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Note: If you sent a pre-application form within two months, please send us an email at envs@lsu.edu or cstrom4@lsu.edu to see if we received it.

Graduate Study Pre-Application Form

If you wish, you may provide additional information to any section of this form which you feel would
provide insight to your interests and professional goals, using additional pages as necessary.
This information will be reviewed by the Student Affairs Committee. Do not send transcripts now;
you will be notified if a complete application is required.

For more information on Louisiana State University please visit LSU Graduate School website.

GRE Requirement:
GRE scores are required and the pre-application form will NOT be accepted without GRE scores.
In addition, the scores should not be more than 5 years old.

Financial Assistance:
Outstanding M.S. applicants can compete for Board of Regents Fellowships.
Full applications completed by early February will be considered for fellowships.
After February, students will need to get assistantships from the department or an individual faculty advisor.
The number of available assistantships ranges from 4-12 per year from individual faculty members.

1. Personal Information

a.Last Family Name: b. First Name: c. Middle Initial:

d. Sex: Male or Female

2. Contact Information:

a. Street Address:

b. City: c. State: d. ZIP:

e. Telephone: g. Email: f. Fax:

3. Semester you wish to enter:

4a.Area(s) of interest in ENVS:

4.b. Make a brief statement concerning your proposed program of graduate study;
address specific areas of interest, your plans for professional development,
and possible thesis topics.

5. GRE Scores:
Please do NOT submit this form without GRE and/or TOEFL Scores.
We will not review this pre-application unless scores are available.
(Note: only the verbal and quantitative results are required. The writing score is optional.)

a. VERBAL b. QUANTITATIVE c. WRITING

6a. First spoken language:
If not English, then English Language Proficiency Test Scores are required.
(Note: the TOEFL is required for admission of all foreign students except for students
who are citizens of: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom.
The TSE is required for full financial assistance.)

b. TOEFL c. TSE

7. Colleges or Universities attended and degrees awarded (in chronological order).
(Note: if Grade Point Average, G.P.A., is not on a 4.0 scale, please convert)
(Format: School, Dates Attended, Degree Received, G.P.A. )

8. Teaching and Research Experience:

9. Honors, awards, academic distinctions:

10. Publications (complete citations, including titles) :

11. Grades for all lecture and laboratory courses (note: if grades are not based on a 4.0 grading scale,
please convert) (Examples: A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0)

a. General Chemistry b. Organic Chemistry

c. Biology d. 2000 level Biology

e. 2000 level Chemistry f. Statistics

12. Country of citizenship:

13. Ethnic Origin
(Required for Federal Reports by Civil Rights Act of 1964)

14. Are you applying for a graduate assistantship?

15. If you do not receive financial assistance, do you have sufficient funds to support yourself?

16. Supplemental Comments:

17. How did you hear about us?