If a student receives a grade of D or F in a pre-requisite course, it may be repeated one (1) time only. Failure of any pre-requisite course twice makes an applicant ineligible for admission.

4. Written Statement

   A proctored essay will be administered at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing. The applicant will be given 30 minutes to write about a topic. Only qualified applicants meeting all admission criteria will be invited to complete a written statement. Instructions will be forthcoming to all eligible applicants. Fall 2022 applicant proctored essays will be scheduled March 15-17, 2023. Spring 2023 applicant proctored essays will be scheduled October 11-12, 2023 for the OCIS of LSUHSC - Shreveport.

5. Endorsement

   One academic and one professional endorsement must be submitted at the time of application. The applicant will have an opportunity to input endorsee information within NursingCAS References section. Once the electronic information is saved within NursingCAS, an email request will automatically be sent to the endorsee on your behalf. Please advise your endorsee to look for the email from NursingCAS in their inbox, as well as their spam or junk-mail folder, as emails do occasionally get filtered out.

6. Interview

   The interview will be completed and submitted on-line by the applicant. Only qualified applicants meeting all admission criteria will be invited to submit an on-line interview. Instructions will be forthcoming to all eligible applicants.

7. Previous Nursing Program

   If an applicant has attended a previous nursing program, a letter of academic good standing must be provided from that school of nursing.

NOTE: Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee program admission.

NOTE: An applicant may apply to only one LSUHSC School of Nursing BSN program at one time.

NOTE: It is strongly suggested to attend an informational session and/or program webinar in preparation for application.