Welcome to LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine Student Admissions

It is a great time to be considering a career in medicine, and LSU Health Shreveport is a great place to pursue your goal. A mature institution, our health sciences center comprises a School of Medicine, a School of Graduate Studies, and a School of Allied Health Professions.

   

Academic Requirements

Academic Requirements

Required Coursework
All courses must be taken from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States. Residential is strongly encouraged, but not required. For grades issued during the COVID-19 crisis, LSU Health Shreveport will accept P/F and online courses.

Credits earned at foreign institutions (except study-abroad courses taken while attending a qualified institution) do not satisfy our requirements. It is expected that the required science courses be taken at the senior college level. Applicants whose academic work (especially science coursework) was done predominantly at the junior college level may be at a competitive disadvantage. 

You may apply, interview and be offered provisional acceptance without having completed all requirements. However, the following required coursework must be completed before registration:

Course Semester Hours
Biological Science 12
Chemistry 12

Must include at least 3 hours of Biochemistry lecture
English 6
Humanities 12

Psychology and Sociology courses can be counted for up to one-third of the Humanities requirement
Minimum Total Hours 90

All required labs must also be completed.

Recommended Coursework
While no specific college math courses are required, some college work in calculus and physics is strongly recommended; familiarity with the principles of statistics for analysis of data is also important. The following courses are also recommended, but not required:

Majors
All majors are eligible to apply for admissions to the MD Program as long as the minimum academic requirements are met. Non-science majors are encouraged to take as many science courses as possible.

GPA
While we do not require a minimum undergraduate GPA, the average science and total GPA for successful applicants has ranged from 3.6 to 3.7 in the past few years.

MCAT
MCAT scores no more than 3 years old are required, i.e., scores must be from a test taken no more than 36 months before registration. The acceptable MCAT date range for the 2024 cycle is September 2021 through September 2023. We do not require a minimum MCAT score; however, the average MCAT score for successful applicants in recent years has been 507.

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