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2012-2013 Louisiana State University - Shreveport Application Thread
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I really thought they would have sent out emails yesterday or something. They might be meeting next week if they don't send out anything this week ('they' being the admissions committee).
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Holy schnikes, yes. I got an email from them today and thought I was going to lose bladder control. Turns out it was just an invite to follow them on Twitter.
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Seems like more than usual, no?
Maybe. The MSAR says that there were 20 EDP people in the Matriculation Data section. I don't know if that's matriculants or applicants, though, just because of the way the data is arranged. If it's 20 matriculants, that seems pretty in line with what you'd expect.
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August is half gone! How are you fellow EDP applicants feeling?
August is half gone! How are you fellow EDP applicants feeling?
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Got an invitation to interview on Sept 25th. They will notify the EDP applicants of their decision by Oct 1st. Does that seem like its being cut a little close??? Like maybe they already know they will not take me but are giving me an interview anyway, lol???
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Was that by email?? Did everyone get something like this??
congrats! edp?
Mine was by email.
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Looks like I didn't make the cut 🙁 . Congrats to those who did.
To those who got interviews, do you mind posting stats?
To those who got interviews, do you mind posting stats?
No, they did not send this to everyone. I would think they would invite the people with the highest stats first and then make a decision about the rest.
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Are you a wizard?
Nothing fantastic. A little above the average student they accept.
Haha, no, but I was not invited either and my stats are average. I will start thinking about General Admissions Process if I do not hear anything by the end of August although I have to wait till October 1st to apply for that.
Think about it though, it is logical. If I was on the Admissions Committee, I would invite those with the highest stats for the earliest interviews. That way, it would be easier to decide about others. What worries me is that based on the same logic if they have already invited the stronger applicants for late September, they may have already made up their minds about EDP and are looking beyond that. I hope that I am wrong and I get an invitation soon.
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I applied with decent stats, but I don't think that you're necessarily out of the game at all; they may have sent the first batch of emails alphabetically or something, who knows. Don't get discouraged yet, Countercurrent! You're not rejected until they reject you, ya know?
... and you got an early invitation because of those stats. Congratulations to you and cbgeek65. I keep my fingers crossed.
Thanks. I hope you get an invite soon.
Seriously though, don't get discouraged yet... there's definitely still time for them to send out more invites for EDP. Good luck to y'all, keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for you!
Thank you, I hope you are right. I have a few friends ahead of me who got in LSUHSC-S and LSUHSC-NO last year with stats similar to mine but that was during regular decision so I am not discouraged. In fact, it has been a great year and I have improved my score to a level that seemed impossible not too long ago. However, this year's application process might be more challenging than the previous one. I came across a Tweet from LSUHSC-S that sounded like they have received 31 EDP applications this year. The wording also suggested that the number showed a significant increase compared to that of last year. Perhaps, it is more competitive this year.
No, I don't think so. I believe they just sent out the first set of interview invitations.
yeah im regular apply not early decision. they already sent out II's for regulars?
I think those on this blog who got invited are EDP's but I am not sure if they invite any regular decisions at the same time they invite EDP's. It is not late at all for regular decision.
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so weird, last year first interview invites went out late august for RD...don't know what's the holdup
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Probably Hurricane Isaac delays and a larger ED applicant pool to deal with. I have no idea, though. I got two of those "Application Status Update" emails saying my application was complete and "Under consideration for a possible interview."
yea i got that email too. has anyone got an II?
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So far, I've gotten one status update saying they have my stuff and the same "considering for possible" stuff.
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They send that email out every week or two to all applicants. I got it all last year right up until I got my rejection letter in March. So don't read too much into receiving/not receiving that letter. It is the exact same format as last year. All it tells you is that they have your application items like secondary and letters since they don't use the AMCAS system.
I submitted my secondary back in mid-July. My committee letter has just been sent last week. So I'm just now fully complete and have gotten two of the emails already.
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Have they sent out interviews for regular admissions too or just early decision?
According to Dr. Kennedy, the committee is going to meet next week for final decisions on EDP applications, so hopefully they'll send out stuff for RD interviews soon.
Per Titin's request, here's a little breakdown of my interview experience:
EDPers don't have the regularly scheduled lunch and tour that RD interviews have, so we just went ahead and checked in with Ms. Hatcher, who may actually be the nicest person on the planet. Dr. Kennedy gave us a little rundown of the day, and we introduced ourselves, chatted for a bit. We then had two closed-book interviews (meaning resume and personal statement, but not scores or grades), one each with a different member of the admissions committee, and then an open-book one with either Dr. Kennedy or Dr. Arnold.
Everyone was incredibly nice, from the students to the faculty to even people not involved with admissions at all who gave me directions. People have also complained that Shreveport's facilities aren't as nice as NOLA's, but I was really pleasantly surprised by how nice everything was--not that I was expecting it to be run down, or anything, but you know what I mean.
If I ever had any doubts about wanting to go to Shreveport, they're definitely gone now. The students seem really happy to be there and actually seem to like and want to help each other. Plus they put lectures on Podcast so you can listen to them more than once if you need to, get sick, etc. All in all, I really loved the school and had a great time interviewing. Hope this helps!
Per Titin's request, here's a little breakdown of my interview experience:
EDPers don't have the regularly scheduled lunch and tour that RD interviews have, so we just went ahead and checked in with Ms. Hatcher, who may actually be the nicest person on the planet. Dr. Kennedy gave us a little rundown of the day, and we introduced ourselves, chatted for a bit. We then had two closed-book interviews (meaning resume and personal statement, but not scores or grades), one each with a different member of the admissions committee, and then an open-book one with either Dr. Kennedy or Dr. Arnold.
Everyone was incredibly nice, from the students to the faculty to even people not involved with admissions at all who gave me directions. People have also complained that Shreveport's facilities aren't as nice as NOLA's, but I was really pleasantly surprised by how nice everything was--not that I was expecting it to be run down, or anything, but you know what I mean.
If I ever had any doubts about wanting to go to Shreveport, they're definitely gone now. The students seem really happy to be there and actually seem to like and want to help each other. Plus they put lectures on Podcast so you can listen to them more than once if you need to, get sick, etc. All in all, I really loved the school and had a great time interviewing. Hope this helps!
The day I interviewed there were 10, and there were supposed to be 10 interviewing today, no idea whether it's the same for RD though.
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RD was pretty much the same last year.
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Congrats guys! Now time to relax for 10 months! How did you guys receive the information? Was it through email or phone?
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